AFTERMATH 04

[thecomputer]

Thank you for your input, Citizens! The results of the trial will now be revealed on your screens.

[The interface with the voting buttons vanishes, and is replaced with the following:]

Bobby-G-███-1 voted for Robin-G-███-1
Clay-G-███-1 voted for Yomiel-G-███-1
Curly-G-███-1 voted for Curly-G-███-1
Dan-G-███-1 voted for Paul-G-███-1
Horace-G-███-1 voted for Bobby-G-███-1
Logan-G-███-1 voted for Logan-G-███-1
Mukuro-G-███-1 voted for Bobby-G-███-1
Paul-G-███-1 voted for Bobby-G-███-1
Phi-G-███-1 voted for Bobby-G-███-1
Rin-G-███-1 voted for Bobby-G-███-1
Robin-G-███-1 voted for Robin-G-███-1
Yomiel-G-███-1 voted for Bobby-G-███-1

Total:
Bobby-G-███-1 (6)
Robin-G-███-1 (2)
Paul-G-███-1 (1)
Curly-G-███-1 (1)
Logan-G-███-1 (1)
Yomiel-G-███-1 (1)

Comments

LAST WORDS

[thecomputer]

[As the votes are revealed, a ring of metal bars snap up in place around Bobby’s podium, folding and meeting overhead to create a cage.]

You have voted for the elimination of Bobby-G-SCA-1.

The sentence will be carried out in one minute.

[thefaceofjustice]

.............

[Bobby's been highly emotional and expressive for just about the whole game. But suddenly, his face is showing nothing. Just cold and emotionless.]

[stinkingdeadendjob]

...... So...

Why'dya bother visiting me couple days ago, detective?

[He take a sip of whiskey. Damn, so one of the better ones turned out to be a communist.]

[thefaceofjustice]

I have no reason to explain my plans to any of you.

[fullonbraced]

[....Well.

It looks like Robin was too caught up in trying to prove her innocence, she. forgot to vote.

Huh.


Oops.]

[staunton]

[ Knightley lets out a flurry of jackal laughter, clearly pleased with the outcome. ]

Heh heh heh... Checkmate.

[angry_jerk]

Christ man, get a new hobby. You have an actual problem.

[thefaceofjustice]

Elimination of "Bobby"? Try again, Computer. After all, the real Bobby Fulbright has been dead for months.

[plentyfriendly]

No, you're wrong. It doesn't matter who you really are. To the computer, you are Bobby-G-SCA-1.

And that is something you can't escape from.

[in_plain_sight]

...Huh?

[There's no way she fell for something like this, the irony hurts too much. Not that she knew who Fullbright was either way.]

[angry_jerk]

...So.

What exactly...

Are you saying you're an impostor?

[We'd warn you the choose your words carefully, but it probably doesn't matter by this point.]

[schrodingers_man]

[ Yomiel is the very picture of the cat who's caught the canary. ]

Well, look at that. The Detective in white was the Scanner all along. Looks like it's my lucky day.

[in_plain_sight]

Does it matter? They know all the citizen roles already.

[staunton]

...I'll enjoy watching this one burn.

[ Knightley. ]

EXECUTION

[thecomputer]

[Bobby’s podium/cage suddenly plummets downwards, into the inscrutable depths. A second later, tiny hatches open all along the walls below, and massive torrents of raging flames emerge. You can feel the blazing heat even from as far away as the inferno is.]

[After ten seconds, the incineration stops, and the floor slides back into place, the door opening once more. There are now eleven participants remaining.]

[On your PDC, the UI background has changed from green to blue, and your User IDs have been updated.]

[harshwords]

[ Well, that sure happened. ... But it's blue now, huh. Guess that means that after this execution, it's about high time to go investigate that blue hallway and hope that nobody dies this time. ]

[angry_jerk]

[no no no no no NOOOOOOOO.]

HEY! HEY, YOU GET BACK HERE! YOU COST ME MY SHIV! I WILL GUT YOU, YOU ARROGANT, SHIT-FILLED DISGRACE OF A COP!

[And then he screamed into the air.]

IIIIIIIIIIMPOOOOOOOOOOOSSSTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

[thecomputer]

[Two extra people died during this trial - Dan and Yomiel!

Ten minutes later, their replacements arrive in the loading bay. Please welcome Dan-B-███-2 and Yomiel-B-███-2!]

[schrodingers_man]

[ Well. That was a thing that happened. He died. Again. Thanks to a white-coated detective. Again.

But now he's alive. He can't even be properly mad about having his moment of triumph taken away from him. He's alive. He knew that was supposed to happen, but he was still kind of afraid that if he died, reality would reassert itself and he'd go back to being a ghost. But it hasn't happened. He's still alive.

For a few minutes after his revival, Yomiel just sits by the pod, hand over his heart, like he needs the reassurance that it's still beating. ]

THE BLUE CORRIDOR

[thecomputer]

[No walls of guns await you in the blue corridor this time. It continues, turning several times, before opening up to a sight unlike any other in the claustrophobic facility.

The hallway becomes a catwalk, skirting the outside edge of the blocky facility. It's attached to the ceiling of an immense cavern, with the only sources of light being attached to the facility itself. Along the outside wall, hundreds of monitors, all of them dark. Far, far below, barely visible, is a futuristic metropolis, stretching for miles in every direction.

However, the city below is as silent as it is dark. Nothing is moving, nothing is lit. Not a single sign of life anywhere below.

Welcome to Alpha Complex.]

[in_plain_sight]

[Well that's pretty spooky. Is there an obvious way down? She's not gonna bet on being able to handle the jump.]

[harshwords]

[ Well, that sure is a thing that's happening. Of course, she's completely prepared to hurt some people on her way out of the blue corridor, but nothing. There's absolutely no life, and even Rin herself can tell all too easily. ]

Seems like this isn't our final destination. If there isn't anything that can get us down there, I'll go on ahead.

[ Yes, she's completely willing to make the jump, this isn't the first time she's done it, no big deal. ]

[fullonbraced]

[That's.... that's a thing.

Robin leaned on the railing of the catwalk, looking down at the city with large eyes.]

That's so pretty man...

[stinkingdeadendjob]

[The labyrinth doors swing open and Clay steps out, muttering to himself. He has a fresh bottle of whiskey in one hand and he's clutching at his waist with his other. Realizing he wasn't being particularly discreet, he grumbles, steps back in, and looks left and right before.. once again, stepping out.]

mrrmmmrmuhmm... whiskey, damned... wife... and kids... detective foolbrrhg... shh..mrt...

[fullonbraced]

[The trial ends and Robin walks out in a huff. She was a lot quieter than she would have been usually, given how her male persona had been dropped now, and her face was currently in her PDC.

Which was now blue. Hmm.

Might as well go investigate that weird hallway that killed everyone that tried to go down it. What's the worst that could happen?]