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

[thefaceofjustice]

...Alright everybody, stay calm! I'm a detective.

I'm going to ask that nobody disturb the crime scene during the investigation!

[YEAH JUST... GOING TO EXAMINE ALL THIS CRAZY SHIT NOW...]

[staunton]

Find anything aside from the obvious yet, Mr. Detective? [ You know, like the arrow, the arm, and the message on the wall. ]

[thefaceofjustice]

[Points out the most Ace Attorney thing ever: the name written in blood.]

This could be the victim's attempt to reveal the identity of her killer before she died!

[Opens his PDC and checks the profile list.]

...But I don't see anyone here named "Johnny".

[staunton]

[ Thanks, captain obvious. ]

Maybe the message's a fake.

[thefaceofjustice]

Alright, let's get to the basics. We should at least cover the usual makings of a case: a suspect, murder weapon, time of death, and motive.

The suspects are "communists", we just don't know who they are yet. She likely died of either the arrow piercing her heart, or suffocation due to the mechanical arm. She was murdered sometime last night.

As for motive, we need to figure out why she was targeted. I would start by interviewing people.

[staunton]

I'll leave the interviewing to you, Mr. Detective.

[notikea]

I'm going to check the body while you investigate the crime scene, if you don't mind, mister detective.

[thefaceofjustice]

I'm pretty short on officers here... so I suppose I could use the help!

Touching the body woooo

[notikea]

A former lieutenant, this is practically my duty. [She first goes for the neck, inching the arm slightly away to check for discoloration or marks of choking on the skin.]

[angry_jerk]

Oh sure. Trust the police.

Like that's ever worked out for anyone ever.

[lexicalscope]

Do you have a better idea? We're expected to vote to kill someone tonight. I don't like it, but that's the situation we're in. We might as well try and find something to guide us, or we'll keep randomly lynching each other until the communists get us all.

[angry_jerk]

I'm just saying, following the lead of someone who holds power over an entire city? Bad call.

[lexicalscope]

Does that really matter here? Corrupt city officials or not, you have to admit they at least get training in this sort of thing. The only thing we need to worry about is if he's a communist or not.

[cantarellacookie]

[Anthy approaches eventually.]

Mr. Fullbright? I heard you talking to Mr Knightley about the name? Do you think any of us have been admitted into the exercise under false names?