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—THE SECOND TRIAL—

Once again, at 9 AM sharp, a familiar bell tolls to alert the hour. You've become familiar with the flow of things, haven't you? You know what tod o — find your answers before the final ring chimes. Even if you try to avoid it, eventually your legs will bring you towards where you know you'll have to be. The courtroom doors swing open, welcoming.

Come by again, and it looks just like last week. Take your seat on any one you wish, and peruse the table lined with (non-alcoholic) refreshments and snacks. The same sign, promising a lunch break. And of course, your observers, sitting by the jury's seat shuffling about a stack of papers. Ask your questions and they will answer.

The judge's seat shows the same message as it has always done: "GRANT WE THINE JUDGMENT — ABSOLVE THEE THINE GUILT," and the same, strange, incorporeal form stays seated at the high seat, hand resting unto a gavel's handle.

"Today we will be investigating the cases of: Akeha, Valvatorez, and Vicious. Court is now in session."

The same blue, translucent field prevents you from leaving freely once you're in. You know the drill, don't you?

TRIAL RUNDOWN

Trial for these three cases (Akeha, Valvatorez, Vicious) will last 9 hours. Characters will have time to examine the bodies of the victim and explore relevant locations.
Mod break will be at ⏰【1:00 PM PST】.
~~Characters must vote for whom they believe to be the guilty party by ⏰【6:00 PM PST】. Voting is mandatory.~~ With the last part of trial live, we will be accepting the submitted FINAL ANSWERS as everyone's collective vote!
The judge is flavor text. Do not try to talk to them.

GAME INFO ✨ STATUSES ✨ RESERVES ✨ APPS

LOCATIONS (ROOMING) ✨ PRIVATE CONVOS ✨ GRAVEYARD

CYOA ✨ CONFESSIONAL ✨ MURDER PROPOSALS ✨ MOD REPORTING

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Might as well ask the observers if we can do that.

I will ask.

[and she's back!]

"Any answer will be accepted, as long as it is of some nature related to the situation."

A little anxiety-inducing, but good t'know.

They want to collect their final set of data, so now we give it to them.

The study or this trial system they have are related to this situation.

[ but she doesn't actually think those will fly. ]

The study isn't exactly a harmful one -- though a little vague, really, considering the concept of "connections" can be anything from bonding or severing those ties.

[ Shrugs. ]

The trial system itself wouldn't mean any less murders, maybe.

Can we vote for whatever aspect of the study made it so that murder was okay and kind of encouraged?

The part where they said only some people would get rewards?

Yeah, somethin' like that.

I don't... think we can convict that...

We can consider a concept guilty.

(no subject)

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T'be honest, I dunno if they really care about us convictin' anyone. This is a study, so answers that are outside the box are still data points, right?

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I'm fine with this.

[he nods.]

I get what you and Eusford-san mean about how saying no one's guilty feels disrespectful to the people who died, so...

[ hehehe ]

Oki, you really are the best of us.

[blinks??]

I think that's way too high praise, Jeanne-san!

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Will we be able to vote for something that abstract?

Well, they said that any answer would be accepted, as long as it's related to the situation. I think they care less about... punishing a specific party or whatever, and more that they wanna see what we come up with.

...then I agree that we should vote for the element of the study that encouraged murder.

I think that'd make them have to be a little more honest with their wish conditions, so I like this.

Guess we should see if the majority agree and hope us they take it as an answer?

We'll see!

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That seems to me like it opens possibilities for us...if we believe they really will be satisfied with any answer that fits such a parameter.

[Thank goodness for how it's likely we can trust they will, haha]

Edited 2022-05-22 00:16 (UTC)

Either way, we need to decide on our answer. There's not a lot of time left.