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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!
playthedamncard: (Default)

[personal profile] playthedamncard 2017-10-28 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
The room was bloodied, but nothing seemed otherwise out of place. Her body looked like it had been posed, or at least that she'd been moved. But there were footprints--Sajyou, there were two sets, yes? Larger and smaller, and the smaller belonged to Karasuma. [he has got to start calling people by their first names god damn it] The soles of her shoes were bloody.
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: (RUB πŸ“· 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: (taps chin with pen)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
...Prompto, what was the state of Chitose's room?
photoshooter: (GUILT πŸ“· 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.
theundertaken: (offed)

[personal profile] theundertaken 2017-10-28 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
...hey, buddy, it’s not your fault. You can’t hear shit in those rooms.
photoshooter: (DAWNING πŸ“· Oh...)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2017-10-28 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. Th...they're soundproofed?
theundertaken: (asleep)

[personal profile] theundertaken 2017-10-28 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, I can never hear anything in mine and people here are screaming and playing vuvuzelas all the time. I bet they are.
theworldsliveliestcorpse: Zombina yelling (Yelling)

[personal profile] theworldsliveliestcorpse 2017-10-28 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hey man, don't diss the vuvuzelas. Vuvuzelas are love, Vuvuzelas are life.]
challengesfate: (hold on-)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tsurugi's podium is between them, or else she'd reach out to Prompto. He...needs so much comforting. They all do. None of this is right.]

Do you think it was possible that...Chitose and the culprit fought, and the killing blow made, but...Chitose did not die immediately?
photoshooter: (LANTERN πŸ“· Brr it's dark in here)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2017-10-28 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[He twists his hands.]

I dunno. I-I don't know what it'd take to kill someone like that. But I don't remember seeing a trail of blood or anything, just the... splatter.
challengesfate: (not used to uncertainty)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
For it to be one wound? It would be...a considerable amount of force. Perhaps delivered under duress. I...can't say I know how deep it was, but, that knife could have struck an organ...

[A pause. She looks down at her podium.] I-I'm sorry. I know...this is very difficult for all of you. I don't mean to...make you uncomfortable, Prompto.
photoshooter: (SAD PUPPY πŸ“· Old Yeller dies...?)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2017-10-28 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[He looks up, then shakes his head. It's not really a smile he tries to make, but... well, he's trying.]

It's hard for you too, right? You don't have to apologize. This... is just what we have to do. For--for them.
challengesfate: (at a charge)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I have seen my share of death. It's...easier to talk of it, though I wish we didn't have to.

[Oh no...Prompto...you are hurting her, please, if you need to be sad then be the whole sad]

But we will figure this out. All of us - together. For their sakes.
photoshooter: (SAVE ME πŸ“· Call my name and--)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2017-10-28 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[He closes his eyes and nods. It's all he can do. It's what he has to do.

They'll get through this.]
immaculacies: (slowly prolonging a cruel fate)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
There were bruises on Chitose's hands and arms. She probably received them while struggling with her attacker.
challengesfate: (eh?)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
...Then...could it be possible that...the attacker also sustained injury?
immaculacies: (slowly prolonging a cruel fate)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
It's possible. We could also check if there's blood on the bottom of anyone's feet.
challengesfate: (rises to challenge)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 05:26 pm (UTC)(link)
We can do that. But I think the blood might be harder to find. Considering the time of her death...it's likely the killed would clean themselves or change their clothes entirely.
immaculacies: (grow old; let your hair grow)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm-hm, of course. Still, it can't hurt to check to be sure.
playthedamncard: (Default)

[personal profile] playthedamncard 2017-10-28 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Some outfits have arrived, and we all have two pairs of jumpsuits. Even if one got bloodied, you could put the other on. We have bathrooms and showers, one could wash the blood off the bottom of shoes. I'm not sure that would be definitive proof of much.
immaculacies: (slowly prolonging a cruel fate)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't say it was definitive proof, only that it wouldn't hurt to check. We shouldn't rule out an avenue of investigation without at least trying it first, should we?
playthedamncard: (Default)

[personal profile] playthedamncard 2017-10-28 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps not all of the blood came from her?

Should we check for injuries?
quadjumps: (a butterfly sparkles)

[personal profile] quadjumps 2017-10-28 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Were the footprints bloody?