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]

Well, I personally don't see you as much of a threat.

[schrodingers_man]

[ That was... not actually the answer Yomiel expected at all. ]

What? Why?!

[harshwords]

Call it a woman's intuition. [ Or rather, she's not telling. ] Though I'm certain that they might scan you tonight because of these conversations.

[alchemicals]

If this is a polite way of saying it's because I'm fucked up, I think my delicate maiden feelings can handle hearing it. Just as an aside.

[harshwords]

Well, I generally try to stay away from being impolite, but if you insist. You're more of a cunning bastard than Yomiel-kun, from what I've seen.

[alchemicals]

[...wait what]

Wow. Really? I mean I'm more of a bastard, definitely. But otherwise?

[harshwords]

Well, there are people who can be complete pain in the asses, but you're not that type of person. You're a bastard, but not an incompetent bastard.

... Oh, and I wanted to hurt Yomiel-kun's pride a little by teasing him, since I haven't had anybody to mess with for a while.

[schrodingers_man]

...

[ Yomiel's not talking to you anymore, Rin. ]

[harshwords]

[ It's okay, Yomiel, she's just messing with you because she actually likes you. ... Not that she would actually say that, because you know, that can totally be taken in the wrong way and she's already spoken for. ]