WEEK 2 - TRIAL

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TRIAL

The morning seemed so far away yesterday - yet, it also seems too soon when morning comes and you are all yet again ushered to the third floor by The Lady. The Captain is there, in all of his....glory? It's hard to tell.

The doors close, and he speaks up, this time reclining on one of the couches in the room.

"You know the drill - Since one of you have died during the game, it's your responsibility to try and vote someone out. You have six hours to talk about it, but then-"

He taps on a box on the coffee table in front of him, labeled 'VOTES'.

"-you'll have to put in your vote so someone can be punished. You all saw what happens when you refuse to play, right?"

He leans back, placing his hands behind his head.

"So get to it."

As he says that, music begins to play in the room...


VICTIM: YOSHI NANASE

27 GUESTS REMAIN.

Comments

[justfists]

Getting into the strategy of going after Nanase-san after last week... When we already knew he would be a prime target... It implies to me that whoever is possessed by monsters is either overconfident, or a bad strategist.

There were only a few people that would have been at risk, we'd outlined them at trial last week. And the monsters continued with their plan anyway. That should give us a clue into who to look at.

[xenoqueen]

Maybe they thought he had a role of some sort. Besides his whole...numbers...deal thing.

[justfists]

While we don't know if he had a role, even now, all it would have taken is constant talking with him to ascertain if anyone had been behaving strangely towards him.

It's too early in "the game" to be that transparent about your plans.

[xenoqueen]

I thought they stated that he was a peasant?

[But she's right.] We should ask if anyone who was close to him noted anything strange.

[geckodad]

I dunno. Killin' someone they know could be dangerous for 'em isn't that bad of a plan if we can't do anythin' to stop it.

[Given they're all falling asleep and what not, it's not like they have a way to stop anyone's death by conventional methods]

[justfists]

How could he have been dangerous?

We already knew he wasn't able to use his ability when it might ascertain who they are.

[dolleyed]

He left notes behind. One person here didn't have any numbers but he didn't say who.

[geckodad]

His ability could have revealed them at some point. Looks like most people here's powers got reduced, if they returned to normal then they'd have been screwed.

They may have thought it wass too big of a risk to leave him alive for long.

[moonlightbeast]

Are we sure there's no way to stop it? Like, staying in groups, or maybe a town role?

[geckodad]

I dunno how the town role part works, but if everyone's fallin' asleep, stayin' in groups isn't going to do much unless something else is done as well.

[Like lock themselves in the same room or something]

[dereban]

Not necessarily?

I mean, if they really were trying to roleblock them last week, most people would have thought he was safe and would therefore know that he's guaranteed not to be a monster... getting rid of people that most of the town would think is absolutely safe isn't exactly a terrible plan. Especially since a good amount of us wanted to try and befriend him. Role or not.

[justfists]

Bennings-san was also announced as safe, more definitively than Nanase-san was.

And we'd proved last week that the one thing they had to fear from couldn't be used for trials, and presumably investigation.

[swordhandled]

I concur, Bennings would have been a better target for this week than Yoshi.

[dereban]

That might be true, but... there's also a potential for a role trying to protect Bennings since he's absolutely guaranteed, you know? So it's easier to go after someone who isn't guaranteed.

Especially since they didn't know what his role was until the announcement.

[escardos]

But every time Yoshi tried to look into something related to roles, he ended up getting blocked by something. Did the monsters not realize that?

[messianic]

There was no guarantee... that it would happen every time.

[...]

If it comes to choosing people who might be a clear threat later, or someone else who isn't... I think it's pretty plain that's what they were thinking about. Once may have been a coincidence last week, but...

[Not twice.]

[escardos]

That's true... [ flat looks a little deflated over that. ]

I guess I understand that but...I don't agree with it. I can't agree with that sort of thinking when Yoshi didn't even do anything wrong.

[justfists]

[she shakes her head.]

I'm certain that they want the monsters to win. If he wasn't allowed to use it once, the chances are high he would never be allowed to use it.

More importantly, Nanase-san was trusting. And while observant with numbers, I am not as certain he was strong at assessing each of us.

[theycallhimmrpchan]

Or maybe given how things went last trial.

[Ryoga mulls, closing his eyes]

They were playing mind-games, hoping Nanase-san's death would drive a wedge in everyone to make us distrust each other.

[justfists]

How?

[she's not opposed to the thought, but she would need to know how]

[theycallhimmrpchan]

A lot of people consider him a friend, right? And it's natural to get angry and upset when a friend dies...

[His hand curls up]

So maybe the Monsters are assuming we'll let that get the best of us.

[purrtagonist]

Overconfident in going for someone we thought would be protected, you mean?

[justfists]

Or overconfident in that they assumed no insight could be pulled from targeting Nanase-san again.

[13thpromise]

...So they just decided to go with what they thought was... an easy target?

[ He hates saying that, really. ]

[justfists]

Yes.

And they did not change their plan at all from last week.