Day 01 Trial

[shimmershimmer]

[Afternoon is here, and the time has come. We must gather at the temple to enact our solemn duty. There are tears in the Shimmering Lady's eyes as she addresses the group.]

This is something we must do together. Please discuss among yourselves who you believe to be a Demon. Each villager has one vote, and when the trial is over, I'd like you all to close your eyes and concentrate on your choice. If you are not certain, then you may select "no one." But if someone is chosen...

I shall take it from there.

((Vote here! You have 24 hours. More details on the voting page.))

Comments

[lasuaspada]

...Do you really not understand that we'll have more time to look into the situation ourselves, when we don't have the threat of death hanging over our heads?

Sleep is one thing, death is another entirely; I'm willing to chance being put under if it means we don't permanently destroy one of our own. Aren't you?

[defenceservice]

We had all day today, look how far that got us. And it ain't just about being asleep for a while, it's about figuring out the Demons before they put enough of us down to take over.

[lasuaspada]

There are still thirty-two of us left; the demons have the power of seven, correct? But we don't know who's bonded together.

[...You know, he's really not liking this math.]

Assume for a moment that the Maddened strikes a pair of soulmates that are on our side, that will leave us at thirty. The demons striking down another pair will leave us at twenty-eight. If everyone they strike down is on our side...

[...Shit.]

If the demons are all soulmates, having 'the power of seven' means there are fourteen of them.

So in the worst-case scenario, we could be overpowered as early as tonight.

[defenceservice]

Now you're getting it.

[lasuaspada]

[ahahahahahahahahaha fuck our lives, eliot-san

hang on let him try to recover this]

...This doesn't change the fact that we have no direction, and the chances are still too high that we'll hit one of our own - and if we hit a pair of soulmates that are on our side, we'll be in a far worse position than we were, even if the demons aren't all bonded like that.

[defenceservice]

It comes down to a question of how much risk we're willing to take to move forward. I still don't see where waiting until tomorrow gets us.

[lasuaspada]

...Not possibly down to thirty because we missed, for one thing.