first trial

[airlockedmods]

[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!

Comments

Wound check!

[le_mat]

Okay, Yuri is clear but we should all show our hands, so to speak. Girls can check girls if they want, and pulling down the collar and rolling up sleeves should let us see everyone's torsos.

[akira wiggles and pulls his arms into his jumpsuit... And then out the collar, squirming till he's stripped to the waist- like a girl taking off her bra without taking off her shirt or a cat through a tiny hole- it's like a magic trick.

He's got quite a few bruises but they are well on the way to being healed]

[newcycle]

Not a bad idea.

[Korra is clear-- like Akira, she has a few bruises, and some cuts. but they are old.]

[karappo]

[...okay, well.

Karamatsu takes off his leather jacket, leaving his grey tank top on beneath. There's no sleeves, and no wounds or marks on his arms or any bare skin, so that's clean.

...He does have to take off his shades though, which he hooks on his collar. His left eye is severely bruised, nearly swollen shut.]

[theworldsliveliestcorpse]

Holy shit Kara-kun, what the fuck happened to your eye!?

[Does Zombina need to punch someone for you? Zombina thinks she might have to punch someone for you.]

[theworldsliveliestcorpse]

[Zombina'll give an impressed whistle at those bruises.]

Geez Kurusu-kun, ya look like ya got into a fight with an truck and lost!

[She just has to take off her jacket, since her casual wear doesn't cover too much. Zombina is wound free.]

[keepmeinyourheart]

[Look, she's used to wearing somewhat revealing clothes as the Oracle, but there is no way she's stripping in front of anyone not a maid-in-waiting.]

[theworldsliveliestcorpse]

[Zombina's gonna walk over and hold out her jacket.]

It's not much, but it'll help keep public decency a thing.

[Not that Zombina herself is too concerned about it, but still.]

[theundertaken]

[Max is wearing his own clothes today, so he just takes off his hoodie. He's wearing a t-shirt underneath, so you can see that his arms are clean.]

[andjerry]

[a nervous look around, knowing that refusing is going to make him look bad; he rolls up the sleeves to the repressed space society shirt he's been wearing for the past couple days and tries to catch another guy's eye to take a look through the shirt collar. His arms are clear.]

[theundertaken]

What?

[Max would be the nearest guy, he'll come over and do it?]

[in4apounding]

[Penny rolls up what little sleeves there are on her dress, showing her arms to be completely wound free.]

[titularly]

[Well, for once Osomatsu is quiet as he complies, taking off his jacket and spacesuit thing to reveal a couple of recent bruises on his torso and a scar from the fork that was jammed in his arm last weekend, but nothing more than that.]

[photoshooter]

[...Okay, Prompto's blushing. Does he have to do this in front of everybody? His arms are very obviously on display already and uninjured, but everyone else is doing it and he gives in to peer pressure decides, well, if this is what's happening...

yo

Anyway, he's uninjured.]

[le_mat]

Nice.

[theundertaken]

Oh, yeah, you could never be a bodyguard.

[HE SEES YOU AND THEM MUSCLES]

[theworldsliveliestcorpse]

[Zombina just wolf whistles at him.]

[immaculacies]

[Manaka has her dress back, so she unbuttons the top enough to show her shoulders and collar are free of bruises, though a stark black pattern is visible on her pale skin. When she pulls up each sleeve, her arms are similarly unwounded.]

[batfortheprincess]

[Ah. Okay, so this is a thing that's happening. Slaine will strip to the waist without complaint, and what's immediately obvious are dozens of old scars all over his front and back. ...If someone's familiar enough with wounds, they look more like the kind you'd get from a flogging rather than anything else.

But there aren't any signs of recent wounds at all.]

[andjerry]

[just. cringes. and saves that knowledge up for later.]

[discalibur]

[okay we're doing this now

Well, Tsurugi's wearing his jumpsuit and he just kind of... deals with the sleaves and pulls the collar down. Looks like his arms and torso are clear.]

[challengesfate]

...

[Lucina lets out a quiet breath, nodding once. Right. This is necessary. This is important.

Slowly, Lucina opens up her top, letting the blue tunic fall open to reveal her upper arms.

Both are peppered with fresh bruises.]

[quadjumps]

...Where'd you get those from?

[immaculacies]

Ah, Lucina-san...

[theworldsliveliestcorpse]

[Zombina stares before quietly speaking.]

.....Lucina-chan. Do ya got an explanation for those bruises?

[lovecolored]

[ Marisa is entirely shameless and will strip in front of anyone......you may have to actually, you know, usher her behind the curtain.

That said, she's clear. Some cuts and scars, but they're old and healed. ]