an idea of how many people are voting and how many people aren't. we don't even know that so far, and as much as i don't like the phrasing we're running out of "easy targets" for people to dump their votes on at the end of trial.
also, in case the numbers are low and killers use that to their advantage.
[when yuri enters the library, he'll have to search for a while but eventually he will find greed at a desk in the far corner. the pomeranian they've been keeping close by is sprawled on the desk and snoozing, and greed themselves is looking at their phone before looking up.]
I appreciate you not wasting my time. [maus is busy sneeping, leave him be! but greed nods to themselves before they gesture to yuri's phone.]
Check your device.
[and if yuri looks, he will see he has a new attachment called The Scarlet Letter. once he downloads it, the attachment will say: view the number of people who cast votes during one trial. This may not be applied to previous trials.]
This is the best we can do. It will expire in two weeks like the others.
That's what I think. It could also give us more of a guarantee we'll get enough votes to convict someone who is guilty - if we learn that only five people are voting at a time.
That being said, I think if we definitely catch someone, more people will vote. I have a feeling Saturday's vote was... a little bit more populated. Even if it wasn't the right one. [ people... have feelings about drills in heads I guess ]
People were unwilling to let an unrepentant sociopath live. What a surprise. [dryly.] Though that was the wrong answer, it raises the question of whether it was truly wrong considering the circumstances.
Crimes here, though ultimately it may come down to people's crimes from where they came from are what influences them to act upon crimes here. Ignoring one will likely cause you to fail at understanding the other.
If we judge only on crimes from where we came from, I think almost any of us could be up for the execution room, Greed.
... Sunday is something I don't disagree with, but still feel conflicted about. As repulsive as what Fukuda was saying was, he hadn't done anything here. But we let emotions and preconceptions drive us to a wrong answer.
[there's a nod because that may have been the point, actually.]
There is also the disadvantage all of you have of not knowing what actions others are doing and saying. While Fukuda hasn't done anything here, we don't know how long it would have been before something occurred due to his relationships with others. Likewise, even the kindest person could have their own motivations for committing a crime and attempting to get away with it.
[...] The executions are still unusual, I'll admit. But we're looking into them.
Precisely that. Sometimes people don't actually think rationally when they become desperate.
[but they sigh, agitated by that.]
The latter. We've yet to discover the reason behind this particular recalibration, but it's one of the many things some of us have been researching on our own time.
I don't claim, or want to claim, I understand how he thinks. But maybe we all would've regretted if we left him and someone showed up with a drill in their head. There isn't really a right answer to it.
[ hm. ]
In the research room? ... What other things have you been looking into? [ there's a pause, before he waves his hand. ] Out of the things you can actually mention.
There is a right answer, but it depends if you wish to actually find it and listen to it.
[they shake their head.] We haven't looked into the research room much yet. But I'm sure by now you've heard of some of your own disappearing to mysterious places.
You don't think that depends on the person and personal opinions? [ interesting. he's heard so many variations of what people think about what happened. from "good riddance" to "the wrong choice was made". ]
Yes. It... well it's happened twice now, so presumably weekly. Should we be bracing ourselves for something happening over the next couple of days just in case?
No, because there's only one correct answer for what happens on Thursday nights regardless of people's opinions and the people involved. The only thing that changes is how people feel about their choice.
[they pause to think that over.] I don't know. Unfortunately we aren't getting many answers regarding these circumstances, so it's becoming difficult to predict when it may happen. There hasn't been a pattern so far.
Oh, on Thursday night, sure. Someone kills someone else and that's who we're meant to find. It gets more complicated when we fail to do so and are still required to vote. [ the... ambiguity of it. fukuda can both be a mass murderer who was wrong, and dangerous, and also someone who hadn't done anything wrong here. regardless of whether that came with an unspoken "yet" or not.
it's complicated. ]
... Right, well I'll expect the arrive of some bloodied up familiar faces on Thursday and try and get them to the med bay as soon as possible.
Is it like the recalibrations though? Things just change, and people get caught up in it, like with the executions?
The thing that's incredibly aggravating about all of you is that you do get closer than you think and then abandon your line of thought to focus on something else entirely, the moment someone pokes a hole in your logic despite the fact that the hole may not even be true. Or the heavy focus on food.
[but they nod.] It's...we can't guarantee they're the same as recalibrations. But they are similar. The difference is that when people disappear, we can't see where they are or what's happening to them.
[ becks, oocly: stop i'm fragile don't call us out like this. ] ... Well at least that's a confirmation we're not swinging and missing the mark by a mile. Maybe people could stop including food in their indulgent murders and throwing us off?
[ hm. ]
So it's just... something entirely out of our hands that at this point we can't stop, or do anything about.
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also, in case the numbers are low and killers use that to their advantage.
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Very well. Report to the library.
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holy fuck, mom that worked. ]
alright. i'm on my way.
[ he's nyooming for you edgey. ]
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That was quick.
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[ missile gets a curious look, but only for a moment while he looks back at greed. ]
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Check your device.
[and if yuri looks, he will see he has a new attachment called The Scarlet Letter. once he downloads it, the attachment will say: view the number of people who cast votes during one trial. This may not be applied to previous trials.]
This is the best we can do. It will expire in two weeks like the others.
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Thanks. Don't worry, I'll use it before then.
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If we're not going to get it right, we might as well play the voting smarter than we have been.
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That being said, I think if we definitely catch someone, more people will vote. I have a feeling Saturday's vote was... a little bit more populated. Even if it wasn't the right one. [ people... have feelings about drills in heads I guess ]
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[greed has. opinions.]
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... Sunday is something I don't disagree with, but still feel conflicted about. As repulsive as what Fukuda was saying was, he hadn't done anything here. But we let emotions and preconceptions drive us to a wrong answer.
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There is also the disadvantage all of you have of not knowing what actions others are doing and saying. While Fukuda hasn't done anything here, we don't know how long it would have been before something occurred due to his relationships with others. Likewise, even the kindest person could have their own motivations for committing a crime and attempting to get away with it.
[...] The executions are still unusual, I'll admit. But we're looking into them.
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[ ..... at least it would've been easy to pin him as the murderer if they found someone with a hole in their damn head. ]
Any luck? Or is it still just the "this place recalibrates itself so something terrible happens"?
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[but they sigh, agitated by that.]
The latter. We've yet to discover the reason behind this particular recalibration, but it's one of the many things some of us have been researching on our own time.
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[ hm. ]
In the research room? ... What other things have you been looking into? [ there's a pause, before he waves his hand. ] Out of the things you can actually mention.
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[they shake their head.] We haven't looked into the research room much yet. But I'm sure by now you've heard of some of your own disappearing to mysterious places.
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Yes. It... well it's happened twice now, so presumably weekly. Should we be bracing ourselves for something happening over the next couple of days just in case?
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[they pause to think that over.] I don't know. Unfortunately we aren't getting many answers regarding these circumstances, so it's becoming difficult to predict when it may happen. There hasn't been a pattern so far.
But preparations are never a bad thing, Leclerc.
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it's complicated. ]
... Right, well I'll expect the arrive of some bloodied up familiar faces on Thursday and try and get them to the med bay as soon as possible.
Is it like the recalibrations though? Things just change, and people get caught up in it, like with the executions?
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[but they nod.] It's...we can't guarantee they're the same as recalibrations. But they are similar. The difference is that when people disappear, we can't see where they are or what's happening to them.
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[ hm. ]
So it's just... something entirely out of our hands that at this point we can't stop, or do anything about.
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[just pointing that out casually.]
...but unfortunately yes, that's correct. Until we find a source, it's out of our hands.
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