theairlock | first trial

[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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

You're clear, vampire.

As if there was any doubt. Ka ka! If it were me, the victim would be sucked dry by now!

But that would have made it obvious it was you.

Mm, perhaps that's true. As you know, I don't take thralls, but I'd probably have to stop short of killing them and do that, if I were to try and get my fill...

You probably would drain any dead body you saw, at any rate.

Come now, that's not true. I haven't drained anyone yet! The blood needs to be fresh for me to get any nutritional value from it. I'm not going to go draining corpses of their blood, human, do you take me for a vulture?