WEEK THREE - Retirement

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (3)

sunday EXECUTION (34) survivors As voting comes to an end, a song filters in played so loud that it becomes distored and fragmented. If a participant checks their datapad, they will see the the victim and suspect chosen by majority's pictures displayed. If they attempt to scroll, they will see a list of characters and their votes in alphabetical order.

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RESULTS

[al2955]

[ After the song ends, an announcement plays.

Shelley Winters: 1
Lavi: 27
Arumat P. Thanatos: 1
Machias Regnitz: 1
Abstained: 1 ]

Your votes have been tallied. Congratulations! You discovered the true culprit, Alita Tiala. [ A pause. ] That was a joke. The culprit is Lavi. Time will be allotted for the culprit to be spoken to.

[booklore]

I don't have anything to say to anyone. Talking would just make this harder, y'know?

[ Pause. ] I do have a request though. I want Timcanpy to be with me, no matter what happens. As long as he agrees, it's better for him than being stuck here with a bunch of strangers.

[thanatosincarnate]

{ He'll glare at him. }

How could you smile like that, even now?

[booklore]

It's not very hard to smile and be friendly if you know how to do it.

[parodeity]

I mean, if you have no intention of tellin' us why the fuck you killed your friend it's not like we can force you to do it? Aside from the whole paranoia whatever thing I assume played a huge factor here.

[ so uh

ok ]

[booklore]

I don't think paranoia played as big a part as you think. Or maybe it did for Machias?

He was the aggressor here, not that he intended to be.

[chiseler]

[The hell you don't have anything to say to anyone. It's not even that he's close to Lavi in particular, but he likes the guy enough and...killing one of your friends? Killing one of your good friends? Killing someone you know that much about? After everything...it doesn't sit well with him.

So yeah, fuck this, he's out of his chair and knocking it over and trying to lunge, excuse him.]

What in the gods' name happened? [Frankenstein your assistance is needed here. Just in case. He's not exactly wanting to kill Lavi with his bare hands but...an explanation? Maybe?]

[breakshot]

[ Yeah, he's not outright glaring but he's looking pretty intense. ]

At least tell me why.

[tevinteriscoming]

No, you've made that very clear.

[unasking]

[NOW ENTIRELY SEPARATE FROM THE LUKE FIASCO:]

I don't quite forgive you for what you did to Machias.

[Honestly.

But-]

I can't imagine it being easy for you, knowing what you did to someone whose favorite foods you had memorized.

I hope you'll be able to eat them with him again someday.

[allout]

[ honestly, minako isn't too surprised. the results were the results, and it wouldn't be the first time she's seen a betrayal end in the loss of a life.

but she's curious. ]

You don't look like you have regrets. Either that, or you've got a pretty good poker face.

[muties]

Why you gotta be so rude? Just, like. Tell us why you did the thing and don't be a shit about it. Nothin' hard about it.

[missmaladroite]

Weren't you two friends?

[Lavi's done nothing but be a douche all over this post, but this is something Marinette can't really understand]

[jackhole]

[ okay but three weeks of this and HE'S HAD ENOUGH so time to argue with alice

sorry, lavi. he's ignoring you. ]

Alice! [ bangs fist on table ] Alice! I have an issue with this set up!

[ HE HAS A COMPLAINT. ]

[al2955]

I am afraid I forgot my complaint box, Rhys, but you are free to rate, comment, and review the case.

[refactor]

Man, you are on a roll this week, babe.

[ Jack is definitely cackling right after, since Rhys being Rhys is always 10/10 hilarious. ]

What, like you don't have a complaint the rest of the time?

[muties]

Alice, no, you can't reuse the same shitty joke. Are there any joke books on the tablets? 'Cause you need one, christ.

[qundercover]

Yeah, this one's getting stale. She's really hammering it in. Got to really dig around to think of a good joke for a time like this.

[toprotecttheworld]

Does anyone else feel like they forgot to do something this week?

[ someone didn't motto :'( ]

[brooches]

And another one gone...

[ She's going to sound a lot more annoyed at this point. She doesn't have enough energy for sadness. ]

When will this end?

[erythristic]

When the game has run its course, I imagine. Until we've played long enough and won.

[she exhales slowly, shaking her head.]

Or we've all lost.

[tevinteriscoming]

Oh, it won't. I imagine if they're already resorting to this sort of cheap trick, it will only get harder to resist.

[muties]

Ngl, I'm guessin' when most or all of us are dead.

[bloodbiter]

...Remember that if we assume the worst, it will be harder to convince ourselves that we can shape the ultimate outcome here.

[missmaladroite]

If they have the power to mess with our emotions...

[A pause]

We have to fight it. That's all we can do.