RECORDING 6: THE SECOND 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 - Olympia, staring balefully at you in all of her robotic glory.

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: JACK MORRISON
PEOPLE TO VOTE OUT: 1

WEEK 2 VOTING

Comments

[onemolife]

[ Dazai doesn't need to see more bodies, especially of friends. ]

[cw_suicide]

[haha joke's on you, we're all gonna die]

[onemolife]

[ LOOK THEY CAN HAVE HOPE ]

[accessorytomurder]

[With some help Hitoka stumbles to her feet and makes it to the exit. Her eyes are... too blurry to see, so even holding onto a sleeve for guidance, she's still graceless and unsteady.

She leans heavily against the hall wall once they're out, burying her face in her hand.]

[onemolife]

[ He's taking it slow to make sure she doesn't stumble. Going to hook his other arm around Dazai to drag his ass out too. Come on. ]

[cw_suicide]

[... hey.

hey he is. fine? he's fine! so fine!




ok not fine at all and pretty easily dragged along, though he's going to be reaching for Yachi's hand because he doesn't really know what else to do about this]

[accessorytomurder]

[Blindly she meets that hand, fingers splayed and grasping, and squeezes it tight.]

...th...ank you, M-Mo-san.

[onemolife]

[ It's okay not to be fine and yeah he's not even going to mind the hand holding. Just focusing on moving until they are well away from there before he finally sighs. ]

It's. [ No problem? You're welcome? None of these really feel right to say at the moment. ]

She wouldn't want anyone seeing her like that.

[ Even if it's too late for that... even if it's too late to save her. ]

[cw_suicide]

... she really wouldn't.

But you should take thanks, anyway.

[because oh my god he is not coping well so thanks for retrieving Yachi, actually???]

[accessorytomurder]

[She slips her hand from the sleeve to his hand, so now they're all connected.]

...why couldn't it have been like eating a fairytale poison a-apple?

[Why... couldn't she have just gone peacefully?]

[onemolife]

[ He will take that hand and give it a squeeze.

He wants to wonder why it couldn't have been anything else. Anyone else. But these words don't leave his lips.

Also what is taking thanks any more?]

That would have been better.

[cw_suicide]

[idk man, he's just as bad with thanks]

Their sense of poetic justice is completely off.

[should complain to the manager is the kind of not-joking tone he has]

[accessorytomurder]

They w-wouldn't know justice if... if it k-kicked their teeth in.

[A surprising amount of bite is behind that bitter little complaint.]

[onemolife]

Think the Vessel will listen to critique?

[ Maybe not Olympia.

Oh gawd are they going to see Jack like that now? ]

[cw_suicide]

If you want to risk becoming a ghost yourself...

[do not, actually]

[accessorytomurder]

...

[Wait.]

Did they... say... a new one had been chosen?

[onemolife]

[ Hm.]

They didn't say anything, but we should be prepared for either more Olympia or someone new.

[cw_suicide]

They established the pattern when Vessel Todd switched out with Vessel Olympia...

[accessorytomurder]

One time isn't a pattern, though?

[Just. by definition.]

A-And, um... Todd was... down an arm...

[onemolife]

I suppose we'll find out either way come Monday.

[ Since that seems to be a thing. Monday chit chat with the Vessel to be all ominous ]

I'm both hoping for a new Vessel and reluctant to hope for it.

[ He doesn't want to see Yuri like that ]

[cw_suicide]

Not a fan of Vessel Olympia?

[accessorytomurder]

It's... It's sad.

[onemolife]

I'm pretty sure she could be the inspiration to robots wanting to destroy all of humanity like this.

[ There's a pause ]

And it's sad.

[cw_suicide]

[is it bad I already have more Spite than Sad?]

... yeah, it's sad.