[CONTINUE + 4] Week 1 || act: investigate

[foundationmods]

[Everything is still, silent, and dark - just like it should be.

But there is still, undeniably...

a feeling of foreboding.

You know what this is.

One of your own...has perished.

At the hands of one of you.]

((One person only in each spot, please!))

Comments

ic vote

[le_mat]

Okay so the idea so far is that when the trial starts we attempt to leave. If the Entity or monsters stop us we try and break the script by setting up a fake killer/case. I'll volunteered to play scapegoat but I'm willing to take other options. Our theory is one of our past culprits or victims would be best.

Any objections? Also we should try and plan what to do if we DO break through to the Entity again.

[onemolife]

I do think we should try to figure out who did it first. It may be playing in to the script, but we need to find them in case they are taken over again.

[cw_suicide]

[he's definitely still feeling the weight of the news of Atsushi being the victim this time.]

... my only objection is still the same as it was yesterday. We don't know what it'll mean for the actual guilty party.

[onemolife]

[ Putting his arm on Dazai's shoulder as he leans against him. hey babe ]

[cw_suicide]

[hi. guess who hasn't heard about fingers yet, tho.]

[onemolife]

[ Time to just steal him away after this so he might not find out. They can deal tomorrow. ]

[cw_suicide]

[not gonna object too much to being stolen away, tbqh]

[finalring]

The entity may attempt to possess the guilty party again. It may not do anything at all. Unfortunately, we won’t know until we try something.

[cw_suicide]

Do we even try to find out the actual culprit? Or would that go against the spirit of using a scapegoat in the first place?

[finalring]

I feel that we still should, if only to protect them in case our enemy wants to pull any stunts with them. But we should not announce it to the public—or whatever remains of it.

[cw_suicide]

[nods]

I can agree with it like that, then.

[dereban]

... I don't have any objections with that.

[But her heart isn't in any of the words that she says.]

I already know what I want to do if we see the entity again.

[sageking]

I was more or less for the leaving plan if we attempted to leave once we have our answer. Otherwise our words may fall on deaf ears without a single attempt to show for it.

Re: ic vote

[oceanicbutterfly]

[Now that the scapegoating plan is less theoretical, Karen shockingly finds herself reluctant.]

I think we should also consider the option of choosing an invalid culprit. Someone who might be "out of range."

[finalring]

Who would you consider to be “out of range?”

[oceanicbutterfly]

I don't have any way of knowing with certainty, but it seems like the end of the trial shouldn't be able to proceed normally if the culprit is someone who isn't here at all. Someone back at the Foundation, for instance, or someone who isn't even in this world at all.

[dereban]

[chimes in here quietly, just to shitpost:]

We all agree that Hatsune Miku did the murder.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Yes, that would--

[...]

She isn't real in this universe, is she?

[finalring]

Aah, so you’re saying that instead of any of us being scapegoated, we say someone that could have never been here.

Though I’m not sure. Wouldn’t that be breaking the rules a little too much?

[oceanicbutterfly]

We're already going to try to just leave without making any attempt to solve the mystery. I don't see how it could be worse than that.

[sageking]

...Oh? Like that Entity?

[oceanicbutterfly]

I meant someone who isn't here and obviously isn't involved, but actually...

[accessorytomurder]

Do we know the tentative SCP label for this entity?

Re: ic vote

[improbablenotimpossible]

I will still try to discern what happened if just so we avoid falling into a trap - but otherwise, I'll play the devil's advocate - it'd be suspicious if I just take your word for it.

[He then adds quietly]

The fact the entity showed up "in person"...

[ugly_split_ends]

... I don't know. I can't think of anything else to suggest or do.