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trial #5
 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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[Alice doesn't know enough about computers to have come to this conclusion on her own - but she's been listening, and hearing the conclusion Alfendi has come to makes her blood run cold.]
...no...
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[He's actually trembling.]
Elizabeth and Bigby....we can't...god, Alice, we can't lose them...not like this...
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She reaches over and grabs both of Alfendi's hands to try and stop the trembling. It's not just for his sake, either - her hands are trembling, too.]
We won't vote for her. Got it? We're not voting for her. We'll vote for Ciel, or - or anyone else.
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[This is horrible. She doesn't want to intrude on this moment, but none of their options are good, and...]
If Judy will allow it, we should ask the dead what they would prefer. To continue existing within Judy, without any escape, or to... be no more.
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[Back to smiling! Back to feeling nothing! Feeling nothing is the way to go!]
[He clears his throat.]
Let's do that, then. Perhaps it's hell for them, being the way they are...
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[She would know.]
I admit I don't know in what capacity they exist, but... Yesterday, they seemed very unhappy with their situation. If it's unwanted, I would rather not force them to continue living that way.
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[But she's not voting for Judy until she gets an okay from both Elizabeth and Bigby.
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[He could never bring himself to do that. He can't. Somehow, in a weird way, he almost wishes they were dead and gone for good. Just having them alive in some strange way is almost a blessing and a curse at the same time.]
So, what, we just play the game? Try to decide which five people get to keep their human bodies and which ones get to live in a computer forever? Is that what we want, Alice...?
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[She grits her teeth. She has not lasted as long as she has to be stopped by this.]
Snap out of it. We'll find a way to ask Elizabeth and Bigby what they want, and then we'll act. But we can't lose it here, do you understand me? Get yourself together!
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[......]
[He stops trembling, shoves everything back into the back of his mind where it belongs, and smiles.]
You're right, Alice. I apologize. We'll get to the bottom of this.
[He tightens his grip on her hands.]
We can do it, you and I. Let's not lose hope now.
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[...]
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Can you let go of my hands now?
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[LAUGHING A LITTLE AWKWARDLY WHILE BACKING AWAY DON'T MIND HIM]
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Anyway, we'll figure this out. So... keep it together for now, okay?
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What do you two think you're doing?
[He passes his hand over his face]
I know it is a hard decision, but consider this:
Can they even be saved?
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I can't imagine it's an easy decision for anyone in this situation. I don't know how I would feel, knowing I could be deleted at any time...
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But either way I care more about them than the other idiot who's been hiding all this time. So let's kill him instead.
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Who says they won't be deleted forever at a later point, too? Judy has them at her mercy. She could hold their lives as a bargaining chip at any moment.
And once we can get out of here do you think we'll be allowed to take them with us? Hell, does it mean they'd live forever in Judy's database? That doesn't sound like a good thing, in my opinion!
[Realizing he may be letting his frustration get the best of hi, Dojima starts taking deep breaths. He does need to calm down and stop thinking about all this in 'there's the chance of getting out of here' terms]
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[Those are some good points, though.]
We don't know a lot of things. Is it possible to save them, to remove them from the database? We don't know. Let's see what they know, now that Judy seems less likely to censor the truth.
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You're pretty quick to accept that Rhys is telling the truth about us being able to be saved.
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Fine. If we're going to wait a while longer, that's fine. There may be a third option.
No voting for Phantomhive. No voting for Judy. No voting for anyone else except one person. [He motions with his thumb at Rhys on the floor]
Rhys. He wants to die. We have the information he gave us. Phantomhive stays alive and wherever he is. The dead people stay intact for now. The rest of us survive for a while longer and can clear our minds for a day or two.
Unless you have a better suggestion, that is.
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If he is staff, then he can order Judy to remove his monitor before it shocks him to death. We can't reach him, so we won't be able to drag him into the execution room. Which means that nobody will end up dying.
I'm not ready to give Rhys what he wants yet. He's going to wake up and he's going to answer some questions I have for him, and then we can send him off to the death he wants so badly.
[Or keep him alive, if they need a staff member to open doors on the way out.]
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Dojima breathes deeply before approaching a bit closer and lowering his voice. This is something he doesn't want anyone else hearing, after all]
Do you think the Overseer may have the authority to override Phantomhive's request?
[He's clearly hoping for a 'no', but if the Overseer can do that then killing Ciel may ruin the chance]
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