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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[alittlemaster]

I'm right here.

I told you Charles was asleep in the bed, and if anyone is suspicious about it being stolen, you can just tell them what you told me.

If anyone has been suspicious, it's you and Shijima. Neither of you have had any qualms about killing, and neither of you seem affected by all of these deaths, and both of you agree. You could easily be staff working together.

[selfsufficiency]

Well, yeah. ♡ It's only fair if I say it where you can hear it, so you get a chance to defend yourself.

[Alice looks supremely unbothered, which kind of proves Ciel's point, huh.]

Shijima only agrees with me because I made a trade with her, and that's never been a secret. I mean, you can believe whatever you want, but I'm not a staff member and neither is she. If we were, we'd know better than to be so obvious about it, you know?

But you... you've been trying really hard not to be too conspicuous or too inconspicuous.

[alittlemaster]

That's ridiculous. I'm not an idiot. If you listen and watch instead of being chatty, you can learn a lot.

None of my actions or reasonings have been suspicious. I never blamed anyone for a crime, and I abstained both trials. I am only supplying options that may help us find staff members.

You seem to be eager to blame me without solid evidence of anything. What are you trying to hide?

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[selfsufficiency]

[THIS IS WHY RUDE ALFENDI IS HER FAVORITE.]

That's possible, too. There's a lot of things that are possible.

We just have to figure out which ones are probable.

[selfdenying]

[THEY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP IN BULLYING THE HECK OUT OF HIS ALTERNATE PERSONALITY]

Exactly, Alice. We have a few probable choices - that loverboy, Alvin, and little perfect pirate boy over here. Looks like it might be one of those three.

[selfsufficiency]

I think it's Cici. ♡ I sort of hope I'm wrong because he's an interesting person, but if he is staff, then he needs to suffer.

[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.

[selfdenying]

So what is it? Trust those who are too obvious, or trust those who aren't obvious at all? Make up your mind, moron.

[alittlemaster]

You can't know is the problem I am arguing, but I never said you should trust the people who aren't obvious. All of my assumptions have been based on what I have seen an heard--the people who are the most obvious.

[selfdenying]

Ah, but you're one of the people who aren't obvious, no? It would work out for you to point fingers at the so-called obvious ones.

[He laughs, giving a shrug.] But we'll see. At this point, either or could be a staff member. Let's see if they can keep up appearances as best they can.

[alittlemaster]

The longer you leave them alive, the more people they can kill. Just remember that.

[tearable]

That's a little odd, don't you think? Those two are joined at the hip both in public and I'm assuming in the privacy of their apartment.

[ Elizabeth isn't accusing but: ]

While Shijima has gotten derailed over silly names, she has helped me and others multiple times. Alice has also been willing to put her credibility on the line by throwing theories out and pressing harder issues. If they were staff... [ She says cautiously. ] I don't think they would be seen in public together.

[alittlemaster]

That could be what they want you to think. Of course you wouldn't believe staff to be together so closely, so their plan would work.

I think it's suspicious. Luke and Adam were together, and it turned out Luke had been a staff member.

[tearable]

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

[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.

[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?

[alittlemaster]

People are innocent until proven guilty.

[He crosses his arms.] I'm voting for Adam because he seems the likely culprit for Franziska's murder.

I don't feel a revenge kill is unreasonable, especially if the staff can be blamed for it.

[becauseimacoward]

I agree it's possible von Karma was targeted because the staff wanted revenge, but that doesn't mean Parrish is guilty.

Any staff member would have wanted her dead as retaliation for starting what led to Castellan's death

[alittlemaster]

Astute. Now if you would be so kind to tell us who the staff is?

I didn't think so. Adam is all we have in a unfair trial that isn't going to ever have any clear answers.