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[liuli]

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[holeful]

Well, in a way, you were right!

[Laughs????]

[liuli]

[ his eyebrow twitches. ]

Please do not tell me you killed someone last week.

[holeful]

Oh, no, just before I came here.

[liuli]

[ gu yun just. closes his eyes.

and sits on the floor. ] That's not that much better. [ christ. ]

[holeful]

I'm just saying. You can at least be glad you're convicting someone who's killed before?

[liuli]

I've killed someone before. I'm sure most, if not all, of the people in this building have killed someone before. That doesn't mean you should be sitting in that jail cell at this moment.

[ sisi even meg hercules? gy dont know she's disney ]

... You said you did it because it 'helped you'. How?

[holeful]

Hm? Ah. Before my hole, I was controlled by numbers. I had to memorize them. I had to count.

But after I drilled a hole in my head, I could think clearly. So I thought it could help other people too.

[liuli]

[ ... ]

Did you just choose people at random? Or...?

[holeful]

I think so. I didn't want to get caught, so I just chose people that made sense.

[liuli]

[ christ. ]

Let me ask you this. Did you want to try and help anyone here that way?

[holeful]

I did want to. But she said she didn't want it, so I didn't do it.

[liuli]

That's good, at least. [ that's. a little sarcastic?? he's not good at this but he does kind of mean it???? fukuda, your consent holes.

there's a long pause after that, and eventually, gu yun sighs, and reaches up to rub between his eyebrows with his fingers. ]

What a mess, this entire thing has been.

[holeful]

[If only he'd put his cards on the table sooner in trial he could have maybe explained his way out of it with the testimony of the person he offer to drill and respected their choice. Alas.]

Aah. I really wanted to solve one... Especially because Steven and Luca were kind to me.

[liuli]

[ me crying in ten minutes left of trial every fucking week

gu yun huffs to that, a little softer. ]

I did too. [ how frustrating. ]

[holeful]

Do you think it's even possible? We've failed every time so far.

[liuli]

Someone told me that the accuracy of the counted votes at the end is one of the only things we can trust, always, about this place.

[ ... he taps his working fingers against his knee, thoughtful. ] Truthfully, it makes me wonder if perhaps the only way to win - to 'catch' someone, so to speak, is to use the system and not vote at all.

[holeful]

Mm. It's the Prisoner's Dilemma. That would make sense. The best outcome in that for the group is the hardest to achieve.

[liuli]

Right. So then, the question becomes, how do you stop people from voting entirely? From 'indulging', and taking the selfish action, when one vote could instantly condemn one person if the rest abstain?

[holeful]

.... Someone could take the voting box away?

[liuli]

[ ...

he. laughs. it's a sharp bark, surprised out of him. ]

I suppose someone could!

[holeful]

I'm sure there's some factor that will make it not work, but if there's someone who's really committed to it, if they keep a hold of the box the entire trial... In theory, that would work. Maybe the Avatars wouldn't let that happen, though.

[liuli]

Maybe it would count for Greed. Hoarding the votes, and all of that.

[holeful]

Ah, maybe! You should talk to someone you trust on Greed then about this idea! Definitely not Medb. I'm sure she would selfishly put a vote in.

[liuli]

[ pfft. ]

You two don't get along, huh? You and Medb.

[holeful]

Mm. She's the only person here I dislike.