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

[finalring]

Wasn't miss Olympia a robot? She must have had more ways to defend herself than most humans and 6350s could. So it makes me think that maybe it's someone that can either go against her or catch her unaware somehow.

[cw_suicide]

Or someone she trusted enough and who had a plan. She was fairly obedient from what I experienced with her.

[accrowed]

If that's our criteria, it'll be hard to narrow things down. [ Hm, hm. ]

How about we start by asking who she spoke to this week?

[tsunderine]

Wouldn't that be difficult? She was at the 'party', so she could have spoken to any amount of us.

Which was, by the way, the only time I really spoke to her.

[finalring]

So basically they'd be using her own trust against her...

[ he grimaces. ]

But that still means they would have to have some sort of mechanical knowledge to get her to shut down. The things that miss Yachi saw couldn't have possibly happened while she was alive.

[zweivoltage]

Who would qualify as having that kind of knowledge?

[onemolife]

It might not be hard if they lured her away with a conversation or asked her for help.

[ She seemed a friendly roomba ]

[boardreversal]

And all of us have been pretty nice towards her...

[He. Hates this a lot, actually? He's just trying not to show it.]

[finalring]

But from then they'd have to work quickly. I don't think she would have just allowed someone to remove her head like that.

[noneforall]

Seems like it’d be key to know exactly how they could have deactivated or immobilized her then, yes?

[finalring]

Absolutely. It would have had to be someone that knew enough about machinery to know how to deactivate her quickly, before she went into the offensive.

[noneforall]

Did she even have any outer components that could have achieved that, or was it possible to shut her down by knocking her on the head the old-fashioned way? I’d be surprised if anyone had gotten a look at her internal components this early into our acquaintance, even if she’s supposedly the obedient type.

[deadanimemom]

It didn't look like there was any kind of a struggle. Do we know if she told anyone how to disable her or shut her off?

[finalring]

No resistance at all?

[ he shakes his head. ]

I have no idea. But as I said, it's also likely that she could have been convinced to tell someone right before the murder.

[deadanimemom]

It looks like she fell and was dragged out, there weren't any other signs of struggle in the room at all. If there was a fight, nothing was knocked over or scratched or damaged.

[golden_dream]

Possibly...

...This is going to sound like speculation, but does anyone here know... mechanics? Maybe they knew what gear to jam up, or what circuit to fry.

[reanimania]

[ urgh this sucks ]

O-obviously I do, but I'd also never do anything to damage something that impressive! I'd hoped to get to talk to her more to learn more about the technology behind her, and had offered to help with any maintenance she required.

[golden_dream]

You do?! I thought you were a doctor.

[boardreversal]

...I know a little, but for a robot like Olympia-chan? I wouldn't know where to start.

[golden_dream]

You do? Really?

Since when?

[finalring]

That would imply that there's any actual damage to her body. Like someone forced her to shut off instead of her allowing herself to be turned off.

[ ... ]

But I have knowledge of it as well. But I would never do something that horrible to her, please understand.

[golden_dream]

[nods] I understand.

--You're a doctor too, aren't you?

[oxidegreen]

I don't think Ms. Olympia could see if someone was in a ghostly form around her. We do have someone here who can switch between those states.

[golden_dream]

...And that is?

[finalring]

Would they be able to cause physical harm while in that form?