DAY 5 - Trial

[islandiastaff]

[Welcome to Lounge Six! No more showers, back to the usual amenities.]

Nice work, everyone, getting through the jungle and reaching the amazing, the fabulous Lounge Six! Before you can relax in style, though, it's time for your next thrilling TRIAL OF JUSTICE!

[M.C leads the way to the usual outdoor voting arena.]

Fifteen players! Four spies! One mysterious disappearance! How will you fight back against the spy menace? HAPPY HUNTING!

[Mechanics are slightly different from yesterday. Vote here!]

Comments

[carptricks]

[HIS PRIDE AS A THIEF IS SUDDENLY ON THE LINE]

-- hey! What the heck?! That's a lie!

[fullonbraced]

Or is it?!

[carptricks]

Yes, obviously!

I'm not a detective!

[fullonbraced]

Or are you?

[carptricks]

[flatly]

Definitely not.

[fullonbraced]

Hmm... I think you are!

[livefreely]

Theeeen would you mind explaining why someone would call you out, then?

[carptricks]

[glowering a bit]

I don't know! It's by like I've done anything wrong.

[livefreely]

I dunno. I could say that I haven't done anything wrong and I could be a spy.

[There's an easy shrug of her shoulders.]

But you sound like you really don't like detectives.

[carptricks]

Are you a spy?

[giving her a critical look now]

And the only detective I know back home is a li'l obnoxious, that's why.

[livefreely]

Maybe, maybe not. Even if I said I wasn't, there's no proof that I'm a spy. But there's no proof otherwise, either.

And I see, I see... [She nods, understanding.] I guess those types are kind of. Hmm, how do I put it... annoying, I guess. But not bad people.

[maidensbunraku]

Unless you or anyone else can bring up any other clues to prove it's not you, It is a logical choice.

[carptricks]

Hasn't anyone here heard of innocent until proven guilty?

[SIGH]

Think about it! Leorio-san was taken out of the game this morning, and his role wasn't revealed to us. Isn't there a reason for that?

How do we know he wasn't the real detective, and the spy detective isn't just capitalizing on the message from last round to get you all to vote off an innocent party?

[collateraltsunage]

It's possible that Mr. Leorio was the detective... but that kind of information is only privy to the spies, who voted him out.

[carptricks]

Exactly. I assume that'd be the point of hiding his role from us, right? So they could take the message from last round-- which was probably legitimate-- and get a extra villager kicked out this round.

[fullonbraced]

HOLD IT!

It's totally possible that he was the detective, but he could be not the detective! The spies could have wasted their move and are trying to cover their tracks!

[carptricks]

Considering whoever the writer of the anonymous message is accusing a normal villager of being a spy, I'm pretty sure he was the detective. It's the only way all of this would make sense, c'mon!

[maidensbunraku]

That is true but unless there is any other proof, that message is the only clue we have.

To be honest, I'm not sure myself.

[carptricks]

I'm sure, but I s'pose I'm the only one here who is.

[he grumps]

[collateraltsunage]

....

[Is I'M NOT A DETECTIVE really what you're going to argue, Kaito...]

Are you denying being a spy or just being a detective?

[carptricks]

Both, obviously!

[one of those things is just significantly more insulting to his thief pride]

[collateraltsunage]

You seem rather vehement about the detective...

[carptricks]

I know an obnoxious detective back home. It's not a title I'd choose to take on for myself.

[scarfphiliac]

[leeers]

You sure about that? The note might be true.

[carptricks]

[dryly]

Do you think I'd be saying it if I wasn't completely sure?