TRIAL II

[lesmodsalouette]

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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[whileaway]

We can't exactly leave here, per the Witch. Your threat means nothing at this point.

[he's got you, (occasional-)roomie]

[coldseep]

She can run in circles around the trial hall.

( is what he meant. run the mile. )

[simulacres]

T-That's too cruel! She's already sick enough as she is!

[coldseep]

She wants to kill someone with no proof and no defense. Isn't a little discomfort worth someone's life, given she could be wrong?

[simulacres]

E-even so, it's not just a little discomfort. That could end up killing her instead!

[coldseep]

So you're saying you value her life over Siffrin's?

( anyway )

She wouldn't have to run until it kills her. Just until she seems unwell. If that's less than the distance ran by the culprit, we'll have our answer.

[simulacres]

...

[ she still remembers the sight of andrew collapsing, her hand and mouth covered in blood. ayaka still remembers the way that she thought that she was going to die in her arms. ]

I just don't want to see her like that again. This is...this is cruel... no matter who it is that ends up voted...

[coldseep]

... It is.

( exhale )

The point of these "trials" is just to kill someone. It's just a matter of who we agree deserves to die, for any arbitrary reason. That's it.

[the_obedient_servant]

Precisely.

There is no justice or MERCY to be found in this room, only a lynchmob.

[coldseep]

Mmhm.

We could just all vote on someone the collective didn't like and that'd be enough.

That's what all this is, even with the pretense of evidence. "They committed murder" is a weak pretense.

I can't imagine most people here haven't killed people, anyway.

[whileaway]

[ we don't have enough time for a midnight 30-minute mile ]