second trial

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[Like last week the announcement sounds, the Champions with their gathered evidence file once again to the teleporter where the courtroom waits for them.

The a circle of podiums has changed since last week. The Griffin, Toby, and Angelica's floating portraits have joined Chintanda's above their respective podiums as well as the bright green having been changed to a glaring red.

The Overseers are waiting on their floating platform when the first group of Champions arrive. They're back in their black suits, side by side. Jamie's expression is grim but he looks more mentally present than the last trial. Bolton, on the other hand, looks stern but not grim, arms crossed over his chest. Once again, he's the one who makes the announcement.]

Welcome, Champions, to the courtroom. Sixteen of you have entered, but - in the best case scenario - only fifteen of you will leave. Compile your evidence and figure out who the killer is. If you vote correctly, the culprit will be executed and the rest of you will be allowed to go back upstairs. If you vote wrong, however, the killer goes free and the rest of you take the punishment in their place.

Remember, there is no time limit but keeping things interesting is in your best interests.

Comments

[fatherofsin]

You still don't have decisive evidence that I even killed her, Miss Rukia.

[yukionna]

Don't avoid the question!

[ She's gripping her podium so hard her knuckles are turning white. ]

[fatherofsin]

I'm not. But you can't claim I killed her without it, whether you'd like me to be the culprit or not. Anyone who had access to those polls could have forged my handwriting as well as Angelica's. And since so many of you despise me, I'm also an easy target. None of you would even feel remorse if I died.

[kingshaming]

I wouldn't say that. You certainly made sure to make yourself a large target though.

cw: suicide talk

[yukionna]

That's the same thing you said about Ainsworth. That almost no one would miss her.

[ In an instant, her anger flatlines. Maybe it's that Jane and Margulis interrupted her angry tirade, or maybe it's remembering that they're fighting for Angelica, not against Seth, necessarily. ]

...did she think that too? Did she think she would be better off gone, for some reason? Did you just help her kill herself?