ｓｃｉｅｎｔｉｓｔｓ － week 0

[judgejudy]

SCIENTISTS & OVERSEER WEEK 0 Unlike everyone else, you know exactly why you're here. You've been hired to do a job, and it's time to carry it through. Sure, it's a bit odd to wake up with all the residents you were going to be overseeing, but it doesn't really matter. Once everyone is asleep, you have a chance to slip out. After all, the curfew doesn't apply to staff. Once you've left your assigned apartment, Judy's calm, even voice speaks up from the ceiling. "Good evening. It's time to get to work..." She directs you down to the first floor, through a courtroom and an eerily clean room where there's a number pad. You know the code already: 6227#316. Down you go into the operating theater, and through it to the program labs. Here, you'll find everything you may need to carry out your work from the terminal describing that work to a wide variety of tools to be used in the operating theater. After all, none of this is unfamiliar to you. Since you woke up, you knew what you were going to be doing here. You just had to wait until the curfew was in place. The drugs that effect everyone else don't bother you, since you received your shot to resist it. Though, oddly, you know you have that resistance, but you can't quite remember when you got it... Welcome, science team. It's time to get to work so that you can go home all the quicker.

Comments

[puffing]

Charles.

[turinged]

There's a boy named Adam. Prone to anger with little provocation. Possible tension with his family and friends, and it seems as though he has extreme problems with trust. If we manage to bypass that wariness, he may be easily manipulated.

Then, a woman named Franziska who is extremely prideful. She was boastful about her skills and position in life within several minutes of speaking to her. This may indicate that she feels she has something to prove, and is speaking to defend her insecurities.

[alittlemaster]

I know that. It's best this way since I stay in the same apartment, and she acted so suspiciously. I can bring it forward under the guise it worries me a fraud is in our room after something happened to another roommate.

[puffing]

[ sigh... why does grandpa wolf have to have such a ring to it... ]

Fair enough. [ at least he's not fussing? ] To put it plainly ― we're voting to eliminate Charles. Alice gets the shit end of the stick if needed. Otherwise, we let the group vote whoever seems most guilty, so long as it's not us.

[alittlemaster]

Yes. But none of the rest of you can peg Alice as guilty until I come forward, not unless she has told you specifically she traded rooms. You wouldn't know.

Though I supposed you could raise the suspicion of two Alices being on the list. Still, it would be better to wait for my lead. I'm not going to initiate anything until any of us seem to be in danger of being outed.

[turinged]

Charles.

[chiseler]

Yeah? Must be used to being watched. She didn't give me that impression when I spoke with her but I think she was more concerned about me drowning myself.

[He lifts both eyebrows.] I dunno, lie to them and say you're a narcoleptic? We're not working every single night, are we?

[chiseler]

Charles.

kill tools

[judgejudy]

[ Once everyone has made their choices, the intercom clicks on again as Judy speaks. ]

I'm glad to see that things went smoothly in terms of selecting your first subject. Let's review test procedures...

[ She pauses as if she's collecting something, though there's no sound of her doing so. ]

Tomorrow night when curfew is enforced, at least one of you will proceed to Charles's apartment, which is Apartment #2 after 2AM. The sleep aids will have been dispensed at this point, so you will find the door unlocked, and you will not need to worry about waking the rest of the room. However, I will be watching, so please behave yourselves. [ reese ] You will bring the test subject to the operations theater and administer the antidote to wake him up. At this point, you will have your choice of tool, but I will need time to prepare it.

So, I will need to know which of you are volunteering to take care of this test, and which tool you would like. The available tools for the night are as follows: The Fish Catcher, The Rough n' Tumble, and The Hawk.

[ She says it completely seriously, like these are all normal names. There's a pause, and then she adds: ]

...And, no, I cannot tell you what each is. That would ruin the validity of the results. [ :) ] Once you've come to a decision on the "who" and the "what", I will begin to arrange things for tomorrow evening.

[chiseler]

[He's also glancing at Rhys carefully.] I can't believe I have to actually prove myself to a child. [A heavy sigh.] Fine. Guess I'll just have to prove I'm right. Until then...Charles is a good enough target.

[turinged]

If none of us has strong feelings about who completes the task, perhaps we should decide on a method to choose whenever we convene. For example, we could take turns.

[sharing (in murder) is caring]

[chiseler]

[He nods slowly, doing his best not to have any sort of emotion on his face as he listens to Ava's descriptions.]

I've met both of them. I didn't get that impression with Adam though. [He can't help it when he smirks though.] Guess I'll have to look a little closer. Franziska, on the other hand...definitely. She told me she's a prosecutor and she's got a whip that she carries around. Who does that? [Like really though.] She seemed into the idea of pain as a lesson, too. Keep that in mind.

[chiseler]

[Please assume he's probably still rolling around in the spinning chair...]

For this first one it might be a better idea if we don't have Ciel and Rhys execute it? They're sharing a room with the guy and it's better to make sure there's absolutely no way it could be traced back to them. [He spins from side to side.] M'not saying our entire pool of participants is smart, but the less we give them, the better.

[A pause.] I like the idea of a rotating cycle.

[turinged]

To follow your logic, it may be best if someone who has never spoken to him does this. Have you conversed with Charles?

[she nods.]

We can construct one after we decide.

[puffing]

Won't matter if they do or don't. The terminal's already told us all evidence will be destroyed. As long as they know how to lie, they can do it no problem.

[ a pause. ]

Judy can confirm just to be sure.

[chiseler]

I haven't spoken to the guy, no. But that doesn't mean that's the best solution either. Have you talked to him? Or anybody else that's sharing that apartment with them.

[chiseler]

Ciel I can buy as a liar but what about Rhys? [Sorry Rhys, but he's just wondering okay...] We haven't been given specifics how everything's going to be destroyed either have we?

[turinged]

I talked to Rhys before this meeting, in one of the areas everyone can access. I spoke to Veronica as well.

[chiseler]

I think I've actually talked to everybody but Charles from that apartment. I don't know if that's more or less suspicious.

[turinged]

I do not think it would be suspicious either way. I doubt the others here have taken note of who you have spoken to.

[chiseler]

You've got a good point. [In the longrun, perhaps, it might be something to be more careful about. For now though Ava has a point.]

We should consider our weapon choices, too. Anybody have a clue what those things are?

[judgejudy]

Because you will be conducting your tests in the Operating Theatre, evidence will be destroyed during standard decontamination procedures. In addition, residents should never be allowed in either that room or this one.

now under the right place rip

[alittlemaster]

Whoever decides to kill has choice of what to use. [See? He can be fair.] I don't care who does it this time; evidence will be destroyed, and we have a scapegoat even if it's one of the two of us in the same apartment.

...But I can't lift Charles by myself to bring him to the operations theater. [:') He may or may not be trying to skiiiiirt out of doing it by the hair of his tail.]

[turinged]

No, I do not. We could speculate based on their names, but I do not know if our ideas would be accurate.

[turinged]

The next time you speak, if it seems natural, show him sympathy or pity and see what his reaction is. I would be curious to know.

[she nods]

It may be simple to turn public opinion against her. She is unpleasant.