DAY 04

[thecomputer]

[Good morning! The doors unlock at 07:00, the enforced sleep effect wearing off just a few minutes prior. Feel like braving the Emergency Backup Labyrinth? Because the Edutainment Sector is where you'll find Simon's body!

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

Good morning, Citizens! Last night, participant Simon-G-TRO-1 was terminated due to Communist action. In addition, participant Aud-G-CIT-1 was terminated due to system error. There are now $UNDEF Citizens and $UNDEF 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, Simon’s full User ID is now visible, and his status has changed to DEAD.]

Comments

[schrodingers_man]

...That's right.

[plentyfriendly]

Were you and Paul both working with him?

[schrodingers_man]

[ He shakes his head. ]

As far as the brat knew, I was really the Troubleshooter.

[plentyfriendly]

It does make sense for Simon to have protected himself by letting someone else pose as his special role. He was nervous, even afraid, all the time.

So you were both lying to each other. Him about having checked Anthy, and you about your actual role. But because of the fact that you used that signal, as far as I'm concerned you have nothing to apologize for.

[schrodingers_man]

...Are you stupid? You really think I got fooled by a twelve-year-old? Is that the kind of guy you think I am?

Everything that happened in the Food Sector yesterday is something I planned. I masterminded the entire thing! I'm the one who got Simon to let me pose as his role, I'm the one who knew Anthy was a Communist, I'm the one who got that brat to make my little Loyalty Officer friend "disappear," and even that was a lie I made up in the first place to hide the truth!

I'm the real Loyalty Officer and the only person who was protecting himself yesterday was me.

[plentyfriendly]

No, that's not the kind of person I think you are, but considering I once knew someone that claimed to have been tricked by someone younger than Paul, I just had to be sure.

It was my mistake for jumping to that conclusion, though. And... thank you for being suspicious of me one of the first two nights.

[schrodingers_man]

You're wrong about that, too. I never investigated you. The Communists took care of that for me by trying to frame you. I only spoke up in the trial that day because I didn't want to repeat the same mistake we made with Moge-ko and I had a better suggestion. It had nothing to do with you.

[plentyfriendly]

I see. So the facts that the message existed and you didn't write it were enough to exonerate me.