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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!
challengesfate: (thats not-)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
...And, because of this...you believe...while in this form, you...

[She is still going to stand by him, but...oh no. This is...no. This is even worse than what happened to her...]
discalibur: (051)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
It...

It has to be. It is. [And for the first time since everything started blowing up, he sounds sure of something.] I thought... I thought it couldn't be, since there's no way anyone here could be one, but...

Worms... they bleed purple...
challengesfate: (what...who...?)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Her head lowers. She had so badly wanted retribution for Miki. To pull someone who had done wrong without remorse with her into the embrace of death. Not...this.]

You had no idea of yourself - of any of this. C-Can you truly be held responsible if you didn't...?
discalibur: (047)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
...No.

[It doesn't sound like a direct reply to her. No, rather...]

No. Don't.

I killed her. It was me. I... I still did it. I'm dangerous.
challengesfate: (sulking!!)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Gods...no one else should have to die. Why couldn't have just been one person. Why couldn't it just be her.]

If...that is your wish, then...I cannot deny it of you. But...it's clear to me that you still...had no intention of doing such an act, if you didn't have control of yourself.
discalibur: (058)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't matter. I'm not even...

[Is he even a person?]

I promised myself something. When my sister--

[...]

When Tsurugi Kamishiro's sister died.
challengesfate: (gah-!)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Nope. Nuh-uh. You are still a person. The personhood has not been revoked.]

What was it that you promised yourself...?
discalibur: (055)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
...I said I wouldn't rest until I killed every Worm.

All of them.

[And now it seems he's absolutely... including himself in that list.]
challengesfate: (guide my blade)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[She. Can't argue with a quest like that. So she's just going to grit her teeth and nod and try not to cry.]

I...understand.
discalibur: (010)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
...Thank you.
in4apounding: (look down)

[personal profile] in4apounding 2017-10-28 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Mister Tsurugi- that-

[She's quiet for a minute, head bowed.]

I. Think I understand. I'm sorry.
discalibur: (010)

[personal profile] discalibur 2017-10-28 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't--

[...]

You shouldn't... call me that. Not anymore.