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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!
le_mat: <user name="tanabata"> (34)

[personal profile] le_mat 2017-10-29 12:33 am (UTC)(link)
SHE MIGHT NOT CARE BUT I DO!!

[his voice cracks]

I'll have to go back out to that cage and know I let her win! That'll just happen again and I won't be able to stop it!

Just like I couldn't stop Chloe. Like I couldn't stop Miki...
andjerry: (this is fine.)

i'm an asshole and hijacking

[personal profile] andjerry 2017-10-29 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[god he has been having enough survivor's guilt as is and this is making it worse - they can't let another person die]

Who's going to leave here, thinking "I couldn't stop Akira"?
lovecolored: ( 6u (eternal land) | pixiv id 94883 ) (☆ champion of EXPLOSIONS)

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-29 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Marisa was about ready to scream back, probably something about "who give's a rat's ass?", but Thomas interjecting gives her a few moments to think. While he talks, she just keeps her fists clenched and tries to stop breathing so heavily. ]

...Akira. If you do this, you're leavin' every single one of us behind. We're your friends. How do you think we're all gonna feel if we just stand here and let you kill yourself?
le_mat: <user name="tanabata"> (27)

[personal profile] le_mat 2017-10-29 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
...

I... I don't know.
lovecolored: (☆ casket of stars)

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-29 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Shitty. We're gonna feel shitty, because we've lost three of our only companions on this stupid ship, already, we're losin' two more, and we don't need to lose someone else.

So...so just vote, okay? It's a sham of a fate but they're not gonna judge you. We gotta do this and keep movin'.

So please...

[ It is really taking every ounce of willpower in her body not to leave her podium and smack Akira upside the head, but she's screaming at herself to stay cool, Thomas is helping, it's working, don't move. ]
le_mat: (21)

[personal profile] le_mat 2017-10-29 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[he reels like Thomas just slapped him, turning with his eyes wide]

Thomas-san...
andjerry: (you found the key....)

[personal profile] andjerry 2017-10-29 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Listen to Marisa. She- if we can't stop you, we lose you the same way we lost Chloe.
le_mat: (13)

[personal profile] le_mat 2017-10-29 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
... You're all against me then?

[he looks out over the group as a whole ]
andjerry: (reconsidering my filing system)

[personal profile] andjerry 2017-10-29 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
-we're not your enemies.
theundertaken: (mortified)

[personal profile] theundertaken 2017-10-29 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
We don't want to see these people kill someone else.
lovecolored: ( memories of phantasm ) (☆ triple three bolt smack)

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-29 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
We're for you! We don't want you to die!

[ and suddenly she sounds sad, anguished, desperate, not even really angry any more ]
karappo: (if you can handle my post party look)

[personal profile] karappo 2017-10-29 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Karamatsu, hearing this from where he's at with Osomatsu, looks over to Akira. Even with a black eye, the other is red enough to make it obvious that he's been crying.]

It...it is not like that.

...some of us...have family. Back home......we cannot let anything happen to them.

It would be like killing a part of us.
quadjumps: (i am the greatest)

[personal profile] quadjumps 2017-10-29 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ yuri looks over at karamatsu and gives him a firm nod. he echoes the sentiment. ]
titularly: (BOOBS)

[personal profile] titularly 2017-10-29 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Please don't ruin this for the rest of us, Akira-san.

[Just the idea of their brothers...]
le_mat: (10)

[personal profile] le_mat 2017-10-29 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Karatasu-san...

[he gets it. And seeing him cry is making the dam slowly break for Akira too, his glasses hiding it]
theworldsliveliestcorpse: Boom Bitch. (Shit Just Got Serious)

[personal profile] theworldsliveliestcorpse 2017-10-29 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
If ya wanna see it that way. But know this.

[Zombina's going to lean over her podium.]

If ya get yourself punished. Some of us are plannin' ta go right with ya. I ain't lettin' anything happen ta ya on my watch. Got it?
le_mat: <user name="tanabata"> (39)

[personal profile] le_mat 2017-10-29 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Zombina don't you fucking dare!
theworldsliveliestcorpse: Zombina yelling (Yelling)

[personal profile] theworldsliveliestcorpse 2017-10-29 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Don't you fucking dare die then!

[Two can play at this game!]
in4apounding: (look down)

[personal profile] in4apounding 2017-10-29 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
Akira, you. You said we were all friends here. I don't- really know if that's true, but. I want it to be. Please, don't- ...don't leave, not like this. Stay with us and fight, please?
le_mat: (15)

[personal profile] le_mat 2017-10-29 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
...

I'm not good at saying no to my friends.