TRIAL 01

[thecomputer]

Attention, Citizens! You have ten minutes to proceed to the Loyalty Chamber. Anyone who is late to the Loyalty Chamber, or who brings any weapons into the Loyalty Chamber, will be immediately executed.

[Once you arrive, you will find a large chamber, with twenty podiums spaced around the room in a circle. On the ceiling, a massive screen showing the digital eye of The Computer, turning to look at whoever is talking.]

You have one hour to come to a consensus about who to eliminate. Ties will be broken randomly.

[The floor of the chamber begins to split apart, eventually only leaving the twenty podiums as safe places to stand, above a seemingly bottomless abyss. Each podium lights up with a touch screen showing twenty user IDs (Seryu-R-CIT-1 is grayed out), plus the word “ABSTAIN”. The trial begins now!]

[[Vote Here.]]

Comments

[schrodingers_man]

[ Yomiel's looking considerably better than he did this morning, and considerably more interested and serious than he did yesterday. He doesn't even react to the floor retracting; he just wants this over with. ]

Since the Loyalty Officer hasn't come forward with the names of any definite Communists, I say we vote for Moge-ko. Even if she's not a Communist, she's a threat to all of us.

[ Communists, why did you not do everyone a favor and kill her yourselves, he doesn't understand. ]

1/?

[dictator_ko]

Moge-ko isn't a Communist. If she was, she'd be much happier. I'd get to kill people at night. ♪

2/?

[dictator_ko]

Moge-ko is unhappy with this situation. She can't eat what she likes. She can't play with toys until they break. And she doesn't even get to be a communist.

3/?

[dictator_ko]

I'm not having any fun. I'll find you and KILL you, kidnapper. I'LL RIP YOUR ENTAILS OUT. YOU CAN JUST DIE DIE DIE DIE.

4/?

[dictator_ko]

Moge-ko won't just be quiet if you all vote against her. ♪

5/6

[dictator_ko]

I'll HURT you all if you vote against me. I'll BATHE THIS ROOM IN BLOOD.

6/6

[dictator_ko]

But if you don't vote against me, I'll behave. ♪

[plentyfriendly]

I donno, she doesn't seem like the type to sit back and let someone else kill for her. If she is a Communist, and did it, do you think there'd have been much of a body left?

[I mean, she's not saying "Moge-ko isn't a communist" but...]

[schrodingers_man]

I'm not sure the Communists even murdered our little victim this morning. [ Look at him saying that so casually like it didn't trigger a breakdown. ] The rules say they vote for a Citizen to be eliminated, and that elimination means execution. That's a pretty particular choice of word, don't you think?

But whether or not she's a Communist is pretty irrelevant. What the rules don't say is what happens when someone runs out of back-ups without being eliminated from the exercise, and Moge-ko's already run through two thirds of hers.

I'm not willing to take the risk that she is a Communist and the exercise won't end if she gets herself killed permanently without being properly "eliminated".

[cantarellacookie]

I would be all right with that.

[Anthy doesn't react to floor retracting either, though Chuchu makes a startled shriek and clings to her neck.]

[alchemicals]

So here's a dumb question, since you seem to be our current guy with the ideas.

How do you propose our Loyalty Officer should even get that information to us without drawing a massive target on their back?

[schrodingers_man]

How should I know? I'm not the Loyalty Officer, it's not my problem. Maybe they could wait until there's nobody in the Food Sector and then write a message on the floor with that slop they call "FunFood".

[ossifragant]

I don't know if there's much point to that.

She's dangerous, but no matter who we vote for, it's a stab in the dark.

[standbyrival]

If you're convinced it's a blind shot, why argue against it?

[schrodingers_man]

You said it yourself. She's dangerous and any vote would be a stab in the dark. Isn't that point enough?

[in_plain_sight]

Killing people for reasons other than being sure they're communists is the last thing we should be doing. If you think she's too dangerous to be left alive, don't. I'm handling her.

[Is this a logical argument or would she actually prefer Moge-ko to live? We just don't know.]

[respring]

You're...handling her? By letting her beat you up? [ THAT HITS WAY TOO CLOSE TO HOME MUKURO NO ]

[schrodingers_man]

Yeah, she's looking real handled there, screaming death threats at us.

[ Look at this weedy nerd and tell him he's not in serious danger if Moge-ko gets out of this room alive after this. Just try. ]

[standbyrival]

[likely standing FAR, FAR AWAY FROM CAT GIRL...]

That'd be just fine with me. She's useless anyway.

I will say, if she isn't a "Communist", they're probably hoping for her to distract everyone and save their skins for the night. Or she is, and they don't mind throwing her under the bus. [a snort]

Either way, before that, does anyone have ANY direction to go in?

[staunton]

Can we all stop and think about what the Indoctrinator did last night? They chose to convert despite it being more strategically sound to do so later when they have a better idea of who they want on their side. Why did they do this?

[ There's a brief pause as he considers his words. ]

Perhaps Moge-ko is among the Communists and they know people are gonna want to eliminate her, so they chose to convert immediately to keep their group from getting smaller right off the bat.

[decrees]

That's an interesting thought. Are there any other reasons the Indoctrinator would act early? We should consider all the possibilities.

[fullonbraced]

Yeah! Uh, she seems really dangerous, man!

[murimurimuri]

She's scary. She's really, really scary...

[lexicalscope]

As much as I'd agree with you, could we at least see if anybody has found anything that might give us a clue about who the communists are? If we're practically going to stab in the dark, we should try to be smart about it! Even a little bit of a clue would be better than choosing her simply because she's a menace.

But if there isn't any evidence to be heard, then I completely agree. If she's not one of them, we'll still all be better off without a distraction like that causing chaos. That would only benefit the communists. If she is one of them, then she could be even worse, assuming that they can control her to fit their agenda.

[thefaceofjustice]

Given her behavior so far, there's enough grounds for me to try placing her under arrest. I'd really be more comfortable doing my job as an officer than trying to act as a judge...