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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!
theundertaken: (deceased)

[personal profile] theundertaken 2017-10-28 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I...

[Max seems to be having trouble with the fact that Chloe’s portrait is directly across from him. But he forces his gaze down to his own podium.]

Yeah, it was on the thing, right? There was like four hours in between.
challengesfate: (dour)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Yeah. This...it's not easy, to have the dead looking out at you.]

That's a large enough gap to be...strange. If someone had killed once, why would they kill again within the same night? There was no requirement of how many people had to die to fulfill rule seven.
theundertaken: (cold)

[personal profile] theundertaken 2017-10-28 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe it was someone else.
challengesfate: (please continue)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It's entirely possible.
immaculacies: (slowly prolonging a cruel fate)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
If the killer is the one who took care of her body, maybe they stayed with it for a long time and Miki caught them, instead of the other way around.
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?
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.
challengesfate: (sulking!!)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
That...does very little to narrow it down. All of us have someone important who was threatened - and desperation can motivate even the best of men.
theundertaken: (expired)

[personal profile] theundertaken 2017-10-28 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
What was she even doing out that late? It must’ve been like three in the morning.