trial #4

[judgejudy]

DAY 8 (afternoon) Complex Population: 19 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 10/29. voting

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[betraitor]

[not that he's terribly interested in being the one to speak up right now, but someone has to about this, alvin guesses.]

Maybe before we go pointing fingers— [lookin' at u, alfendi] We should see if there's any common threads or things really out of the ordinary here.

Five people are dead. A bunch of us woke up hurt and with apartments on fire. Something's gotta tie at least some of this together, so maybe we can narrow it down without blindly accusing people first.

[tearable]

Two of the bodies were secured with some bomb and both of them beaten - correct? Most of us have been stabbed with small wounds?

[ There's a bit of hesitance in her voice, but. ]

Pretty interesting that Rhys visited the commissary for a baseball bat, battery and scalpel fairly early into our arrival here.

[ She looks to Alvin with a narrowed expression. ]

...Is that accusation enough?

[selfdenying]

Wait, he did?

[WHOAH]

How did you know, did you see him?

[tearable]

Judy's a stiff gal, but if you know the right people, she can be real revealing with her terminals.

[ AKA it's a secret. ]

Saw the logs myself - they monitor all of our transactions.

[selfdenying]

[There's a sudden change in his expression, like that of sudden concern, but it disappears as soon as it comes on.]

...Is that so, Elizabeth.

[A long pause.]

Any other transactions that looked suspicious?

[tearable]

Besides some curious duct tape transactions...?

[ :) ]

Nothing too concrete. Rhys was the most busy out of all of us.

[betraitor]

...Might just be. He stayed in my apartment last night too, and Danse is one of our victims.

[he's not necessarily pointing fingers, but there is a lot being stacked against rhys.]

Seemed pretty innocuous last night when he was just following Jack around like some kind of lovestruck puppy, and even when he bailed first thing in a morning with an injury. The odds are stacking pretty quick here though, if you ask me.

[nothing personal, rhys. but really...]

[tearable]

I don't think Rhys did all of this. There's no way.

[ Which makes her chest sink a bit deeper. ]

There's four murderers. Which means accomplices. Of the friendly or staff variety.

[ Lord. Lord. Lord. ]

[betraitor]

I don't think he'd be able to pull all of it off either, especially when we know there's four of them in total.

[but.]

There's still a lot pointing to the fact that he may have had a lot to do with what happened last night.

[tearable]

Whatever the case may be, even with the evidence pointing to Rhys we need to begin considering who else could be involved.

[selfdenying]

He's the type to throw up over a damn metaphor, apparently, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was cowardly enough to make a bomb to to blow someone up when he's not there.

[tearable]

That's the only lead I have. Anyone else who'd like to disprove that, feel free.

[ Elizabeth feels absolutely sick herself. ]

The bodies are stacking and we are distracted over bullshit - anyone here can be one of them but this is the only damn lead we've had since arriving.

[grimdeity]

[ over here from someone burnt, stabbed, and hoarse of voice, ]

I'd ask if anyone would be so stupid as to use items others knew they had, but well, Rhys.

[tearable]

[ They are all victims here?? Rose, she feels you. ]

No one had access to the files except for me and -

[ :) ]

[grimdeity]

[ no one here is winning ]

I suppose you don't feel like finishing that sentence. Do these files have any other intriguing details perhaps related to current events?

[tearable]

Two files that Jack and I couldn't access.

[ :) ]

[injectors]

[Oh, yeah. Angel's anger is rapidly mounting here, but she her tone remains calm.]

If you don't mind me asking... How did you come to learn of this, Elizabeth?

[tearable]

Jack.

[ He's doing good, right? He's helped her. He's spoke with her privately about hacking terminals - ]

We worked on getting the terminal opened... found some files. Don't think we're the only ones with access, right?

[ :) ]

Commissary items were logged, creating some... list.

[injectors]

I see.

[She's giving Elizabeth a knowing glance, though... probably not for the reason most people would assume. Well, then.]

Then this may be the best lead we have for this trial. I doubt we'll be able to pinpoint all four murderers, but if it's even just one... It will be worth it.

[That, and she's out for blood over the collars.]

[heroizes]

[ Jack looks at Elizabeth pretty wide-eyed when she just throws that out there, but he doesn't say anything to confirm or deny it. He conveniently never saw the list because I wasn't going to let a mod character have that power, but he doesn't seem too surprised, necessarily.

If anything, he's looking at Elizabeth with disappointment. ]

[tearable]

[ Do it, Jack. Look at her that way because as far as she knows? You're with her or against her at this point. ]

Jack.

[ When they had their conversation about the terminal, she straight up didn't expect salsafest. ]

Tell me you didn't help him.

[heroizes]

I didn't, Liz.

[ That disappointment at least fades when she asks him, and he shakes his head, though it comes with a frustrated tone. ]

None of this-- Well, okay, I knew he had the bat and stuff, but I didn't think he'd use it. Not, y'know, like... [ He trails off as his jaw sets tightly. ] Like this, I guess.

[liven]

It is for me. I vote we vote for the guy. He's nothing more than a nuisance anyway. He attempted to break Judy just last trial, didn't he? Distracted the entire affair.

[tearable]

Unless something else shows up, I don't know. That's all I have.

[liven]

This is more solid evidence than we've had at any other point in time. If everyone is going to fuss each time about a lack of "evidence", they'd best put their money where their mouth is and vote properly now that we have even this much.