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

[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!!]

[onemolife]

[ He just thinks it because how much it upset a certain soft friend Dazai has. Also the whole it was the obvious conclusion.

Going to reach out again to tap him with his knuckles lightly. ]

It might not be the last time it'll happen, but isn't there a saying about that?

[ He's thinking about to err is human ]

[notbymyside]

[There absolutely is a saying about that, yes.]

If you know your judgement was affected, then you can keep track of it for the future too. This kind of a situation may happen again.

[cw_suicide]

[dare you to say that saying to this loser.

either way, he is now going to sigh dramatically and move so he's flopped on WWX's lap.]

That's so much effort...

[onemolife]

[ His lap has been claimed. Just going to card his fingers through that hair then. Also he's with Dazai. That is too much work. ]

Then when it happens, you can whine like this again.

[ Sorry Ango, he's encouraging this ]

[notbymyside]

[Gay. Ango sees those two and just sighs.]

Don't encourage him, Mo-kun.

[cw_suicide]

[grabbing for Ango's hand is also gay.]

Ohhh nooo. Ango's scolding time has come...

[onemolife]

[ There's room enough for Ango too ]

Aiya, lecturing at a time like this.

[ It's honestly a little funny because just look at them. ]

[notbymyside]

[I have to keep reminding myself that they're all half-naked during this.]

I'll scold more if you two don't shape up too. Come on, let's finish getting cleaned up.

[cw_suicide]

Slave-driver!

[ok, he'll sigh and get up]

[onemolife]

[ He's laughing before he holds out a hand to Ango. ]

Fine fine! Help me up then! My legs don't want to move.