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Scenario 4: SUSPICION

Introduction : Do some investigation : Tell victims

You chose: Gather all the victims together and tell them what you have discovered.

There is a lot o gossip in the group about Molly. People assume she is guilty and are speculating about why she did it. Conversation stops when she comes in the room, and everyone is uncomfortable.

You can...

Stay out of it

Talk to Molly.

Get the others to vote
Urge the victims to report the thefts to the Campus Police and go with one of them when she does.
Ask to talk
Suggest to people that gossip is making the situation worse and that speculation is a bad idea.

 

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