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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!
immaculacies: (slowly prolonging a cruel fate)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm... There was a large gap of time, according to the case files given to us. It's possible that Miki stayed with her for some time, but it's true that nearly four and a half hours seems like a long time for that.
challengesfate: (please continue)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. Then, if that's the case...I could see an initial attempt as a reaction. But...would her wound still be bleeding hours after the fact? Enough to warrant trying to stem the flow?
batfortheprincess: (♦ i don't mean to speak out of turn...)

[personal profile] batfortheprincess 2017-10-28 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
If that's the case, then... would it not make more sense for it to have been the culprit who attempted to stop the bleeding?

[If there really wasn't anyone else around...]
andjerry: (reconsidering my filing system)

[personal profile] andjerry 2017-10-28 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
... maybe her killer felt guilty. They tried to stop the blood flowing, but...

[jesus that's dark]
immaculacies: (in sleep there is no sorrow)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Manaka shakes her head.]

Not like that. Bleeding stops as the heart stops beating. But... There was a fair amount of blood in the art room, and even if Miki wasn't the one to do it, it did look like Chitose's body had been tampered with. Her arms and legs were laid straight, and the rags were tucked under her head like a pillow. So, if Miki wasn't the one to do all that, then...?
challengesfate: (on second thought...)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
...Perhaps the killer themselves did so.