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

[cw_suicide]

[lol Bugs Bunny...

trying to work on getting his arms unraveled, pants still on.]

That's only natural, isn't it? No one wants to be stripped to prove their innocence just in case.

[onemolife]

[ What's up, Doc.

He's going to fill a bucket up with water and a little bleach before sticking his white under robes in there.

Also what's a kiss between friends? ]

Right? Though I won't mind volunteering again if you need a hand again.

[notbymyside]

[Ugh you two.]

Keep it tame at the trials, that's all I ask.

[It's also all he'll say on the matter, since he seems wholly disinterested in their flirting. Instead he's focusing on scrubbing his clothes.]

[cw_suicide]

[dumping his bandages in with the white robes. they can be reused if they're bleached, right?

but also smile is still on his face but his gaze is a bit distant for a moment as he pauses... before he just. looks at his coat. covered in blood.]

... mm, well... if only we could ask the same of our hosts.

[onemolife]

Only at the trials?

[ He's teasing here as he scoots over to Ango to bother him. Look, the more you ignore, the more he wants to bother. ]

We are getting a new one, right? Maybe they will be nicer?

[ Maybe they will get Misty or someone dressed as Pikachu ]

[notbymyside]

In front of other people, then.

[Scooting away >T]

Our host is likely going to be our recently-departed teammate, you know. He won't be nicer.

1/3

[cw_suicide]

[ah.

there it is.]

[cw_suicide]

[and it comes out in a sudden, harsh kicking of one of the tubs or sinks does it matter? the pain in his foot and running up his leg in vibrations is really superior to the thought of that fucking Vessel.]

[cw_suicide]

[... actually that really hurt

time to just flop down on the ground because poor life decisions]

Ow...

1/2

[onemolife]

[ He's about to poke Ango just to see what'll happen and then there's the sound of something being kicked.

Whirling around to stare at Dazai for a moment. ]

Aiya, you almost gave me a heart attack!

[onemolife]

[ Not that he really faults him because the possibility of dealing with Sho so soon...

He will go to crouch down by where Dazai is flopped over. He probably looks funny like that in bugs bunny. ]

Was it worth it?

[notbymyside]

[He jumps when Dazai kicks the tub, but the surprise is only there for a moment. Once he realizes what happened, he is quick to sigh and see to Dazai.]

You shouldn't do that, Dazai-kun. You'll hurt yourself again.

[Since WWX is already there, he'll stand nearby and watch the two men on the ground.]

[cw_suicide]

No.

[petulantly answering WWX's question before he brings up his hands to his hair and just make the most frustrated sound because it's better than anything else threatening to come up.]

This is stupid! This whole situation! Who even sends in an entire unit after you lose the first one?! Assuming that was the first one! If I die here, I'll haunt whoever's idea it was!

[... i mean, at least it's an "if"]

[onemolife]

[ He can go head and make more frustrated sounds if he wants. ]

It does seem pretty strange to me. Maybe they lost someone important?

[ He does reach over to poke at him. ]

[notbymyside]

Ah. I see Dazai-kun has grown petulant.

[...well. Alright.

He'll join those two on the floor then, sitting near Dazai's head.]

If you can whine like this, then you'll be fine.

[cw_suicide]

I'm not whining!

[he says... in a whine.

and he smacks at WWX's poking finger before heaving a heavy sigh.]

I can't believe it was Occam's Razor all along. How stupid.

[here it is. the minor part for the tantrum: ... he done made a fool of himself and fucked up.]

wow i have an excuse to use this icon

[onemolife]

It's actually kind of cute.

[ Retracting his finger. Look, usually he's the whining butt so it's interesting to see someone else be petulant. ]

You know, no one believed it was that easy.

[notbymyside]

It's only cute because you don't see it all the time.

[Just. Pointing that out.]

Nobody thinks less of you for not solving the trial, Dazai-kun.

[cw_suicide]

No, but they'll view it as me derailing the situation, won't they? The nail that sticks up gets hammered down and such...

[closer to some of the actual meat here.]

[onemolife]

I'm pretty sure they view you as someone who was looking at all of the angles to solve it.

You really care a lot about what people think.

[notbymyside]

Dazai-kun, you're a detective. Detectives have to look at all angles of a case.

[WWX said it too, but it's right.]

[cw_suicide]

[... time to squint at the both of them now]

Is that really it?

[look, he might worry a lot about what other people think but he's not good at knowing what they actually think.]

[onemolife]

For today, that's really it. A few of them needed all the angles explored anyways. Do you really think Sissel would have accepted the obvious answer at the start?

[ Frame up was said by a few people in the beginning, so it was definitely it. ]

[notbymyside]

What Mo-kun says is correct. We weren't close to Sho, so it was easier for us to accept the truth. For others, it took more time. Exploring possibilities was needed.

[cw_suicide]

[he goes quiet a moment.

then, even quieter:]

I didn't want it to be Sho-kun.

Not because I really knew anything about him but...

[well, Ango knows this one.]

My judgement was affected.

[Ango also knows why this hits Dazai hard--damn emotions! why can't he just yeet them and be good logical robot!!]