TRIAL 03

[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

[angry_jerk]

[So. Previous tests have revealed that taking a lighter into the Loyalty Chamber is apparently a-okay. This has made Dan particularly curious about what Friend Computer does and doesn't classify as a "weapon".

So now he's hiding his shiv in his shoe. This can't possibly go wrong.

And apparently it doesn't because he's still alive. An arrogant shitbag smile creeps up his lips.]

Alright, so what do we debate since conehead over there killed over asshat number 2?

[schrodingers_man]

[ Yomiel is still radiating "PISSED OFF" after this afternoon, but since when has being pissed off ever kept him from participating in trials? ]

Does anybody have any arguments for why we shouldn't all vote for Sakura right now and be done with it?

[standbyrival]

Do we seriously need a whole hour for this. . .

[standbyrival]

[JUST LOOKS AT HIM.....but doesn't say anything]

[angry_jerk]

...That sounds like someone I'm supposed to know.

[Dan doesn't keep track of names or faces that aren't on his revenge list.]

[thefaceofjustice]

[Looking over his PDC.]

...No. After hearing yesterday's testimonies, she's my top suspect.

[schrodingers_man]

The girl with the long, purple hair.

[ You know, the girl with the purple hair who he didn't already murder. ]

[fullonbraced]

[Robin was more exhausted than anything, considering she'd just seen both her roommates die, and one be revealed as secretly a communist.]

...Uh, I can't think of anything, man.

[fullonbraced]

She's Rin's friend, man!

[....]

Actually, I guess they're not friends!

[in_plain_sight]

...When I suspected you yesterday, you and Kimbley seemed pretty opposed to voting based on limited evidence.

[And hey, she WAS wrong about you, so apparently it was good advice.]

There could easily be another reason Tohsaka was converted. She even said Matou was a Citizen when she confessed, and she had nothing to lose at that point by keeping quiet.

[murimurimuri]

Um... wasn't there a penalty if she implicated anyone after confessing? A really horrible one!

[angry_jerk]

You mean purple-dyed hair.

[angry_jerk]

Oh, then fuck he-

What?! Well, which is she?!

[respring]

It's not dyed... [ although it also isn't her natural hair color. ~magic~

but yes this should be the thing she's focusing on right now. instead of protesting her innocence. ]

[angry_jerk]

Uh, I call bullshit on that. There's no such thing as purple hair.

[You people and your anime magics.]

[respring]

It's from my magic crest...it turned my hair and my eyes purple. [ how do you explain the blank, pupil-less eyes, dan. no one has a steady supply of contacts in here....!! ] Well, I guess from a certain point of view it could be called dye. But it's not...traditional dye.

[in_plain_sight]

Yes, but that wouldn't have kicked in if she just refused to answer questions. ...Probably.

If she really did intend to betray the communists, actively lying to defend one would have been a waste of breath.

[staunton]

Nope. She's not our Indoctrinator, but I'm sure would have been easy to persuade Himemiya to convert Tohsaka.

[fullonbraced]

I don't know, maaaan! She said she'd kill Sakura if she had to, or something!

I don't think that's a very good friendship!

[respring]

She's my older sister.

[ #helpful ]

[angry_jerk]

[Dan just. Stares for a moment before pinching the bridge of his nose.]

Let me get this straight.

Magic. Gave you. Purple hair.

[He just assumed she was dead inside, crushed by the inefficient and oppressive government that cared little for individual life.]

[angry_jerk]

Friends do that all the time! Just last month I threatened Chris with a steak knife!

[respring]

Yes...? [ .... ] Neesan and I are magi. It says so on our profiles.

[fullonbraced]

.....

[staring.... at you.]

[schrodingers_man]

I don't remember her saying Sakura's a Citizen. She said she didn't have an important role. Sounds to me like that just meant she's not the Inhibitor or the Scanner.

I don't remember Rin making any strong impressions that first day, either. There's no stronger reason for her to have been converted than simple sentiment.

This isn't limited evidence. It's a lot more damning than having a short temper and a big mouth.