first trial

[airlockedmods]

[When the announcement sounds and the evidence gathered it’s time for a trial. When the remaining champions are all gathered by the repaired docking bay doors they slide slowly slide open.

There are two lines of robots, silent as sentries, creating a border path from the docking bay doors to the circle of metal podiums. The podiums themselves were made of strange metals in red and gold and orange and black, each one etched with the name of one of the Champions. There are flood lights - like spot lights - in front of each podium, but the lights in front of Shirou, Hamilton, and Albel are dark, and hung on the front of their podiums are greyscale portraits, printed from their profiles.

Blaze Dudely stands on a repair deck on top of his ship, which looms over the proceedings ominously. Rather than the glee the Champions may think he would take in this kind of display, he merely stands there with his arms crossed, expression unreadable and his cyborg eye scanning the Champions with a piercing scrutiny, like he's searching for one of them to act out of line.]

Mornin’, Champions. Here’s how this is goin’ to go: take the evidence ya found, piece together what happened and find who took out the Champion Swordsman. If ya find them, they’ll be dealt with. If ya don’t, they’ll be free to go and the rest of ya will face punishment. Take the time ya need but don’t bore me.

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[withoutred]

[ Erika's drumming her fingers on her podium, but she's already placed the brown glass fragment and the blue strip of fabric on the edge of it where people can see.

Admittedly, normally she'd be a grandstanding shit and hold onto it until she can show off, but. Guess who's one of the unlucky ones who has no pockets yet. Guess. ]

To answer both of your questions - I found several larger, curved shards of glass around the body, thus indicating that it's likely a bottle of some kind. And the washing machine door looked like it was jammed shut with something in the way.

[chides]

A blue strip of fabric...

[ hmm. ]

That must've been left by the killer. Unless Albel himself had blue on him?

[power_of_dominance]

I hadn't seen him wearing anything but the same orange we all wear, and the ties binding his hair weren't blue, either.

[tokencanadian]

Then it must have been from something, or someone, else. [that worries her]

What do we have around here that's blue?

[chides]

It's possible the fabric could have came from something we were given. You know, in those piles of random stuff outside of our cells.

[power_of_dominance]

So the question is, did anyone receive something made of blue fabric?

[acerolaorion]

Even if they did, it would be foolish of them to admit it now. It'd be suspicious at best, and incriminating at worst.

[jerkassic]

In the interest of disclosure, I did receive a blue hat. But it's hardly something I would wear to the laundry room to murder someone.

[He's just piping up so no one accuses him of hiding blue shit.]

[chides]

[ does diego have it on him right now tho ]

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[tenimuho]

...This is nominally a prison, so I don't think they'd have much lying around that's made of glass that you could hurt yourself with. But something we brought in could be made of glass. Didn't we ask for alcohol?

[Oda has been in the kitchen and looked in the fridge a fair number of times this week. Does that shade of brown look like it matches the bottles of alcohol they requested?]

[airlockedmods]

[Yes.]

[tenimuho]

[That's what he thought. Oda exhales, and then looks to-]

Rick, could I ask you a question?

[rickdiculous]

Yo.

[hi. he's here.]

[tenimuho]

At what time of night do you usually stop drinking?

[rickdiculous]

I don't.

[empathiser]

There were scrapes on the door of the washing machine as well. That supports the idea that something was jammed in there at some point. Or maybe that something was actively trying to prevent the door being shut...?

[pr159]

Well, there were scrapes on his mechanical arm as well, along with some dented parts.

[chides]

Did he have any bruises or any cuts on the rest of his body?

[pr159]

Some minor bruises on his hand, presumably defensive. Otherwise, just the head wound and the obvious bruises on the neck.

[chides]

So if they were defensive bruises... Do you think the killer would have any on them, too?

[pr159]

I wouldn't count on it. There was no blood under his nails or anything that would indicate that he left any marks on the assailant. Unless he did something with the mechanical one, I suppose.

[empathiser]

Does that means his arm got trapped in the door? Or that it got damaged in the struggle?

[pr159]

Maybe both. If there are scrapes on both the arm and the door, then the struggle likely occurred while it was trapped there, wouldn't you say?

[empathiser]

I would. If we could tell if the scrapes on the washing machine door and the arm match up, we could call this solid evidence.

[pr159]

Did we see scrapes on anything else?