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

[dejabrew]

[Bolton sure goes pale.]

You don’t know what kind of bloodborne Illnesses people have! No way am I bleeding for anyone here.

[le_mat]

We have healers. It'll be okay.

[dejabrew]

“Healers” can’t fix HIV!

[His knuckles are white on his podium, and there’s an edge of panic to his voice.]

[le_mat]

Okay, okay. Mind biting yourself or something then?

[dejabrew]

N-no. I’m- Jesus Christ, my blood is red and it is staying on the inside.

[lovecolored]

...do you want a different knife?

[ holds her hand out and a danmaku knife pops up ]

One use, then it'll disappear, so you'd better have a quick look.

[dejabrew]

I’m not doing this I’m- No, I can’t.

[lovecolored]

What, got some kinda phobia?

[dejabrew]

[He is starting to look a little pale and green.]

You could say that.

[theundertaken]

Ooooookay, uh, half of us aren't doing the blood thing, so it's kinda pointless anyway right? Why don't we do something else?

[karappo]

This seems to be getting us nowhere quickly, Max-san is right. But was it not confirmed that the purple substance was blood of some kind? Or...it tasted like blood.

But does that really prove it was blood for certain? I cannot help but feel we may be missing something.

[theundertaken]

It's definitely not human blood, so...I don't know? Does not-human blood still taste like blood?

....wait, if it's blood, then wasn't someone bleeding?

[karappo]

What we should be searching for are wounds, not pricking ourselves to see who bleeds purple. We have plenty of purple evidence already here.

[titularly]

Didn't we already do a check for wounds?

[batfortheprincess]

[He doesn't want to suggest this but... sighs.]

We... didn't check the whole body.

im Sorry

[titularly]

............y'think someone got stabbed in the cock?

[lovecolored]

[ ABSOLUTELY LOSING HER SHIT OVER HERE ]

[karappo]

[theworldsliveliestcorpse]

DUDE!

[Zombina's just throwing her hands up now.]

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be standing now if that was the case.

[quadjumps]

Karamatsu has a point. That roomba thing that came out of Miki's room--what if it hurt the culprit in defense?

[karappo]

Did anyone else see the roomba? It had a knife taped to it...did that knife have any purple on it?

[Because if so....there's our answer.]

[quadjumps]

...I actually don't know if it was involved. If it came out from Miki's room, that means it was locked inside when the crime happened.

[ hm. ]

[lovecolored]

I dunno...it just tasted like regular blood. I've gotten teeth knocked out before, so I know what it tastes like, but I can't really give a specific.

[lovecolored]

[ The knife poofs away. Okay, then. ]

Look...you might know you're not guilty, but for all we know, humans where you come from bleed purple. I'm not sayin' you gotta, but it looks like Akira's on a damn witch-hunt.

[dejabrew]

He can shove his goddamn witch hunt up his ass.

[No offense Akira.]