theairlock | 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!

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Then the killer moved her for some reason. Between the smearing and the fact that she was posed... Sounds like her killer had some remorse.

Edited 2017-10-28 16:44 (UTC)

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?

I dunno... Trying to stop the bleeding? Posing her? I don't think the murder was planned at all.

... honestly, if I got a note like that I'd assume I was the one being led into a trap.

And maybe even have show up armed. Just in case.

Edited 2017-10-28 17:08 (UTC)

A trap?

[That gets Osomatsu to perk up a little bit, and he pulls the note out of his pocket to read it over again.]

No.. someone like Chitose-chan couldn't have lured someone into her room like that.

Why do you think that is?

B-because! She's cute and kind and... a-and she wouldn't plan a murder!

[oh you dumb boy]

[ sorry osomatsu but

yuri is blowing the vuvuzela in your direction. BZZZZZ. ]

She wasn't cute at all! Did you even hear any of the shit that came out of her mouth?!

[RUDE]

Uh, she was cute! She was really damn cute!

She was just honest, and frankly that's freakin' adorable!

That's not adorable at all! It just made her seem like a hag!

[ DISRESPECTING THE DEAD, YURI... ]

It's tough for people to be as honest as she was!! Don't you think it's admirable that she could speak her mind so well?!

Honestly? If she planned something or not doesn't matter. All it would take was the killer THINKING that was what she intended.

The note said they needed to learn respect. Does anyone know if Chitose was fighting or not getting along with anyone last night or the day before?

Yuri-kun.

[ WHOA MAN FUCK YOU ]

Wow, you really think I'd go out and meet her if she wrote a shitty note like that? I hated Chitose. I wouldn't have wanted anything to do with her in the first place.

That's easy for you to say, cute-girl-killer!

Oh, fuck off! If you think I killed Chitose, where's your proof? Do you think I would have positioned her body the way it was if I hated her so much?

Use your goddamn bird brain.

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Osomatsu-san. Just to cover our bases. You're not just saying Yuri because you liked Chitose, are you?

I'm saying it because he hated her and would be cruel enough to kill her in cold blood!

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DUDE.

[Zombina's just gonna be glaring at you from her podium. Be thankful you're too far away to punch.]

[Zombina is echoing the sentiment with her own vuvuzela. Great minds think alike.]

Sorry Osomatsu-kun, but we really can't exclude the possibility anyway.

...How a person looks does not indicate their capacity to act, Osomatsu. And I would argue that despite our loss of her, Chitose was not simply a kind and cute girl.