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

Comments

[injectors]

I agree.

[And though she doesn't want a repeat of the abstain fiasco...]

In the worst case scenario, someone who isn't a member of the staff will be chosen. But is that really so different than standing by and allowing them to slaughter us one by one? I'm willing to take that risk.

[selfsufficiency]

...we don't need to get everyone to agree, either. Just the majority of us.

[Alice crosses her arms, thinking.]

A guaranteed majority would be... nine, I think. [She glances around the room for a headcount, then nods slowly.] There are fourteen of us here, plus Rhys, for fifteen. That's how many people we know for sure are alive. But there was an extra person who voted last week, so assuming they do that again, we'll have sixteen votes this time. To get more than half of it, nine of us need to vote for Cici.

[The threshold could be lower if others end up splitting the vote, but...]