62 | trial #5

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.

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... There's no right or wrong answer. I don't mind dying, but... I suppose talk it out with the others.

Please, just don't let me be a prisoner again... That's all I ask.

how can we free you?

This is "free" but I don't believe in it, I think.

It's nice, but I was raised to believe in a Heaven or Hell. I think I'd like to see one of those someday.

i don't understand

[And that's so frustrating to admit.]

can't we bring you back somehow? couldn't you see your heaven and hell later?

I'm not sure. There's more questions than answers for me. The others may know more but...

Alice, I'm glad you're alive. Truly.

you're supposed to be alive too

but i won't die. i refuse to die here so you can't
you can't just stop existing either

is there anything you can access on that side that we can't access here? anything that might help us get you out of there?

I'm hesitant to explain. The last time I had an overload of information.... I died. I can't risk that for you.

Alice. :( I've lived a very rough life. Things are... complicated. I wouldn't mind being laid to rest, it was the risk I took. But the others...?

...Bigby deserves a chance to live. I don't care if he was one of them, he didn't... he didn't kill me.

i won't die
just tell me i won't die
i refuse to die

there has to be some way to get you and bigby out

You're a fighter, miss.

You won't die.

tell me what i need to know to get you and bigby and alfendi and shijima out of here
i'm not afraid of what the memories might do
i will not die
please elizabeth

I can't do that to you. I won't give Judy the satisfaction of causing two of the girls in Apartment 7 brain damage.

There has to be some bingo card for her on that...

... Please, if at all else fails... If the others can't answer your questions, I need you to get out by any means. If you're to die outside of this complex, it is better than dying like an animal, I think. Don't give them the chance to record data - you're more than that.

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[god god god tHERE SHE IS]

[He's just going to take a deep breath. Here we go.]

Can you be happy, the way you are? I couldn't even imagine...you don't even have a body, Elizabeth.

Please tell me you aren't going to suffer.

[ I'm dead, you killed Jem and therefore, Liz. ]

I don't know. It's bittersweet, I think. I spent my entire life... chasing freedom and when it's presented to me like this - I'm not sure if I want it. It doesn't feel real to me, knowing what I know.

It's just another cage, but.

Bigby is here. Lara is here. Veronica is here. Jack is here. Good people are here. I can't condemn ending their existences because of my own trauma.

[HE'S HAVING FEELINGS AND HE FEELS LIKE HE'S DYING who invented feelings can he punch them]

Elizabeth I'm so, so, so, sorry. It should've never been like this. You don't deserve this.

What do we do, Elizabeth? If we save you, what do we do? Condemn staff members to your state and then decides who leaves?

We can't stay here forever. I've already asked.

There's no need for apologies, friend. It is merely the way fate has worked out. I just... couldn't see that coming. :) Ha ha ha.

That is an answer you must discuss with the others. I learned a long time ago that we are responsible for the choices we make and how it affects others. My actions brought on my own demise and I'm okay with this.

I need you to get Alice, Shijima, Angel and the others to safety. For me.

[There's a long pause, before:]

I failed you. We both did.

[Give him a moment.]

I can, but if we get everyone out, that means that you'll be deleted. To keep you safe, I need to pick and choose. Only five people can go out, including me.

There's no way to rewrite the code in Judy for that, is there?

I don't view it that way. :) I did what was needed to keep you safe. Connected you with those who could protect you. I'm very proud of our little family, if that's what you think we are. I think? But, I romanticize things a lot.

I'm not a programmer. Jack may know more than me. I believe there's always another way to look at things. Variables, you know.

I'm thankful for that.

I don't remember much from my life but I know that I wasn't happy. I don't think I had many people on my side. I don't blame them. So to have something like these connections is something I almost feel like I don't deserve.

At this point, it doesn't even seem like I may even have a family left, depending on what everyone is saying. Maybe having a family here is something to be grateful for.

[Flora...Luke...Katrielle...his father. God, his father, how is he not going to see his father again...?]

Anyways, I'll ask Jack. Maybe we can do something. Make it so everyone can leave. We'll do what we can.

Elizabeth, I'm sorry I was unable to do anything to help you.

But whatever happens now, we'll try to make sure all of you don't end up in an even worse situation.

You mustn't blame yourself. You living means there's still a chance to do good. I can't make the choice for everyone else - I've done enough of that, I think.

At least I won't have to have a burden, but... it doesn't feel like it's where I should be.

I suppose I shouldn't. But it's hard not to think of what if's.

Where do you feel you should be, if you don't mind me asking?

Dead.

Heaven or Hell.

Then, I must ask. If there's a way to transport your data elsewhere, would you want us to do it? Or would you prefer to simple cease to be?

...

You're giving me a choice?

[ Sorry, no one ever has. She's... she's had to fight for that. ]

...I don't know.

Of course. This should be your choice. No one else's.

You don't have to decide now. Given that we don't have a method to transport your data at the moment, you have time to think about it.