second trial

[airlockedmods]

[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

[wrathfulambitions]

Seth Twiright is my current name. As a human. All of that profile is... Technically correct.

[misplacedxsheath]

...You're a parasite, aren't you? A being that steals the bodies of others to prolong its existence.

[ratherdoweddings]

So you take the identity of the person you're possessing!

[yukionna]

...when souls die, where I'm from, we're sent to be reincarnated as humans. Is that what you've been doing, then? Reincarnating in different bodies with the same diseased soul?

[ It's a long shot, but she feels like she at least has to make a guess. ]

You used to be something bigger than a human, at one point. Am I on the right track?

[wrathfulambitions]

Half correct! I was smaller, actually! Something... No one would have even suspected of being capable of what I do.

[yukionna]

And now that you're capable of doing things with your own two hands, you did just that.

[ .... ]

What's your goal, then? Wanton destruction? Infection of more souls?

[wrathfulambitions]

I exist to destroy all life. Hereditary Evil Raiser Syndrome helps me with that. It is a disease of the soul that causes the desire to destroy all that the gods have created.

[cyan_maid]

S-So...were hoping to infect us with your...weird, stupid evil germs?!?

[wrathfulambitions]

Don't worry. It can't be spread like that.

[cyan_maid]

Oh, good, because I'd never want to be a snake like you.