RECORDING 9: THE THIRD TRIAL.

[foundationmods]

The worst has happened... and now you're all here, in the living room where all the trials so far have taken place. As all of you enter, the Vessel is there - Jack, looking expectant and as militaristic as ever.

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.

But this time...potentially, someone innocent...must die as well.

VICTIMS: FLAYN AND HAKU
PEOPLE TO VOTE OUT: 2

WEEK 3 VOTING

Comments

[notbymyside]

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I...can't explain why I'm sure of this. But I just am. The Foundation is full of bureaucratic nonsense, you're right there. But it's a nonsense I'm very familiar with, and I can tell you this with certainty: once they know we're here and still alive, they'll want to keep us alive. Our group is more valuable to them alive than dead.

[accessorytomurder]

Then why would they need a messenger to keep trying to get us out in the first place? We're Schrodinger's agents right now; they've got just as much cause to believe we're dead as they do alive.

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All of the b-bodies are still on the grounds where we are, after all.

[notbymyside]

Then maybe what they need is that confirmation that we're alive.

[accessorytomurder]

...maybe.

[It's a gentle concession, with no reassurance or conviction in it.]