Day 02 Trial

[shimmershimmer]

[It is once more time to convene at the temple to pass judgment upon those who would destroy everything we know and love. Godspeed, my friends.]

((Vote here!

EDIT: Right now barely anyone has voted, and people seem to be tapering off. Trial may be extended depending on how it looks closer to closing time!

EDIT2: Okay, I'm extending the vote two hours to 6:30pm EST! We're still missing a lot of votes, so please get those in even if it's just to abstain!))

Comments

[fauxlosophical]

It contains a bit of information only the demons would have any way to know in the first place.

[weeabird]

Go on.

[fauxlosophical]

"Lynne is the real Seer."

I'll ask you to bear in mind that we only had one vision apiece by this time yesterday. As such, Miss Lynne and I had no way to know whether or not my visions or hers were the genuine article.

I'll admit that Miss Lynne sought me out last night, asking to speak with me privately - there's no sense in hiding that. We agreed to dream about one another last night, actually, so we could work it out and strategize from there.

With that in mind, it's possible that Miss Lynne told someone else about her gift, whether intentionally or not; if the person she told was a demon, and she mentioned who she dreamed about the night before...obviously they would know immediately whether she'd dreamed about one of their own.

It's information neither she nor I had any way to know, and only the demons would.

[weeabird]

I'm not certain of that. The note was posted early, but not impossibly so, and Connor testified that it was not up during the night. Therefore if that knowledge is the basis upon which we are judging, anyone could have posted it.

[fauxlosophical]

If that's the only basis, yes.

We also have an overzealous and completely unsubtle man that's wanted me dead since yesterday who just so happened to be the other person named.

[weeabird]

Then you're implying that Fool Bright is a demon and that he wrote the note?

I must say, I would almost pity a group of demons that would even consider choosing such an overzealous and unsubtle man to take up their charge.

[lasuaspada]

If I may, Blackquill-san...I would actually say Fulbright-san is a logical choice to make for that very reason.

[weeabird]

[Snorts]

You've obviously never worked with him.

[lasuaspada]

Perhaps not, but it would keep us from suspecting him of any wrongdoing, n'est-ce pas? If a Seer dreamed of him and he read as innocent, we would likely accept it, simply because he doesn't seem subtle enough to lie convincingly.

[weeabird]

Poppycock. If you're suggesting he possesses some hidden acting skills, allow me to reassure you that he does not. Furthermore, I've known and worked closely with the dotard for a year now, and his behavior has not been aberrant. If he were a demon in disguise, I would be the first to know.

[lasuaspada]

The problem with that, monsieur, is that if he really is a demon in disguise, he's not the person you've been working with for the last year. Not anymore.

So hidden acting skills are no longer off the table.

[weeabird]

I'll grant you that much, but I maintain that this is not a demon, but the same Bobby Fulbright I have known. Perhaps you have no reason to trust my judgment, but I am confident in that assertion.

Besides, there's a third possibility that no one has mentioned.

[lasuaspada]

Do continue.

[weeabird]

That both Kimblee and Fool Bright are telling the truth, and that the note was written by a demon in order to pit them against each other.

Think about it. Why would they put one of their own on the line in such a way? Naming Fool Bright as an innocent has put him under considerable scrutiny and in very real danger. It would have been much simpler and less risky to choose someone at random. The demons know who isn't a demon, after all, and while they might be taking a risk of choosing one of the Sinners, the odds would be highly in their favor that whomever they chose to clear would come up clear, if investigated.

And in fact, by choosing someone who was so vocally and obstinately opposed to Kimblee's claim, they've created a win-win situation. If the group falls for it and votes out Kimblee, we lose our last Seer. If we instead turn our suspicions on the detective, we execute an innocent and subsequently become extremely mistrustful toward Kimblee.

[lasuaspada]

Ah, but there's a reason for that as well, Blackquill-san! There's a very good reason, actually.

Say we don't vote for Kimblee-san tonight - say that we abstain again, or we turn our paranoia against someone else entirely. If we assume that he's genuine, he'll still be able to dream about Fulbright-san.

And this is why I'm saying that Fulbright-san is the logical choice for the demons to make to spearhead their argument against Kimblee-san - in the event that he doesn't succeed and is dreamed about, there's one way that he could come back clear.

[weeabird]

Do you mean to tell me you think that Bobby Fulbright is the Archdemon?

[lasuaspada]

That's exactly what I mean to tell you.

He would come back clean in any dream anyone thought to have of him, if such dreams were considered at all. If he becomes too much of a liability because he can't keep his mouth shut, the Archdemon can be replaced if they're destroyed.

Were I a demon, that would be exactly where I would put him.

[irenicly]

I didn't think about that before, but it might explain why Fulbright-san is so confident.

[lasuaspada]

Exactly. He can't be seen by anyone with that particular gift; he has nothing to lose. And if he's found out, he can just be replaced...

I think that's a perfectly good reason to be confident.

[imfine222too]

HOLD IT!


Detective Fulbright can't possibly be the Archdemon!

[lasuaspada]

On what grounds?

Unless you're claiming to have knowledge that only demons would know, amore, you have no reason to say that.

[imfine222too]

I know that Detective Fulbright is a really good guy! Maybe he's a little unsettling, and not very smart, and obviously bad at his job, and holds eye contact a little bit too long, and laughs uncomfortably loud, and seems to really like tasing Simon more than is professionally appropriate, and not very smart- . . .


[ she can keep going ]

[irenicly]

If he's been possessed by a demon, all that means is that the demon is good at pretending to be the person Fulbright-san used to be.

[imfine222too]

Oh yeah...

[lasuaspada]

As I've said, mademoiselle, the demon masquerading as Fulbright-san is a skilled actor. Continuing to base our current thoughts about him on his past behavior - what some of you remember him being like - is a terrible mistake.