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[dotcom]

Mm, I think it's less assuming that they're guilty here because of what they did before, and deciding who you're personally willing to vote off. Everyone will have different reasons for who they choose if we don't have someone who's a clear suspect. I can't blame someone if their choice is based off of who's more obviously like to have no problems with killing.

[ hk was obvious. fukuda is obvious. grell also was obvious, but she died first. ]

[aubins]

Yet, as our numbers drop that line of thinking is going to get murkier. The less of us there are, the better we have to do, otherwise our votes are going to be an unmitigated disaster.

...

If two or more people get the same number votes, I have to wonder what will happen.

[dotcom]

Well, they'd all go to execution, but... I'd wonder what that execution would even look like?

Would it be them going against each other, or just multiple different ones at once?

[aubins]

-- We also came across this possibility last week, but what happens if the person voted for survives the execution?

It's possible. And then there's always a chance they'd seek revenge depending on who they assumed voted for them, depending on the sort of person they are.

[ case in point: it'll be really awkward if Fukuda survives today, wow! ]

[dotcom]

Yeah. I think if Endorsi won the first time, no one would have really blamed her, especially since she and Beauregard both agreed to fight for it. On the other hand, the robot wouldn't have left the room alive.

[ although he wouldn't be surprised if hk would have managed to take other people out first. that was a very strong murderbot. ]

I don't know what to expect for Fukuda.

[aubins]

It's a 50/50. He doesn't deserve to be in there for this incident, but I wonder if being voted for like that might make him ... I don't know. Willing to retaliate?

[ ...


and then there are concerns about who he'd retaliate against. ]

[dotcom]

... it would probably depend on who it is.

I think the person he'd be most willing to attack is probably Medb though.

[aubins]

Because of what happened with Douman?

[ ... ]

It'd be obvious, if he did survive and she showed up dead. The same if he turned up dead -- Medb isn't stupid. [ but ara LOVES dying. ]

[dotcom]

Well, the two of them hated each other before then. It's why it was so stupid of him to grab her-- he knew the reaction would be poor.

[aubins]

Just fanning the flames, huh? I wonder if he even thought of that, he comes across as quite... socially dense at times?

[dotcom]

He didn't know how to read a room.

[aubins]

To say the least.

[dotcom]

... but I guess that won't be an issue anymore.

[aubins]

No. Probably not now. [ hm. ] Turns out that was the least of his issues, really.

[dotcom]

[ he has so many issues. ]

Let's talk about something other than the deranged serial killer.

[aubins]

We could talk more about how terrible we are solving these cases, if that's what you really want.

[dotcom]

... no.

Pretty tired about that one too.

[aubins]

How does solving cases actually work where you're from, anyway? Please tell me you get more than nine hours to investigate, theorise, narrow down your suspects and accuse someone.

[dotcom]

Well, there are some things that have time limits, but in general we usually have more than nine hours, yeah.

This is nothing like a normal case.

[aubins]

How does a normal case go then... or, what does one look like?

[dotcom]

It usually depends on what kind of case is.

But the first thing you'd usually look into those close to the victim-- people are actually more likely to be killed by those close to them than a stranger. See if there were any problems, whether at home or school or work. You can usually create a suspect list from that alone.

[aubins]

... Do you think any of that applies here? People turning on those close to them?

[dotcom]

I think that it could be possible.

People kill for a lot of different reasons, and we might not always understand them.

[aubins]

... That puts a disturbing twist on things, doesn't it?

[dotcom]

It does.

But hopefully, things won't get as complicated as that here.