trial #4 - execution

[judgejudy]

DAY 8 (evening) Complex Population: 19 At 7PM, a tone rings out, but it's not Judy's voice that filters out over the intercom. "TALLYING VOTES. . ." The voice is mechanical and robotic, and a pause lingers in the air. It seems that the voting system is run by some kind of AI. "CONSENSUS REACHED. MAJORITY VOTE. RHYS, EMPLOYEE ID VTSCI62270894. STATUS: GUILTY. RHYS, PROCEED TO THE JUDGEMENT THEATER. CHARGING..." There's the sound of clicking, and Rhys will receive a very sharp shock to their ankle monitor. If they don't step into the judgement room, the shock will increase in strength every ten seconds until they're unconscious. Regardless, the voice continues to drone on. "DESIGNATING EXECUTIONER. . . AL—" The protocol starts, but cuts off abruptly. Instead, Judy's voice speaks up. "Consider this an official notification for the entire population. If you feel a noose tightening around your neck, I am at least accommodating. If there is someone in particular you want to take your life, I can override the selection protocol for that purpose. Perhaps next time, Alice, since Rhys has requested Jack. Please proceed to the judgement theater." No one else will be able to step into the judgement theater after them without receiving a nasty shock before they can step too close, and once they're both inside, the door closes behind both of them. There's a clicking sound from the walls, and the panels on the right side of the room are pulled up to reveal a thick glass that allows you to look into the Judgement Theater. It seems justice is meant to come from the the hands of the jury. — ic rulebook character statuses character profiles votes

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[jackhole]

[ just gonna rub his face here and right. okay. hm. ]

... Okay, cool.

[ and then he lifts his hand and fiddles at the collar a little before there's a clicking sound and it drops to the floor. the one on angel does the same thing too. ]

Now, god. Okay. I really wanted to answer some questions but someone had to keep trying to argue with me. Judy, can you give them... ten minutes? Ten minutes to ask me stuff and then I die and we're good. Uh, on the condition that Elizabeth doesn't ask anything since she's sort of wasting everyone's time here.

[tearable]

I don't even want to talk to you, mister. Please kill yourself.

[ OH MY GOD, WE ARE ALL SO TIRED!!! ]

Thanks being a man of your word.

[ And she's off to Angel. Rhys, you can rest from Liz. ]

[injectors]

[for the record

angel is going to marry elizabeth???

what a gal]

[tearable]

[ if i cant bang jack, ill bang his daughter. god bless. ]

[injectors]

[at least she won't be dipping her fingers in crazy]

[heroizes]

[ RUDE

true though ]

[judgejudy]

Ten minutes, Rhys. Though it seems I will not need to do anything about your secondary request.

[selfdenying]

[HEY JERK HE'S BACK, ALFENDI RETURNS 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO]

Why the hell is the staff killing us? And I don't want some vague bullshit, answer the damn question.

[jackhole]

[ HE'LL TAKE AN ALFENDI OVER THAT NONSENSE. he just taps his temple here, shrugging. ]

I can't answer directly because I don't know. I forgot. But I remembered enough that I think it's part of the things all of us have forgotten.

[selfdenying]

What?

[That's....ugh, whatever, he should've expected this kind of thing.]

What's the deal with our memories, then? How do we get them back?

[jackhole]

[ a very long sigh here ]

You have to kill someone, man. With each body, you remember something new.

[selfdenying]

[............................that's so hecked up]

...So that's part of the reason why you all are murdering people. So you can get back your damn memories.

[Just letting out a long sigh, himself.]

Was it worth it?

[liven]

Unless you plan to tell us who your compatriots are or who any of the other killers are, feel free to kill yourself. It isn't as though any of us care about anything else.

[ or at least shijima doesn't since: ]

This has long since felt like an ego trip...I don't see why we have to entertain it.

[jackhole]

I can't do that, Judy's going to stop me if I do. I would though, because I'm kind of mad at them for being dicks to me.

[ a shrug ]

And -- and it wasn't supposed to be. I just wanted to go out decently.

[liven]

Decently.

[ she drawls out the word. glances towards angel and elizabeth. alice had gotten shocked earlier, too, trying to defend elizabeth. shijima still hasn't bothered to learn everyone's names, but she does know the names of everyone in her room. and they take priority.

accordingly, she's acerbically furious. ]

...Well, I think that was a failure, but if you have anything you think we should ask you by all means give us the question so we can move on.

[jackhole]

Uh, no. I don't really have anything else to say. I'm kind of... trying to figure out stuff myself, so!

[ well, rhys rhys'd it once again and he accepts that at least ]

[liven]

Very well. Try to aim properly.

[ she taps a vein on her neck, then falls silent. it's...advice? for after he finishes talking to everyone else. ]

[selfsufficiency]

[Alice has been glaring at him this whole time because fuck you, Rhys, she wanted to kill you. But now that he's opened the floor for questions - ]

If I give you three names, will you confirm whether or not one of them is one of the other staff members? You don't have to say which one. A yes or no will do just fine.

[jackhole]

[ he seems to consider this for a moment. ]

I... want to but I think if I try, Judy will just electrocute me. I'm not supposed to reveal identities. Or give hints. I think the only one I can control the information on is my own.

[selfsufficiency]

You're about to die anyway. You could at least try and leave a clue or two.

[Phooey. Alice glares for a little bit longer before she raises her arm so he can see it and mimes carving out a letter over her vein.

...Judy can hear them. Can she see them? Will he be able to carve out the first letter of a staff member's name in his arm? Is he even smart enough to get what she's going for here? She doesn't have a whole lot of faith in him but since she was denied the chance to execute someone, she feels like he owes her. I'm so sorry.]

[jackhole]

[ are you gunning after ciel again, alice?? because rhys is just going to look concerned for a moment and as he opens his mouth --

ah, yes. there's a shock. he winces and breathes out slow as he tries to recover it before shaking his head here. ]

... Ah, nope. Sorry. I got nothing to say, Alice.

[injectors]

[Now that she's free, she's rubbing her neck and glaring spades at this fucking asshole. There's so much she wants to say. So much she wants to ask, but. There isn't enough time, and there's only one thing she needs to know at this moment.]

I'm sure your eager to send yourself to Hell, Rhys, but before that— [Not even going to apologize for her language. She's tired. She's angry. She's done.] You told Jack that Elpis doesn't exist. Was that the truth?

[jackhole]

[ a dismissive handwave here ]

It's not hell, it's better than this.

[ but right. angel's from their world, isn't she? he looks a little awkward here. ]

Yeah. My memories are a bit of a jumble but, yeah? I'm... mostly sure Elpis isn't real. I haven't had a chance to really figure out the rest though since I only found out last night.

[injectors]

"Mostly?"

[She's not an expert on astronomy, but she's pretty damn certain that without Elpis... Pandora would be screwed over. That, or nonexistent. The whole planet would lose it's stability, for one.]

And how do you know what you remember is real? I'm hard pressed to believe the moon isn't real, simply because you say so.

[jackhole]

[ he just sighs here and isn't quite sure how to respond. he wants to though, that's clear enough. ]

I don't -- I don't know. Everything seems real, so I'm trying to figure out which is realer? It's. Stupid. This whole thing is stupid.