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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!
keepmeinyourheart: (♪ You cannot breath)

[personal profile] keepmeinyourheart 2017-10-28 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[...?]

Is there a problem?
lovecolored: ( official | forbidden scrollery ) (☆ tragically we are both heterosexual)

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-28 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
It's nothin'!

[ said a little too quickly ]

I, uh, maybe I just shouldn't'a shown off so much...haha...
keepmeinyourheart: (♪ Reflections still look the same to me)

[personal profile] keepmeinyourheart 2017-10-28 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[......!]

That ability to create blades? It does seem rather handy. [Hmmm...] How strong can you make those blades?
lovecolored: ( official | forbidden scrollery ) (☆ passed up a gay halloween party)

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-28 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Not much. Knives ain't my style. I use stars and lasers.
keepmeinyourheart: (♪ And the questions I have)

[personal profile] keepmeinyourheart 2017-10-28 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[!!!!!!]

I know magic in my world can create things such as that. Marisa... [Deep breath. She's going for it. Luna wants to find this killer, even if she accuses someone.] Would your lasers be strong enough to puncture a human being?
lovecolored: ( 6u (eternal land) | pixiv id 94883 ) (☆ champion of EXPLOSIONS)

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-28 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
You can kill someone with danmaku, sure. But it goes against the system and the very reason why it was made, for nonlethal duels.
in4apounding: (well that's just improbable)

[personal profile] in4apounding 2017-10-28 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
And you said you didn't really have anything to make potions with. So it couldn't have been your magic, right?
lovecolored: ( official | forbidden scrollery ) (☆ did g.b. shaw write that for you?)

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-28 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I use magic other than potion-makin'...

[ but she repeats the same explanation she gave Thomas ]
keepmeinyourheart: (♪ And it's peaceful in the deep)

[personal profile] keepmeinyourheart 2017-10-28 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nonlethal duels and a system...] Then tell me, if the other combatant did not have this ability, this danmaku... could the hit be lethal?
Edited 2017-10-28 20:51 (UTC)
lovecolored: ( official | forbidden scrollery ) (☆ the word is 'perflipisklep')

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-28 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
The vic would look like they were beaten to death in that case, I think. Not stabbed. Danmaku are blunt, like a big ol' punch to the gut.
andjerry: (dammit you ran right into it)

[personal profile] andjerry 2017-10-28 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[that's actually pretty suspicious, but he wants to hear more - they have to look at everybody]

If you were going to kill someone, what would you use instead?
lovecolored: ( nao gotou | pixiv id 505278 ) (☆ lecturing)

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-28 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd use a goddamn knife, somethin' that actually has a decent chance to kill the target. Lemme explain. Danmaku are like hard punches. Ya get the wind knocked outta ya, and if you get hit too many times it'll feel like yer gettin' beat the fuck up, regardless a'whether the bullets are stars or knives.

Danmaku doesn't stab people. It knocks 'em around.
andjerry: (Default)

[personal profile] andjerry 2017-10-28 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
They're all blunt? [...he can work with that. and she obviously didn't have any of the knives.]
lovecolored: ( official | forbidden scrollery ) (☆ please get your gigolo out of here)

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-28 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ said pretty flatly: ]

Oh jeez...what was Sakuya's? Uh...I don't use knife bullets, so this ain't one of my own spellcards. It's not gonna be as powerful, but here.

Illusion Ghost, "Jack the Ludo Bile"...?

[ a very very watered down version of this starts up. In fact there's only like...six knives total. Stupid powercap. Marisa just kind of stands there. Sure enough, if he touches either the circle bullets or the knife bullets, they both feel like a blunt punch. ]

Ya see? I coulda banged up the door, sure, but my magic won't cause a giant-ass stab wound.
andjerry: (i didn't know humans had so much blood)

[personal profile] andjerry 2017-10-28 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is a really bad idea, but...

He reaches over Roxy to touch one of Marisa's knives and flinches- it drives his hand back like he's going to have several jammed fingers for a few hours-
]

I- yes, I believe you now!
theundertaken: (buried)

[personal profile] theundertaken 2017-10-28 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Max looks up from where he's kneeling on the ground with Prompto.]

You okay?
andjerry: (you found the key....)

[personal profile] andjerry 2017-10-28 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[sorry Max]

He needs you a lot more. I'll be fine. It's for the investigation...
lovecolored: ( official | forbidden scrollery ) (☆ a stripper named equality)

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-28 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ YOU HAVE 3 LIVES LEFT, THOMAS

Marisa doesn't even say anything, she just folds her arms and looks worried. That was...really close. Jesus. ]
le_mat: (7)

[personal profile] le_mat 2017-10-28 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
... It could have been easy to lay a trap. We all get things from the storage room.

...

[and someone is known to be in there near the camera late at night. Akira goes pale.]
theworldsliveliestcorpse: Boom Bitch. (Shit Just Got Serious)

[personal profile] theworldsliveliestcorpse 2017-10-28 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Kurusu-kun... did ya think of something?

[Zombina gets the feeling she's not going to like it.]
le_mat: (10)

[personal profile] le_mat 2017-10-28 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Why would Miki be in there so late? I'm the only one that sniffs around there late at night...

I only didn't cuz... Cuz after the meeting and DND I was tired...

[he should have been in there.
He could have helped Miki... ]
theworldsliveliestcorpse: Zombina getting sentimental (A rare sentimental zombie)

[personal profile] theworldsliveliestcorpse 2017-10-28 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
No one coulda predicted this would happen. Don't beat yourself up over it Kurusu-kun. The only thing we can do now is catch her killer and beat them up instead.

[Zombina grins.]

Ya get dibs on first punch of course.
le_mat: <user name="tanabata"> (49)

[personal profile] le_mat 2017-10-28 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
If I was supposed to be their target I... I don't know what I'll do.
unhappylittletrees: You're always on my mind (Default)

[personal profile] unhappylittletrees 2017-10-28 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
...It's not your fault. Zombina is right, none of us had any idea what was going to happen last night. [Except maybe Miki's killer.] Blaming yourself right now won't do any of us any good.
lovecolored: ( official | forbidden scrollery ) (☆ please get your gigolo out of here)

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-28 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A LIVE DEMONSTRATION PLEASE DON'T LOOK AT HER LIKE THAT, FRIEND ]