RECORDING 3: THE FIRST TRIAL

[foundationmods]

The worst has happened... and now you're all here, in the living room where you first met Todd. As all of you enter, the Vessel is there - glowering at all of you, still missing the arm Dazai shorn from him with his touch.

On one of the tables away from the center is a small enclosed box entitled 'VOTES', with slips of paper nearby and a pen. It's sufficiently away from what will be the 'main' action, but not enough to really give anyone complete privacy as they vote.

Once everyone is inside, the doors automatically shut and lock themselves, leaving you trapped in here with the Vessel...and each other.

One of you is a murderer...however, in this game, the guilty do not need to be voted out. As long as there are enough people voted out that matches the victims...then it will be accepted.

...But, can you really let someone get away with murder...?

The choice...is up to you.

VICTIM: OLYMPIA
PEOPLE TO VOTE OUT: 1

WEEK 1 VOTING

Comments

[golden_dream]

Hm... Something less than "I hate her kind, and want her to die," and more like "It doesn't matter because she won't feel the same sort of pain or loss when she's dead?"

[cw_suicide]

If you think of it in a way of "If we don't pick someone to die, they're just going to kill us all", that sort of mentality fits, doesn't it?

[golden_dream]

So, in other words, we can't eliminate someone as a suspect just because they would try to claim "I'm not capable of murder, I'm just too darned nice."

[nods]

[dreamdispersal]

We couldn't eliminate someone on those grounds anyway. How naive are you?

[golden_dream]

Of course we wouldn't, but do you know any nice people? They get away with murder, all the time.

...Figuratively.

[cw_suicide]

Any real nice person wouldn't say that to start with.

[golden_dream]

Exactly. [Bit of a catch-22.]

Maybe we should watch for anyone who would try to claim they'd be too haunted by their conscience to commit murder.

[boardreversal]

[mmmmm don't like this]

...Yeah. Unfortunately, we'll have to get everyone's alibis.

[golden_dream]

You think so? Can we say for certain when it happened?

Was she at the party?

[baitless]

[hahaha wow what a horrifying concept. He doesn’t want to give it the benefit of the doubt but...]

I’m not sure if I’m remembering correctly because I merely overheard it rather than asking her about it, but did she say she could be restored at the Foundation if she was killed here?

[golden_dream]

Did she? We didn't really talk. But if that's the case...

[long sigh]

Then, it just falls perfectly into that line of reasoning.

[baitless]

I didn’t either. I was simply wondering if I heard that right, since I am not quite sure how she functions.

[...like golems exist back home but they’re probably different? Probably.]

[golden_dream]

...It does seem like something odd to say.

[tangentlion]

She sure did. I said it was a zetta good backup plan.

[baitless]

It seems like a good way to attempt to absolve one’s self of responsibility if we somehow make it out of here. I say “attempt” there, because I certainly do not agree with it, but...

[tangentlion]

Just confirming your suspicions, green bean, don't overwork that yoctogram brain of yours.

[notbymyside]

It's a good backup plan in case of emergency, yes. But I can't help but wonder what the killer was trying to accomplish here.

[tangentlion]

Who knows.

[golden_dream]

...Excuse me. Minamimoto, is it?

I have a question for you.

[ghostricked]

"Back up plan"... that's what you called your sigil too. Can it do the same thing?

[boardreversal]

...You think they killed because of that?

[Ugh....]

But even if that was the case, The Olympia-chan we knew is gone. Right?

[reanimania]

I'm not certain if that's the case or not. I still have her core, which likely contains her memory data. It's feasible that it could still be restored.

[reanimania]

That is what she said, yes. That both her mind and body could be restored.

[noneforall]

A copy of her AI or consciousness (or more) is probably on the servers somewhere. Though, given the technology, I have questions about how reliable the backup is.

[Said with academic thoughtfulness here, really.]

[baitless]

Ah, I see. Even with that, though, it is still a far better chance at being revived than the majority of us have.