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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!
discalibur: (051)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
It...

It has to be. It is. [And for the first time since everything started blowing up, he sounds sure of something.] I thought... I thought it couldn't be, since there's no way anyone here could be one, but...

Worms... they bleed purple...
playthedamncard: (NANI THE FUCK)

[personal profile] playthedamncard 2017-10-28 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Your sister. [And that makes it even worse. It makes him angry but...upset in a way he doesn't know how to express right now.]

Then how long? How long have you been some alien creature somehow...mixed up as Tsurugi? Are you--is he, the real one, is he dead then?
discalibur: (059)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah thanks Osomatsu he's just gonna sit here with his head in his hands and despair a little]
challengesfate: (what...who...?)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Her head lowers. She had so badly wanted retribution for Miki. To pull someone who had done wrong without remorse with her into the embrace of death. Not...this.]

You had no idea of yourself - of any of this. C-Can you truly be held responsible if you didn't...?
discalibur: (047)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
...No.

[It doesn't sound like a direct reply to her. No, rather...]

No. Don't.

I killed her. It was me. I... I still did it. I'm dangerous.
challengesfate: (sulking!!)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Gods...no one else should have to die. Why couldn't have just been one person. Why couldn't it just be her.]

If...that is your wish, then...I cannot deny it of you. But...it's clear to me that you still...had no intention of doing such an act, if you didn't have control of yourself.
discalibur: (059)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know!

[God. He's not himself, he killed his sister, he killed Miki...

Did he kill... the real Tsurugi?]
photoshooter: (MUSS 📷 Shut up about Homestuck!)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2017-10-28 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, maybe she didn't!

She went to help a friend with a problem! She tried to protect herself without hurting her! She--she laid her to rest even though Chitose was the one who started it!

And now they're both going to be dead, asshole, because of what Chitose-chan did, so are you only gonna start seeing that after she's executed?!
immaculacies: (slowly prolonging a cruel fate)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
...Matsuno-san.

I already said this to you earlier, but... Why don't you do something more useful to the group and stay quiet?

[Somehow, the complete lack of emotion in Manaka's voice makes her sound more contemptuous.]
discalibur: (058)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't matter. I'm not even...

[Is he even a person?]

I promised myself something. When my sister--

[...]

When Tsurugi Kamishiro's sister died.
challengesfate: (gah-!)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Nope. Nuh-uh. You are still a person. The personhood has not been revoked.]

What was it that you promised yourself...?
discalibur: (055)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
...I said I wouldn't rest until I killed every Worm.

All of them.

[And now it seems he's absolutely... including himself in that list.]
karappo: <user name=gabbie> (she kept crying and asking)

[personal profile] karappo 2017-10-28 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Leave my brother alone. We have been at this for hours.

Unless you have a better idea as to some alternative?

[He is...very very upset.

Tsurugi was his friend.]
immaculacies: (slowly prolonging a cruel fate)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
There isn't anything left to do. His behavior is just tiresome.
karappo: <user name=winterbolt> (well im just gonna sit here naked)

[personal profile] karappo 2017-10-28 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Karamatsu doesn't say anything. He gets that Osomatsu's been an ass, he gets it. But he's not wrong, either.]
challengesfate: (guide my blade)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[She. Can't argue with a quest like that. So she's just going to grit her teeth and nod and try not to cry.]

I...understand.
in4apounding: (look down)

[personal profile] in4apounding 2017-10-28 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Mister Tsurugi- that-

[She's quiet for a minute, head bowed.]

I. Think I understand. I'm sorry.
theworldsliveliestcorpse: Typical anime shock (Aw Shit)

[personal profile] theworldsliveliestcorpse 2017-10-28 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
WHAT THE FUCK!?

[Zombina just... jolts back in shock. What the flipping hell!?]
theoverseeing: (pic#11786433)

VOTING TIME

[personal profile] theoverseeing 2017-10-28 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[While you're all having fun down there, Rox will clap her hands for attention.]

Well done, Champions! If you're ready, you can use your podiums to vote for the person or persons responsible for Mediocrity and Support's deaths.

...oh, and you should make sure to vote correctly. You won't get another chance.
discalibur: (010)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
...Thank you.
discalibur: (010)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't--

[...]

You shouldn't... call me that. Not anymore.
photoshooter: (TEARY 📷 It's cold and I am shamed)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2017-10-28 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
But--but they were both accidents! N-neither of them meant to hurt anybody!
theworldsliveliestcorpse: Boom Bitch. (Shit Just Got Serious)

[personal profile] theworldsliveliestcorpse 2017-10-28 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Oi. What happens if we don't vote correctly?

[Because Zombina is seriously considering putting Chitose down as her own killer.]
playthedamncard: (bitch please)

[personal profile] playthedamncard 2017-10-28 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I know you like to twist or otherwise ignore your own rules, but rule seven--the rule that leads us to an investigation and this game show trial--refers to murder. Murder is premeditated. Lucina's case was an act of self-defense. Tsurugi's was a more complicated case, but it can be argued that if he was in a fugue state, it may not have been 'him', nor can we prove it was premeditated.

A murder is death, but death need not be murder.

So I pose the question: does rule seven count for any non-Overseer death, or specifically murder?
titularly: (oh. no. i was wrong. you cant do it)

[personal profile] titularly 2017-10-28 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[You know what. Rather than asking questions or even trying to stall for time, Osomatsu just does as told and puts in votes for both Lucina and Tsurugi.

And then he moves to sit down on the ground in front of his podium as he waits for it all to finally end.]

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