AFTERMATH 02

[thecomputer]

Thank you for your input, Citizens! The results of the trial will now be revealed on your screens.

[The interface with the voting buttons vanishes, and is replaced with the following:]

Anthy-R-███-2 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Aud-R-███-1 voted for Aud-R-███-1
Bobby-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Clay-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Curly-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Dan-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Horace-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Logan-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Mukuro-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Paul-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Phi-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Rin-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Robin-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Sakura-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Simon-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Yomiel-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1
Zolf-R-███-1 voted for Rin-R-███-1

Total:
Rin-R-███-1 (16)
Aud-R-███-1 (1)

Comments

[schrodingers_man]

You didn't already forget what you said about letting the Defense Officer do their job, did you? If we're really lucky, there might be no dead body at all tomorrow morning.

[alchemicals]

Depends. Did you forget what you said about the possibility of the Defense Officer being an unfathomable fuckup?

You were a bit nicer about it than that, but the sentiment remains.

[schrodingers_man]

...Just the possibility that the Defense Officer might be covering you after what Rin said could be enough reason for the Communists to pick someone else.

It's... probably you or me tonight.

[alchemicals]

...That's true, isn't it.

[Shit.]

Look, I don't usually ask this sort of thing, but are you going to be all right? For a given degree of "all right."

[schrodingers_man]

...I'm fine. From the very first night, I knew I probably wasn't going to make it to the end of this alive. I've accepted that. As long as I can pass on naturally, I can't really ask for anything more than that.

...I... don't have anything to go back to, anyway.

[alchemicals]

[.........]

Look, I'm a godawful person. I'm not even an honest godawful person like Moge-ko - I don't know what Greed told you about me, but he was probably right because Greed doesn't lie. I don't give a shit about what happens to me any more than I give a shit about what happens to the rest of you. I'm not even smart like you or that guy Knightley. Good at what I do, yeah. But I'm a fucking idiot otherwise. Ask anyone.

If I die, then I die. But if you give a damn about winning this thing then you'd better hope you stay alive, because you're the only one who knows what you're doing around here.

[schrodingers_man]

We better hope the Defense Officer agrees with you, then.

[alchemicals]

Personally? What I'm hoping is that the Communists guess wrong.

They've got something like a 25% chance of guessing right, don't they? If we figure for the Defense Officer not being a fuckup who's just protecting their friends.