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

[zweivoltage]

[He listens attentively as Battler explains]

Oh! It's a bit like discerning if an enemy's movements is signs of an ambush or trap... under and overthinking it would be disastrous either way.

[boardreversal]

Exactly. Zhuge Liang once made an entire army turn back just because they freaked out that he was calmly playing his instrument at the gates of the city he was defending, even though the city was actually undefended.

If they'd gone ahead, they could have sacked the town...but because they expected him to have a trap waiting, they psyched themselves out and decided to retreat.

[zweivoltage]

I've heard of a pre-crusade war tactic where they created fake military equipment to inflate their numbers and distract the enemy from the real forces.

So... it seems like this is a similar kind of trick.