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

Comments

[grimdeity]

Perhaps Bigby and Kei's encounter was due to some kind of quarrel, rather than staff. Or perhaps they merely felt like it, for the sake of it. That could also be why they're at different times.

[selfsufficiency]

Kei wasn't in our room when we went to sleep. If he wasn't doing something shady, what was he doing in our room while everyone was supposed to be knocked out, huh?

[grimdeity]

In that case, I would agree that he was certainly doing something shady. But there are others that are not staff that Judy mentioned, yes? He could have been that. It's merely a possibility to consider.

[selfsufficiency]

If they're attacking us, then it doesn't matter if they're not staff - we can't trust them either! I don't care about the why right now, just the who. I'm not letting them get away with this.

[grimdeity]

I don't disagree. Though given that Kei is deceased, I doubt he'll provide many answers on any cohorts staff or otherwise.

[selfsufficiency]

[Grumbling:]

He deserved worse than he got.

[grimdeity]

It certainly sounds that way, yes.

[estimated]

What do you mean by "for the sake of it"? Do you mean that Kei or Bigby woke up and decided to kill people?

[ despite his wording, he still sounds entirely calm, rather than angry. it's the only way they're going to get anything done during this trial. ]

[liven]

It would have been Kei doing that. Simple logic tells us that Bigby really was in our room when he was attacked, and that he reacted in retaliation. The wounds and the fact that there's blood where he was sleeping should confirm that, should they not? So don't go about saying that Bigby could have woken up and decided to kill people, lest you mislead everyone.

[estimated]

Actually, when I went to examine the scene after all of you... followed Bigby out the door —

[ and he remembers that, because it was loud?? wolf bigby and all of his little ducklings rushing after him ]

From all of the blood that he tracked, it's impossible to tell exactly who moved or didn't move during the night. Personally, I also think that the situation is as simple as this: Kei tried to kill Bigby, and ended up killed himself.

But, we'll have to find a different way to prove it.

[liven]

From what I saw of the scene, I think it was harder to tell if Kei were moved, not if Bigby were attacked where he was sleeping. I meant that to have proven he were attacked in his sleep, beyond all the obvious, there would really just need to be blood where he had been sleeping...

So, I think that actually it can be proved.

[estimated]

Oh! You're right.

[ whoops...

there was something else that he wanted to bring up, which actually ended up refuted by bigby's story, so he'll leave this for now. ]

[liven]

Of course I am.

[ PREENS...

she's taking that as praise ig... ]

[selfsufficiency]

[Shijima already said what Alice wanted to say so she's just going to back it up with a glare.]

[grimdeity]

Based on what Shijima and Alice have said, more likely Kei. I meant only that there are things about this place and each other that are likely still unknown to us. Or that two men just decided to fight, because reasons.

[ shrug. she's used to stupid shit tbh?? ]

[tearable]

As brutish as Bigby can be, would petty squabbles really lead to a throat being ripped out and body parts being stabbed?

[ rose, i'm setting you up for the snark. take this ball and run. ]

[grimdeity]

[ picks up ball. tries to run. probably fails because player just woke up. ]

That certainly sounds like an average weekday night in many places, yes.

[tearable]

[ im so sorry ]

Don't know what kind of places you're hanging around, miss....

[grimdeity]

On a meteor with several aliens from a planet where such violence is not only par for the course, but encouraged.

[ just... says that, casually. ]

But also, people are known for killing than less than a squabble, aren't they? Love, money, pleasure, the list goes on.

[tearable]

I -
...

...

Miss, you win the award for oddest thing ever said to me in a conversation.

[ ANYWAY.

She'll nod. ]

But the stakes are a little high here. Does anyone have time to even be petty?

[grimdeity]

Thank you, I do my best.

[ ANYWAY ]

You wouldn't think so, but there's always a few broken crayons in the box.