DAY 03

[thecomputer]

[Good morning! The doors unlock at 07:00, the enforced sleep effect wearing off just a few minutes prior. The body will take some time to find this time - because Zolf was hidden in the depths of the Labyrinth!

The Computer doesn't speak up until someone finds him.]

Good morning, Citizens! Last night, participant Zolf-O-DEF-1 was terminated due to Communist action. There are now 10 Citizens and 5 Communists.

Trial 03 will begin at 20:00.

[Friend Computer will remain to answer questions for ten minutes. One hour after the body is found, the usual fleet of cleaning droids will clear up the corpse and surrounding mess.

On the profiles list, Zolf’s full User ID is now visible, and his status has changed to DEAD.]

Comments

[cantarellacookie]

["You have to realize we aren't Communists of our own free will."

"We should have recruited Kimbley."

"I hope you're happy, big brother."

"I hope it lasts this time."

"Maybe... maybe if it doesn't I'll see Miss Utena again."

All those words flash through her mind but in the end she just says:]

I wasn't the Scanner, Mr. Yomiel.

[1/2]

[schrodingers_man]

Oh well. Maybe next time. See ya, sucker.

[2/2]

[schrodingers_man]

Bang.

[ He pantomimes the motion of a gun firing as his thumb presses down on the PDC's screen. ]

[thecomputer]

[A brief moment passes before a large number of turrets unfold from the ceiling. Big, bulky guns, some kind of rocket launchers or something.]

Attention, participants! The Troubleshooter has requested the extermination of participant Anthy-O-IND-2. Please step away from the target.

[Five seconds later, the guns fire, but instead of rockets or bullets, they shoot swords. About fifty of them, filling Anthy like a pincushion.

The backdrop of your PDCs changes from orange to yellow.]

[respring]

[ ABRUPTLY SCREAMING GOOD LORD this isn't the Unlimited Blade Works route what the hell people ]

[in_plain_sight]

[...And then for some reason Mukuro felt like someone just walked over her grave. At least they're not spears.]

So... I guess that makes you 100% clear...

[angry_jerk]

[Dan immediately races toward the cafeteria, eager to catch at least some display of this great moment.]

FUCK! CAN WE AT LEAST STILL KILL THE MONKEY?!

[cantarellacookie]

[The monkey is nowhere to be found!]

[angry_jerk]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! [He falls to his knees, screaming into the air.]

THAT'S NOT FAIR! THAT'S NOT FAIR AT ALL! THERE WAS TIME NOW! THERE WAS ALL THE TIME I WANTED! THAT'S NOT FAIR!

[fullonbraced]

[That... that was her sort of roommate.

...Who was apparently a communist. what.

And oh god that's a lot of swords. She cant handle this twice in one day man. She just can't. Manliness be dammed.]

[staunton]

[ ...okay watching that was kind of disturbing and he didn't expect this to happen but-- ]

Holy shit, Mr. Yomiel.

[plentyfriendly]

I expected you to be an ally, but not that... damn, that was a show.

[So many swords.]

[schrodingers_man]

[ Yomiel didn't actually completely know what would happen when he pressed that button. But he sure wasn't expecting swords.

For once, he doesn't look away from the body, though. This one's his doing. He can't look away from that--he won't. It's revenge. Of course he wanted that. They deserved it. They all deserved it.

The mania in his face fades to an impassive expression as he slips his PDC back into its pocket, but the way his shoulders move with his breathing betrays the rush of adrenaline he's still feeling. ]

Two down.

[thefaceofjustice]

[GOD WHAT DO ACE ATTORNEY DETECTIVES EVEN DO AROUND BODIES IF THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO MURDERED THEM...]

And we have a lead on a third...

[lexicalscope]

You didn't need to do that!

[Whoa, lookout, tiny robot girl with a big gun and a pissed off look to her face, coming your way.]

If you knew, you could have pushed the button at any time! You didn't need to torment her!

[schrodingers_man]

[ Yomiel looks at Curly impassively. Either he doesn't believe she's going to shoot him or he doesn't care. ]

She knows exactly who killed her. Everybody does. That's more of a kindness than the Communists give their victims.

[lexicalscope]

[Well, she's not really pointing the gun at him. Not deliberately. Really, she's just keeping it handy. You know. In case he tries to choke her or something. ]

That would have been better than taunting her with it!You made sure you got everybody's attention, and you made a point of gloating about your power over her. She may have been a communist, but she was still a nice person. That's more than I can say about you.

We might be on the same team, but from here you still look like a bad guy.

[schrodingers_man]

You're right. We might be on the same team.

[ No comment on whether or not he's a bad guy, apparently. ]

[standbyrival]

[W O W]

[Paul was hanging back, just about when Yomiel started yammering away. He doesn't react until the whole SWORDS FOREVER THING]

[theeeen he just laughs]

Guess I was right, that was well worth the risk.

[schrodingers_man]

[ Yomiel hasn't been reacting to everybody else's reactions, but for some reason what Paul just said has caught his attention. ]

What did you just say?

[standbyrival]

[. . .oh right you're still actually there tho]

[he closes his mouth, and then EH. He is happy enough she's gone. He shrugs]

Remember when I said I investigated her last night? I might have been pulling your leg.

Good thing she actually was a Communist.

[schrodingers_man]

WHAT?

[ Yomiel grabs Paul by the front of his jacket and it's probably a good thing that he doesn't actually have the arm strength required to pick the kid up like that. ]

What were you thinking?!

[standbyrival]

[he's like barely five feet tall Yomiel you got some weak arms]

I was thinking we need to get rid of the competition and FAST before we all end up dead! Didn't you notice how she was acting last trial? How defensive she was of that Robin kid? She has no real argument, and tried to compare me to Rin. It was so obvious!

It's a good thing you're so gullible or we would have never gotten this far.

[murimurimuri]

[Shrieks in an unpleasantly high-pitched way and flips around to not have to look at the body. It takes him a second to regain his calm, but once he does he asks the most natural question:]

Is... is her monkey okay?

[thefaceofjustice]

[Wow she just got murdered super hard. At least Bobby's not going to try to arrest Yomiel since it's essentially self-defense for the group.]