TRIAL II

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Trial

At least this time you were given ample time to wreck your sleep schedule before the clocks gong at midnight (no apologies for such little sleep in the first place withstanding). The carnival looks just as you remember it, with the banquet and drinks refreshed. The spread is the same as before with two new additions: a platter of cute cupcakes that might remind you of someone, along with baozi of all types.

Like before, mind the pit in the middle and settle in to vote out the guilty party for the death of Siobhan "Shiv" Roy. With the benefit of experience, maybe this will be a little bit easier? With the mood weather lifted, there won't be any floods at trial at least.

(( OOC: Welcome to your first trial! You'll have 7 hours (until 8 PM EDT/5 PM PDT) to vote one (1) person guilty of murder. As this is scapegoat style, a correct vote is not necessary. Please remember to vote unless otherwise discussed with the mods, as that is our AC for this game ))

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[diel]

Sure, assuming everything had been done by the same person. And if not...?

[distain]

An accomplice?

Or...? [Is he implying that Siobhan might not have been an innocent victim fleeing across the garden?]

[diel]

That's the question, isn't it? If you woke up to someone trying to kill you, what would you do?

[spotsalone]

If her murderer was her intended victim, I believe the question we ought to be asking is whether we intend to punish them for the crime of self defense.

[ Not that there's a better option, but like, that sucks? ]

[diel]

[ sounding thoughtful: ]

Who would you vote for, if not the person who killed her?

[siffriend]

[ Ummmmm. ]

... Ourselves? We can, but... The Witch says it's boring.

[ So it might be the only time they can do that.

(And, honestly. You don't... necessarily trust that so many people would agree to it, either. It might be a good time to knock out a grudge.) ]

[smdr]

Y'think if we make a big, giant tie, he'll let that go?

[ her voice doesn't imply that she thinks that's happening, if they can even get to that point. ]

[siffriend]

[ Yeah, definitely not. ]

He might just pick who he'd think would make a fun show at that point.

[spotsalone]

Trusting a group this large to cast that sort of vote would be dangerous.

[ ... ]

Though, it would be rather obvious afterward if someone didn't follow along.

[spotsalone]

I'm of half a mind to agree with Siffrin. We could vote for ourselves.

[diel]

[ he looks at hickey for a moment, then smiles faintly. ]

Alright, if that's what you want. I'll go along with it.

[antline]

I have always voted for myself.

[simulacres]

What? Why?!

[oncefallen]

[...]

[smdr]

Playing with fire, huh?

[ he an M? ]

[coldseep]

( eating pastries )

The point of these isn't to find the right person, but just to kill someone, right? Since there's no penalty or reward for voting wrong or right.

If killing the killer doesn't feel right... Then, if everyone could remove one person here, who would they remove?

Maybe they could use it like that.

[diel]

[ which pastry ]

You mean... if there's someone who wants to be voted for?

[distain]

Scream, probably. [A beat.] But there would surely be a struggle. Our surest signs of one of those are in the gardens...

[It's never too early to theorize about staging, is it?]

[diel]

Not a kick to the stomach?

[distain]

[That's...rather unexpected, even from Yoru, at least in the middle on this discussion, so he pauses to look at him.]

I doubt I'd be able to get someone off of me just by kicking them.

[diel]

[ he looks back at her, tilting his head. what is it? ]

It's where you kick that matters, I think.

[siffriend]

[ (stab them) ]

It depends on how. Pinned down, you can't really... do much, but I'd probably go for the face.

[diel]

[ roomie, he's still curious about cain's wound... you have something to say???? ]

Why the face?

[siffriend]

It's an easy place to reach, as long as you have your hands free.

[ Siffrin tugs at their hair, then motions to their eye. The covered one, mind. ]

If I could make them flinch for a moment, then that's enough of a chance to do more. Especially... if you have nails, it's effective.

[diel]

[ hmm. ]

I like to keep my nails clean.

[ super random, but he does have nice nails ok and he takes care of them! look, he even shows them to siffrin, holding both hands out, fingers and rings displayed. ]