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

Comments

[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.

[liven]

We need to catch his three counterparts as well...well, who else do we think is suspicious? I agreed Ciel was, but since he's missing he's clearly not a guilty party.

[tearable]

I haven't even thought that far ahead. [ Jesus christ, what a mess??? ] I'm concerned with getting one tonight.

[liven]

I think we've already got one.

[ GESTURES AT RHYS. ]

He was on the shortlist of people who were suspicious to start with. And since Ciel was at the top but isn't around, Rhys gets the honor...

[betraitor]

You won't see me arguing that. There's gotta be more than just what we can see.

[they already know how many people they're looking for, though who knows what it really means.]

It might not be a bad idea to see if there's any common point with who woke up stabbed, or which apartments were lit up. [that's about all he's got though, honestly.]

[tearable]

Is there? Maybe they were burning evidence but - [ She gives a shrug ] I'm not sure if there is a linking factor.

[betraitor]

I don't know if there is either. It just seems damn weird to me that all of this happened in one night—it's a lot all at once to be a coincidence, isn't it?

[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.

[selfdenying]

[His fingers curl into a fist at his sides. He doesn't like this. He really doesn't, but...]

Let's get the answers out of that son of a bitch.