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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!
karappo: (he was washing the lighter in the sink)

[personal profile] karappo 2017-10-28 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a lot to take in, here. A lot to marvel at. But all of that goes out the window once Rox starts to speak, as it usually does.

Karamatsu looks up to where the Overseers stand.]


...Punishment? What- what are you talking about, the rest taking punishment!? That was never mentioned!

[UM??]
immaculacies: (moving; changing from blue to red)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Kaiba and I examined Chitose's body. The cause of death seems to have been a single stab wound to the stomach. But... When we examined that wound, we found that it the blood was smeared, as if someone had tried to apply pressure to it. Kaiba also found bloody rags tucked under her head.

My working theory is that the murderer stabbed Chitose, and Miki found her body later and tried to help. Is there any evidence that could confirm or contradict this?

[She doesn't sound as cheerful as she normally does, but... She also doesn't sound very upset for a fourteen-year-old girl who just examined a body, chattering away without pause.]
andjerry: (this is fine.)

[personal profile] andjerry 2017-10-28 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Thomas only knows a little bit - he's refused to look at either of the bodies out of self-preservation - but something about this goes against everything he knows about how investigations work. There's a reason he doesn't decide who's guilty - what if he sets it up that way? - but arguing here is going to be useless.

He looks to Korra to his left, trying to decide which one of them should speak up, but finally says something himself.
]

...If anyone found weapons, I think I know where the killer found them.
challengesfate: (unreadable)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[The courtroom is, again, an alien thing to Lucina. When she comes in, she takes a moment to stare down at the expanse of space below, eyes wide as a sinking feeling drops through her stomach. What would happen if the glass...broke?

...No, she can't think of that now. When she finds her podium, she stands at it, hands folded and expression grim. The Overseers still don't tell them what their punishment is for being wrong about the culprit...but, hopefully, it's not something they will find out through experience.]


I think...we should establish who we are to begin talking about first. I examined...Miki, so, I can tell you what I know about what might've happened to her.
titularly: (legally.)

[personal profile] titularly 2017-10-28 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alright. They're in this courtoom thing and his podium is waaaay across from his brothers and they're being told to hold court against whomever it was that murdered those two victims. Nice.

The first and only thing that comes out of Osomatsu's mouth though, however, is:]


Booooo! Get off the stage!

[Very productive.]
le_mat: <user name="tanabata"> (42)

[personal profile] le_mat 2017-10-28 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
... you're kidding me.

[if there was any lingering doubt in his mind that this wasnt an actual experiment, the trial room dashes it. It's too flashy and over the top when a vote in the cafeteria would have done the same thing.

His podium is right next to Miki's. He can't not notice that]


What the HELL kinda sideshow act is this, Shark-chan?!
photoshooter: (SCARED 📷 No no no...)

[personal profile] photoshooter 2017-10-28 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
You... you do?

[Prompto's eyes are puffy and red and it took him at least two minutes to even try venturing onto the clear glass floor. But he's at least present enough to pay attention to this.

He is, after all, holding a bloody knife.]
in4apounding: (now you fucked up)

[personal profile] in4apounding 2017-10-28 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I saw- Miki's body was-

[Penny is, yet again, in a very not good place. The difference between her seclusion after Chloe's death and now? Now she's mad. Her grip on her podium is tight, like she's trying to dent the surface.]

[The ridiculously tacky dress that's replaced her normal outfit does precisely nothing to alleviate this.]


Who did this.
batfortheprincess: (♦ if that is what must be done--)

[personal profile] batfortheprincess 2017-10-28 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's quite a bit to take in here. All this talk about punishment and the possibility of only 19 leaving... it's unnerving, but not beyond what they should have expected things to go here. But either way, they had to find out who did this, for Miki and Chitose's sake too.]

...I found several things out of place in the storage room. First, there was some sort of purple splatter on the ground. Um, I cannot say for sure that I know what it is, but I'm certain it isn't paint from the art room. I brought some of it along in case anyone wanted to look at it.

[And here's a little plastic bag with some purple flakes of whatever it was.]

