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.

Comments

[pr159]

There were shards of glass in the head wound, so I think that's a safe assumption. I think it's also safe to assume that was done before his neck was broken, given the trail and the amount of blood lost.

[ebonyknight]

That seems strange. Why go to all the trouble of dragging him to the laundry room if they could have killed him with more blows to the head?

[pr159]

It was a glass weapon that shattered on contact, correct? I doubt they had a weapon anymore after the first blow.

[power_of_dominance]

The blow to the head definitely looked severe enough to knock him out. If he was out cold, then it would've been fairly easy for nearly anyone here to drag him to the laundry room.

[ebonyknight]

If there was glass then why not slit his throat? Stab him?

[silverguitarhero]

Was air shard large enough for that? [They all seemed relatively small.] Or the killer worried about cutting their own hand.

[power_of_dominance]

It would be almost impossible to use a glass shard as a weapon like that without cutting your hand. Plus if he was still alive, they risked being covered in arterial spray if they slit his throat, and I doubt glass would be strong enough to effectively stab someone in the chest.

[ebonyknight]

It still is improbable to drag the body. If you're strong enough to drag a body or knock someone out you can slam someone's head on the floor or a wall.

[power_of_dominance]

Unless the killer was afraid of making too much noise in the foyer.

[ebonyknight]

Then why not bring a knife to finish the job? Yes, the spray would happen but we do have a laundry room.

[tenimuho]

The kitchen had been closed for two hours. They would either have had to have grabbed a knife and been carrying it around two hours before the murder, or had to work with what they already had.

[power_of_dominance]

Already had....

[Soma's expression darkens as a thought occurs to him.]

What if the killer didn't make the first attack?

[tenimuho]

...They'd probably have some kind of injury from Albel, in that case.

[power_of_dominance]

We should probably do an injury check, then.

[Does this mean... it's strip search time?]

[chides]

I agree.

[ oh god is it really ]

[power_of_dominance]

[Check your shame at the door, Mako.]

[andneversaydie]

They were looking through that robotics book, though, weren't they?

I mean, unless it was Albel looking through the book, for... whatever reason.

[tenimuho]

He has a robotic arm. I think that would be a decent reason.

[goldrighthand]

[damn boy you sure know a lot about slitting throats]

[power_of_dominance]

[He's seen too many horror movies okay?]

[ebonyknight]

I don't know. What I do know is that there would be walls near the attack site. This damned ship isn't exactly large.

[tenimuho]

The hallway doesn't really have a lot of glass around. They might have been concerned about breaking their weapon to the point of unusability. No one really wants to get glass in their hands.

[chides]

[ a nod. ]

He was hit on the head first in the hallway, brought into the laundry room, and then the killer used the laundry machine to break his neck.