DAY 01

[thecomputer]

[Good morning! The doors unlock at 07:00, the enforced sleep effect wearing off just a few minutes prior. As you file out into the facility for the morning, it won’t take long to figure out what’s different. The first clue is probably the corpse in the Central Hub - the body that formerly belonged to Seryu Ubiquitous.

Once everyone’s up, there is an announcement from Friend Computer.]

Good morning, Citizens! Last night, participant Seryu-R-CIT-1 was terminated due to Communist action. In addition, one participant was successfully converted from a Citizen into a Communist. There are now 13 Citizens and 6 Communists.

Trial 01 will begin at 20:00.

[At 08:00, the usual fleet of cleaning droids will clear up the corpse and surrounding mess.

On the profiles list, Seryu’s full User ID is now visible, and her status has changed to DEAD.]

Comments

[plentyfriendly]

Who said it had to be a person? Maybe our friend the computer had some spare blood.

[ossifragant]

...You're right. The computer probably had a hand in setting this up. Whoever is controlling it probably has access to anything he wants.

[plentyfriendly]

Not quite... there doesn't necessarily have to be someone controlling it.

[ossifragant]

I guess I don't know enough [or anything] about computers.

[plentyfriendly]

Basically, if whoever it was did it right, it's acting according to what he or she wants even while that person isn't around. And they could even be one of us.

[ossifragant]

...That's an alarming thought.

We really have no way of knowing at all.