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

[standbyrival]

And that would be the point of trying to smoke them out. They stay quiet, people get paranoid, and vote them out anyway. They speak up, and the Communists off them later.

Overall I'm leaning toward the idea of ignoring it completely for now. It's a distraction with no real answer, unless someone is dumb enough to speak up. There are other ways to go about this.

[harshwords]

We'll just have to see, in the end.

[standbyrival]

No, we still need to be more aggressive about this. Not so much that another citizen is voted out, but the "wait and see" tactic isn't going to cut it.

[harshwords]

If you want to be aggressive, then go right ahead. I prefer the aggressive approach myself, but we won't get anywhere if we keep going around in circles.

[standbyrival]

[he looks thoughtful, and then points to names on his comp screen thingy]

Fine.

"Robin" and "Logan" are two I've been watching for a bit.

The first, despite being really freaked out when we first arrived, had no objections whatsoever to possibly killing an innocent Citizen, even though she was crazy and I'm pretty sure we're all glad she's gone. Someone that loud staying in the background doesn't sit right with me, and I'm well acquainted with loud morons.

"Logan" simply due to watching him right now. I agree we don't know if Yomiel is 100% safe, but pushing him that hard for answers that could compromise the safety of other citizens doesn't feel right. Admittedly, this is flimsy at best, but I'm trying to narrow down my areas of focus.

[harshwords]

....

Robin-san, huh. I won't disagree about the fact that there are some people who I found strange about killing someone on the first day instead of abstaining, but you should know by now that not everyone is what they seem.

And Logan-san does seem rather pushy today. Perhaps he wants to get this all over with as soon as possible. These trials are rather annoying, after all. Though personally, the ones I've been watching lately are Kimbley-san and Yomiel-san and not just because I'm trying to find Communists.

[standbyrival]

[ooc: meant "he when referring to Robin, whups]

It's not even about being more than meets the eye, it's how they went about it.

What makes those two stand out aside from them being the loudest?

[harshwords]

In regards to Yomiel-san, it's his words alone right now that's making him stand out. It's the same reason why someone would suspect Logan-san, actually.

And as for Kimbley-san, I'm simply interested in him. Besides, Phi-san did try to off him yesterday, so I'm rather curious about that as well.

[standbyrival]

Point. Unlike Logan, however, Yomiel's kept our eyes on him for two days now. A risky move when people are trying to seek out their killers, don't you think? If Yomiel is speaking the truth now, and hiding the identity of potential role holders, he's the biggest threat to the Communists, and getting him voted off would be their smartest move.

. . .as for Kimbley, I wondered about that. Maybe it's because he's a jerk, but that applies to me, too.

[harshwords]

Perhaps. I've already met one other jerk already, but it's not as if I would vote him off just because he's a sheer annoyance. Someone who could possibly kill me, on the other hand, is a different story.

[standbyrival]

. . .

[pauses momentarily wondering if she meant him, but there are a lot of jerks here. WELP....]

Why don't you just ask Phi, then?

[harshwords]

I don't think she'd tell me outright in public, so I'll ask her later, in private.

[fullonbraced]

HEY! I didn't want to do that, man! I didn't even know she was a Citizen!

[cantarellacookie]

I believe you, Robin.

[standbyrival]

You didn't know she wasn't a Communist either. Weren't you freaked out about this whole thing before?

[fullonbraced]

Yeah! And I still ammmm! I don't want people to keep dying, man, but they still dooo!

[Robin clenches her fists, clearly distraught.] But we can't do anything else! You heard the robot! We have to vote...

[standbyrival]

But you didn't have to vote yesterday. Abstaining was very much an option. Instead, you chose to send that psycho to her death.

[fullonbraced]

SO DID YOUUU! You voted for her too, maaan! Why are you blaming me?!

[standbyrival]

The difference between us is I was ready to do this from the start. You made it sound like you didn't want anyone to be hurt, and your actions contradict your words.

[cantarellacookie]

[Anthy clears her throat.] I think Robin was okay with executing Moge-ko on my behalf and not due to Communism.

[standbyrival]

Are you friends with him?

[cantarellacookie]

I don't know if you can really become friends with someone that quickly, but of everyone here, Robin is the person who I like best. We've been sharing a room with Mr Kimbley these last two nights.

[standbyrival]

Who you decide to bunk with is irrelevant. Why are you fond of him? Did he help you after Moge-ko killed you?

[cantarellacookie]

Robin reminds me of my betrothed.

[Yes, this seemingly fourteen year old girl is engaged to someone.]

[standbyrival]

[s'all good he's from pokemon world, they're legal at 10]

. . .

Sorry to hear you're getting married to someone that loudly obnoxious. Anyway, personality doesn't stop him from being a suspect.