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airlockedmods ([personal profile] airlockedmods) wrote in [community profile] theairlock2017-10-28 12:21 pm
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first trial

[With the announcement, the Champions are free to decide amongst themselves what order the groups leave in. Once that's done the process of teleporting is automatic and happens in the blink of an eye. Once second they're in the center of the cafeteria before a soft blue light surrounds them and then they're standing in the middle of a circle of podiums.

The room itself it the same shiny, chrome-covered atrocity as most of the rest of the ship save for the sections of floor that aren't the teleporter: those are thick clear glass that show nothing but empty space and stars beneath the Champions' feet. As for the podiums they're the same sort of garish chrome with a digital screen facing toward the center of the circle. The screens each have a name and title associated with a Champion written in green block letters, all save for Chloe Price, the Champion of Max Caulfield, Miki Naoki, the Champion Support and Chitose Karasuma, the Champion of Mediocrity. Theirs are a striking red and, floating above their podiums, are greyscale portraits framed in some kind of bold, mechanical-looking frame.

The Overseers are waiting when they all arrive, standing on a floating platform just high enough to be out of reach and back far enough toward a far wall to have a full view of the courtroom. Both are dressed well, Rox in a pressed grey dress jacket and skirt and Blaze in a black suit with the sleeves rolled up to expose his numerous tattoos.Rox is again the one who speaks up.]


Welcome, Champions, to the courtroom! Twenty of you have entered, but - in the best case scenario - only nineteen of you will leave. The goal here is to compile the evidence that you've gathered and figure out who the killer is. Once you think you have an answer, we'll call a vote where you'll use the podium in front of you to vote on the title of the Champion who you all agree has broken the peace. If you're correct, the culprit will be executed and the rest of you will be allowed to go back upstairs. If you're wrong, however, the killer goes free and the rest of you take the punishment in their place.

There's no time limit, but we reserve the right to call for a vote if things drag on too long. Now let the first trial begin!
challengesfate: (on second thought...)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
...Perhaps the killer themselves did so.
immaculacies: (grow old; let your hair grow)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm-hm. What's more than that, the larger set of footprints led into the room, and the smaller set appeared to be backing up. Like she had been chased in and cornered.
photoshooter: (PATHETIC 📷 Or did I just Beta you?)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2017-10-28 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
W-wait, it... it wasn't a knife?

[He couldn't bear to really look.]
challengesfate: (gah-!)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Then...would the killer have chased her into the library to ensure there were no witnesses?
titularly: (so deal with this commentary)

[personal profile] titularly 2017-10-28 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm... y'know. I found a note, too. Chitose-chan had asked someone to come to her room and learn about respect... maybe they took advantage of that and killed her?

Doesn't that seem like something someone on a true crime drama would do?
challengesfate: (please continue)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It's entirely possible.
lmafo: then spin around in a circle (and take them right back out)

[personal profile] lmafo 2017-10-28 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
We'll figure it out, Penny. Don't worry.
photoshooter: (RUB 📷 Uh I dunno...)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2017-10-28 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
...But wait, that's weird, isn't it? I... I thought Chitose was killed in her room.
challengesfate: (what...who...?)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
It didn't look like the cut of a knife to me, no. And I asked Penny what she thought as well, but, she couldn't identify the weapon that might've been used.
immaculacies: (in sleep there is no sorrow)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, that's surprising. It looked like the killer only needed a single strike, and there was a fair amount of blood in the art room too. There wasn't a trail leading between the two, was there?
theundertaken: (buried)

[personal profile] theundertaken 2017-10-28 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Is there anything made of glass around here that’s that big...? It’d have to be some wicked glass to do all that.
andjerry: (Default)

[personal profile] andjerry 2017-10-28 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
...so they didn't think to hide this. [he sets the knife the fuck down immediately as he's gotten it]

They probably left quickly.
discalibur: (010)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Pierced... through her stomach.

[Well, that's a nice mental image. He'd seen her body, but not up close, so... Fuck.]

You'd need a lot of force to do that. Using glass for that seems a little... Was there... [ugh] ...was there glass in her wound?
lovecolored: ( official | forbidden scrollery ) (☆ poetic noble land mermaid)

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-28 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
No. Like Slaine said, it's a pretty high camera...someone may've intentionally smashed it. Maybe they didn't want anyone to see what they were doin', or they got angry at this stupid "competition" and took their anger out on it. But gettin' a punishment wouldn't matter if they were already dead.
titularly: (hmmm)

[personal profile] titularly 2017-10-28 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I dunno.. I didn't notice one.
challengesfate: (taps chin with pen)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
...Prompto, what was the state of Chitose's room?
in4apounding: (stop talking)

[personal profile] in4apounding 2017-10-28 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
A bad one!

[Sadly, the worst she knows, at the moment.]

And accurate!
theundertaken: (lifeless)

[personal profile] theundertaken 2017-10-28 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Shut up, it’s a great insult.

[wow don’t criticize Penny right now?]
immaculacies: (grow old; let your hair grow)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It seems likely. Even if they felt guilty, whoever was in their incentive was important enough for them to kill for. Of course they wouldn't let a witness live.
quadjumps: (i can't hear anything)

[personal profile] quadjumps 2017-10-28 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ yuri is here. reluctantly, and he feels his stomach sink. but they've got to get through this.

(also, he has a vuvuzela with him.) ]


The door was scraped and dented on the outside at the library. One of the tables was also moved to block the door for whatever reason.

[ and the worst part: ]

The wall behind Miki was scraped up like the door was and covered in blood.
le_mat: <user name="tanabata"> (42)

[personal profile] le_mat 2017-10-28 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
That's it Penny, don't let them forget this is on them!

[akira yells up some insults too. Ones way more graphic then 'hella' but there's a few of those in there too.

Hella fucking w o w time to learn some new words Penny]
challengesfate: (gah-!)

Mods?

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I...don't recall seeing any...

[But thinking back, was there glass in the wound, or just on her clothes?]
batfortheprincess: (♦ are you certain of this?)

[personal profile] batfortheprincess 2017-10-28 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It... would take a fairly significant amount of force to impale someone like that, correct?

[Someone strong...? Hmm. The glass catches his attention though.]

Broken glass...? It's possible that it may have come from the lens of the broken camera, then.
photoshooter: (GUILT 📷 Sorry about the car)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2017-10-28 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[He closes his eyes and gulps.]

Some of the furniture was knocked over. And there was blood on the floor, too. And the--the knife.

It looked like there was a fight, but I didn't hear anything all night.
challengesfate: (hyah!)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[FROWNS

Let Penny say hella!!!]

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