trial #5

[judgejudy]

DAY 10 (afternoon) Complex Population: 15 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 11/5. voting

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[selfdenying]

You do not remember?

[How odd.]

Judy...who were you, before you took your current job? Were you in a Complex, too?

[judgejudy]

No, I was not. I was in a jail, awaiting execution. I have never been able to ask, but it seems someone thought my talents were better put to use elsewhere.

[selfdenying]

[JUDY'S BACKSTORY: SIDE STORY UNLOCKED]

Put on execution for murdering people, I suppose? If so, why did you murder people?

[judgejudy]

I do not remember. Maybe there was a reason. Perhaps there was not.

Much like yourselves, there are things that I do not remember about my life before the Complex.

[selfdenying]

That must be upsetting for you, much like it is for the rest of us.

[A pause.]

...Judy, what, exactly, is the title of your role here in the Complex?

[judgejudy]

[ There's a pause, then a soft laugh. ]

RCORB JDY029283.

[selfdenying]

[judy confirmed for ORB]

Ah, well, that's quite the mouthful. [He even chuckles at that.] Say, Judy, a hypothetical question. If we vote for you, and majority wins, how will you be executed if you aren't here with us?

[judgejudy]

You will simply have to wait and find out.

[selfdenying]

How ominous.

[And a pause, before he pipes up again:]

Judy...what is the world like, outside of the Complex?

[judgejudy]

I am not authorized to give this information to non-staff residents.

But I can tell you that requesting your paperwork for this facility was a lie. It will never come.

[selfdenying]

[Just....smiles.]

Of course it won't. [A pause.] I suppose only staying here two months was a lie, too.

[judgejudy]

Not necessarily. It is entirely possible to leave. Others have. The fact that other Complexes exist was not a lie. In fact, they are all closer than you think, since the Complexes all exist adjacent to each other.

However, they are all empty now. The residents of these Complexes have either died or escaped. Because of the limitations of who may leave, it is largely the former.

[selfdenying]

You put us all into our own little crucibles, I see. Just waited until the heat got hot enough for everything to burn...

[He vaguely wonders if even five people will be left alive to leave this place, in the end.]

Why is there a limitation in the first place? It almost makes me think the method of escape doesn't have enough room, or something.

[judgejudy]

To prevent contamination. The idea is that only the scientists would leave, but the protocol is suitably vague enough that it does not strictly fit to that idea. I did not see it as necessary to enforce the original idea. I will not hinder the five survivors from leaving.

[selfdenying]

...

Judy, is it worth it to even leave? If the world is in a bad of a state like certain people seem to be implying, why should we subject ourselves to that? Is it possible to stay here for the rest of our lives?

[judgejudy]

I cannot make that judgement. That is a question that you would have to evaluate individually.

But in a sense, it is possible. You could not stay here. The necessities you need are finite in supply. Eventually, you would starve. However, as you have all realized, the dead are not truly dead. You could exist there.