trial #3

[judgejudy]

DAY 6 (afternoon) Complex Population: 27 At noon, the same tone from the morning rings out, and Judy's voice filters out over the intercom. "Good afternoon, residents. As per Safety Protocol 6227-A, it is time to conduct a trial to bring justice for the victim. Please proceed to the courtroom on the first level." Just as at night, if you don't go to the courtroom, you'll be treated to an electric shock of increasing strength until you go to the courtroom or are unconscious. Though considering the ominous penalty for not participating in a trial, you should likely just go rather than risk not voting because you've been knocked out by your own stubbornness... Once you're in the courtroom, you'll find that bottled water and light snacks are provided, but otherwise you'll have to bring anything else you may need. As you come to your conclusions about who to vote for, you can step into the judgement theater to cast your vote at the terminal. You may change your vote as many times as you'd like, but at 7PM, your vote (or lack thereof) is locked in. You have until 7PM to discuss and vote for who you think the murderer is. — ic rulebook character statuses character profiles Voting will close at 9PM EST on 10/22. voting

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[tearable]

[ Now you do! ]

[tearable]

You clearly haven't spoken with the right kind of ladies.

[ Narrowing her eyes a bit, she realizes what he suggests and relaxes her gaze. Sorry she scoots away. ]

Right, I'll remember not to get close when you bleed out again.

[selfsufficiency]

I don't have anything to hide at all, Cici. I'm an open book. ♡

[She shrugs.]

If I'm wrong, then I fully expect people to turn on me. But the way you've acted so far makes me suspicious, so it can't be helped. There's no point in keeping quiet about my suspicions now when there's a very real chance you might be a staff member.

[liven]

Yes, so? I'll take credit for everything I say. It annoys me when others can't do the same.

[grimdeity]

Absolutely. The occult is something of an interest of mine.

[ rose is always happy when someone is interested in this kind of nonsense tbh ]

[mitsubou]

No, no, it's fine. I understand what you mean, and I do agree that he certainly is... something. [Taps chin.] But gossiping about him really won't help!

I believe in Alvin this round. The few times I spoke to him, I could really sense he's a good person at heart.

[onepunchgirl]

And she was right about Luke, so how about you offer other ideas if you think Alvin might be innocent.

[tearable]

So you're suggesting we vote Adam on a hunch based on reverse psychology?

[puffing]

I wasn't... complaining. Was I?

[ she was practically on top of him, ripping his shirt apart. this was so vanilla in comparison. ]

We aren't going to hold a productive conversation for a long time, are we.

[selfsufficiency]

Great, I'll look forward to it!

[But for now...]

In the meantime, though, let's figure out who to vote for.

[selfdenying]

He's the perfect little participant, isn't he, Alice?

[+1 supporter here]

But Alice and Shijima are - [flip flip go the pages of the notebook] - too obvious. Plus, both showed genuine concern for Bigby when he was wounded, and unless all three of them are staff members, which I think is highly unlikely, they would have no reason to try to take care of someone who they're actively going against.

[tearable]

[ Oh my god, had he sobered up yet??? ]

That would be a shame. You're smarter than you look.

[ We need all the productivity we can get. ]

[becauseimacoward]

I asked him about that not too long ago, as von Karma was not the only one who has considered him sketchy.

[Yeah, Dojima had his own reasons to ask Alvin directly, but it wasn't because he thought Alvin was suspicious]

He says the reason why his profile says that about betraying is because of his job as a mercenary. I don't know how mercenaries work, but it does sound to me betrayal and having to flip alignments with ease is necessary.

[There you go, some information about our fellow captive!]

[grimdeity]

I apologize.

[ elizabeth is clearly too pure for this ]

[grimdeity]

Specifically sex with or between people with animal personas-- "fursonas".

[ ELABORATES what is your fursona, bigby ]

[alittlemaster]

Who you vote for is your business. I'm not going to make people's decisions for them. I'm only arguing the ridiculous accusation from Alice.

[onepunchgirl]

What I mean is someone who thinks their plan may backfire will lack the conviction to stand by it even if it means being blamed. That's the kind of person Alvin strikes me as.

[tearable]

[ SHE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A BROWSER HISTORY, ROSE ]

[selfsufficiency]

[She deadeyes the notebook.]

I know you're trying to help, but that kind of makes me mad. If the other you comes back, can I hit him for writing that?

[SIGH, the problems with liking one split personality and only semi-liking the other.]

...but you're right. He's almost too perfect which is why it seems weird to me.

[mansplains]

Sure, but Luke's already gone. If Adam were staff, wouldn't he milking the 'betrayed' angle be a better cover? None of us would blame him for being upset, and it'd be an easy way to throw suspicion off of himself.

But yeah, I can see that. I think he'd more willing to share if people stopped accusing him, in any rate.

[alittlemaster]

You all are idiots. Tbey have plenty of reason to help someone they plan to kill anyway. That is the point.

You wouldn't suspect them if they seemed caring and concerned.

[grimdeity]

[ TOO PURE ]

[selfsufficiency]

[She thinks about it, then nods.]

That would make sense. We had mercenaries back in Sylvarant, and they were some pretty slippery guys! But that's normal, for people who buy and sell their loyalty.

[tearable]

No, by all means, mister, if this is your defense, I want you to expand upon it. If it's not you, which I don't believe, we need to hear what your views are. Veronica spoke about transparency in communication. If you don't, you'll bring doubt to yourself.

[ Cautionary: ]

It's best to be careful, right?

[selfdenying]

...Honestly, you have full permission to, even if he's supposedly sharing my body.

[He doesn't seem that impressed with the notebook either - who wrote all of this, a stuffy old man?]

Well, we don't have any other evidence for that, do we? Maybe he really is just that boring.