TRIAL 02

[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 (the dead are grayed out), plus the word “ABSTAIN”. However, ABSTAIN has now been grayed out as well. The trial begins now!]

[[Vote here.]]

Comments

[harshwords]

Not necessarily. If I'm revived as a Citizen, I can out every single one of the Communists with absolutely no problems.

[cantarellacookie]

And if you're a Communist again?

[harshwords]

Then they'll just have to kill me again. It'll be a huge pain in the ass for everyone, don't you think?

[cantarellacookie]

It would be, yes.

[harshwords]

Then I suppose I did a job well done.

[cantarellacookie]

You do realize your younger sister will also be a target of suspicion. By condemning yourself, you condemn her as well.

[harshwords]

... Well, it's her fault for raising suspicion on herself by not saying much. I'm sorry, but Sakura will have to figure things out on her own.

[ Of course, by "situation", Rin is referring to not only this situation, but the fact that they're not from the same world situation. ]

[cantarellacookie]

[There is a tiny monkey-mouse making obscene gestures at you, Rin, jsyk.]