Also, one of the cameras on the ceiling was destroyed, which left broken glass on the floor and the top of the shelves. There were also a large number of cardboard boxes scattered on the ground. I believe... that is all.
challengesfate: (gah-!)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Eeeey body handling buddies]

Do we...know what times they died? If Miki died soon after Chitose...it would be likely that the killer could have found her in that act. But, if there was a significant gap in time...

[If a body is already clearly dead, why would you try to stop it from bleeding?]
immaculacies: (slowly prolonging a cruel fate)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Penny-chan... That's not going to get us anywhere. We need to stay calm and talk about the evidence.
andjerry: (oh my god gw a red tree)

[personal profile] andjerry 2017-10-28 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
....Penny. We can- figure it out.

[and he remembers everything she's told him about that she's so proud of] We have to be a team, right?
playthedamncard: (bitch please)

[personal profile] playthedamncard 2017-10-28 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
The Overseers may add to the rules at any time. [Kaiba says it mechanically, and looks to his PIP. Then up at the Overseers.] This detail is not mentioned in the list of rules. You seem to neglect informing us of the details quite often. It puts the player in an unfair position to be punished for something they could not have known.
in4apounding: (look down)

[personal profile] in4apounding 2017-10-28 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[You don't know that, it might.]

The evidence-

[Her head drops a little, voice still angry.]

...There was a wound clear through Miki's body. On her stomach. Whoever did this is very strong.
theundertaken: (deceased)

[personal profile] theundertaken 2017-10-28 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I...

[Max seems to be having trouble with the fact that Chloe’s portrait is directly across from him. But he forces his gaze down to his own podium.]

Yeah, it was on the thing, right? There was like four hours in between.
playthedamncard: (Default)

[personal profile] playthedamncard 2017-10-28 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Karasuma died first. It wasn't even midnight. Naoki died several hours later.
immaculacies: (slowly prolonging a cruel fate)

[personal profile] immaculacies 2017-10-28 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm... There was a large gap of time, according to the case files given to us. It's possible that Miki stayed with her for some time, but it's true that nearly four and a half hours seems like a long time for that.
challengesfate: (what...who...?)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
...We will find out, Penny. Or the culprit will confess. I swear it - they won't go unpunished.

[Whoever did this to Miki is going to get fucked right the hell up.]
lovecolored: ( nazuka (mikkamisaki) | pixiv id 474458 ) (hmmmm)

[personal profile] lovecolored 2017-10-28 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
A purple splatter? Was it already dried, then?
Edited 2017-10-28 16:39 (UTC)
andjerry: (oh my god gw a red tree)

maybe mods?

[personal profile] andjerry 2017-10-28 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[oh god that's the one that fits in the space he found, isn't it

-he sucks in a breath, seeing the blood so obvious and out to the air.
]

Korra and I were in the kitchen. I count everything that could be used as a weapon every day, and I think that's the one that was missing.
titularly: (and im too lazy to look any up rn)

[personal profile] titularly 2017-10-28 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I dunno if it confirms or contradicts anything but uh... I'm pretty sure Chitose-chan was killed in her bedroom.

There was a lot of blood smeared all around the floor and stuff.. it wasn't pretty.
in4apounding: (stop talking)

[personal profile] in4apounding 2017-10-28 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
...Okay. Right.
karappo: <user name=bureiku> (I can't find a song to express)

[personal profile] karappo 2017-10-28 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Karamatsu grits his teeth, looking down at the podium in front of him. Sure, they could add to the rules, but how fair was this? Why should they be held responsible just because someone went on a killing spree last night?

In the end, he's too indignant to say anything, so he remains quiet for now, listening to the others.]
playthedamncard: (Default)

[personal profile] playthedamncard 2017-10-28 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Someone destroyed a camera? But that goes against Rule 6-A; they would have faced a punishment for that.
challengesfate: (please continue)

[personal profile] challengesfate 2017-10-28 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm. Then, if that's the case...I could see an initial attempt as a reaction. But...would her wound still be bleeding hours after the fact? Enough to warrant trying to stem the flow?

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