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[knowlogram]

[Come talk to or shout at your lovely IOU Counselor. His door is always open, unless someone else is already inside.]

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[knowlogram]

[Conveniently, the door swings open.]

Hello! Come on in.

[allegedprisoner]

Thank you.

[ Luca does not seem to be in much of a mood to party. He is coming here with a request. ]

Sir, I don't know if you have been informed of this, but part of the mourning period for most humans is giving the dead some sort of funeral. Is it possible to do so for Colette and Hiro?

[knowlogram]

Isn't that what the thing in the dining hall after the trial was?

[allegedprisoner]

... I'm not entirely sure what that thing was. But I was talking with a friend and we both agree that the bodies should at least be cremated if possible.

[knowlogram]

That's- not actually possible, at least not yet. I don't think it'd work on Hiro even if- Um, the bodies are being treated as respectfully as possible though, promise.

[allegedprisoner]

[ He raises his eyebrows at that. ]

... I'll take your word for it, but what do you mean by that?

[knowlogram]

I- hm. ...I can't give TOO many details, but. They're.

[Hubert pauses, choosing his words carefully.]

They're being interred very carefully until the experiment is done. At which point they will be, uh, handled with as much respect as possible.

...They're honestly fine aside from- you know, the obvious, basically.

[allegedprisoner]

[ Luca sure seems suspicious about all this. ]

That's an awful long time to keep a couple of dead bodies interred. How long is this experiment meant to go on for?

[knowlogram]

The projections are probably a couple months or so? But we're prepared to go long-term, time's not really a huge concern.

[allegedprisoner]

... They honestly believe they can keep the bodies presentable for months on end?

[ Nevermind the thought of being stuck here for months on end... ]

More importantly, what on earth do they have to gain from having a bunch of strangers from various worlds murder each other?

[knowlogram]

Pretty sure, yeah!

[Hubert seems to consider this for a moment.]

It's a behavioral kind of thing? It- miiiiight not strictly be about the murder per se, it's just a really effective stressor.

[allegedprisoner]

[ Luca raises a brow. ]

An effective stressor? What are you talking about? Could this experiment be done without murder?

[knowlogram]

It's- I can't say TOO much? But it's about mapping out human and human-adjacent behaviors.

[allegedprisoner]

And why would they want to do that?