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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[jackhole]

[ he opens his mouth to say something before pausing and thinking it over. then, very carefully -- ]

I had to... make sure the circumstances were right, I guess? And I had to remember what they were in the first place. Something like that.

[selfsufficiency]

[She raises an eyebrow.]

And what made the circumstances right? You changed your tune pret-ty quickly, even during this trial.

[jackhole]

To be fair, I slept through most of it so, uh, can you blame a guy for lying?

[ a sheepish grin here. ]

But, no, even if I did... stuff, I didn't do everything tonight so you're still letting three killers get away. That's fine with me, since like, whatever?

[ shrugs ]

Aaanway, I sort of reacted irrationally to something and then it paid off in the end. Or, well, it's paying off. Look, I'm not good at the vague thing, okay? I'm just, uh, not.

[selfsufficiency]

So be less vague. [She shrugs.] You want to die. That's what you're saying now, for... whatever your reasons are. So since we're going to give you what you want, how about you give us what we want, hmm? ♡

[jackhole]

[ shaking his head vigorously here ]

No. It's not the right time. I can answer anything you want later, as long as you send me to get executed first.

[selfsufficiency]

Hmmm...

[Alice studies him for a few moments.]

You'll have to give us a show of good faith, first. Because once you're in there, only one person is coming out alive, right? You could clam up and not tell us anything.

...remove Angel's collar. That should be something you're skilled enough to do, right?

[jackhole]

[ he just looks at alice incredulously ]

No. I can't do that. I mean, I can like... I have the skill but I can't, it'd ruin, uh. Stuff. And I -- well, I already talked to Judy about what's going to happen in that room. I promise I can answer things when I'm in there.

[selfsufficiency]

Remove her collar, Rhys. Judy has already proven to be untrustworthy. Even if she told you that you wouldn't be dragging Angel down with you, can you really be sure that's true?

She already turned on you once by letting people hack in to see what you asked for in the commissary.

[jackhole]

[ his eyes widen slightly before he shakes his head even harder. ]

No, she didn't turn on me. She was just doing what she had to, I'm not mad at Judy for that. If you ask her something, she'll tell you it. You just have to ask her. I forgot to ask her if someone already knew what I requested, that was my fault. When it comes to Judy, you just -- you just have to know how to talk to her.

So, no. I'm not removing Angel's collar. I know what I'm doing, Alice.

[becauseimacoward]

Three killers?

[Wait what? That brings some conclusions to Dojima, but...]

Did you, or did you not kill someone last night? It's likely you're the one who stabbed several of us, and it's likely you're the one who rigged two of the bodies to explode.

But did you kill someone? Please don't be vague about this.

[jackhole]

Yeaaaaah, uh. The kid and the guy in the super tacky suit. Veronica and the other two have a killer a pop.

[ oh! ]

Oh, I also killed the other girl, the one before Adam, whatever her name was. And no one... voted for me? Which was weird. I thought I was really suspicious and then, nothing. I'm kind of -- I'm kind of upset about that, honestly. What is wrong with you people?

[karachan]

[ SO LIKE, Ookurikara heard this and while he's usually The Quiet Guy during trials, he's not going to let this go because the guy in the super tacky suit as Rhys describes can only be Mitsutada -- who Ookurikara had known personally before any of this complex and staff were ever involved. That being said, he's well aware of the collars thing and Angel's situation which is why he didn't just straight out stab Rhys BUT he sure does have his hand over his sword hilt. ]

He has a name. If you're going to admit to killing him then at least fucking use it. [ it's safe to say someone better intervene before Rhys does get run through with one or two swords. ]

[jackhole]

[ just a dismissive handwave at the guy because he's kind of got OTHER THINGS GOING ON HERE. ]

I didn't bother learning it, actually. And, uh, Judy -- can you just shock the guy if he gets too close to me? I'm not really into dealing with his... whatever right now. I want this trial to go on like it's supposed to.

[judgejudy]

[ Ask and ye shall receive... If Ookurikara gets within six feet of Rhys, he'll get a rather nasty shock. ]

[estimated]

[ so here he is... babysitting kuri because sakyou lives an alternate life as a mod and the rest of their oregon trail is dead. except that dazai already sees the signs of his aggression, and quickly puts a hand over kuri's hand — in order to stop him from doing anything risky. ]

Ookurikara. Don't. Just wait another hour, and Rhys will be dead.

[karachan]

[ tfw you need a constant babysitter and your bf babysitter just died ]

Whatever. It's what he wants so I almost don't want to give it to him but I hope Mitsutada runs him through when he sees him. [ Honestly he would brave whatever shocks might come to get his hands on Rhys at this point but he'll sigh exasperated for now. ] Asshole deserves worse.

[selfdenying]

Oh, just spit it out, already. You're already going to die, idiot, what's left to keep us in suspense?

Just what kind of game are you and the others playing, huh? What kind of justification are you giving yourselves to get away with this kind of idiocy?

[jackhole]

[ godddd why is everyone getting on his CASE ugh!!! ]

Dude, no. First of all, chill out. Secondly, I'll tell you everything later? Once you vote for me.

[newlugers]

Are you talking about actually leaving, or is this some metaphorical free-my-soul bullshit? Because if it's the latter, stop leading us on, already.

[jackhole]

[ opens his mouth

then closes his mouth ]

Uh, definitely not the last one. But not really the first one? Kind of, something. A thing. Depends on your point of view.

[newlugers]

What the hell is that supposed to mean?

[jackhole]

[ just presses his face to his hands ]

Dude, I don't fucking know.

[newlugers]

[ GROWL. ]

If you don't even know, then maybe you shouldn't be killing people over it, you idiot!

[jackhole]

[ just waving his hands a little ]

That's not the part I don't know anything about, man!

[newlugers]

Yeah, I bet you know a whole lot about murdering people, don't you?

[ he's mad he ever thought your arm was cool, rhys!! ]

You getting a lot of money for this or something? Does that make it worth it?