Third Trial

[airlockedmods]

[You get a little time after your investigation is over, but not too long. Your Overseer is right there, after all, and he can tell when you're finished.

Xander will lead you all out the door near Fourt's, opening what had been impenetrable sheet metal with a few taps and swipes on his tablet. This won't take you outside either; instead, it leads to a long hallway. Like a walk-through aquarium, the walls and ceiling are all made of thick glass, giving you an even better view of the stars outside. There's no sign that the mall is attached to some kind of large-scale station. There's really not going to be an easy way to escape here, unless you get transportation.

You're led to a wide-open area, empty except for a circle of podiums in its center. They're labeled so you can easily find yours. Soma and Togami's grey-scale portraits have joined the three ladies' portraits this time in the places they previously stood. Three of the podiums remain empty and nameless. The walls here are equally transparent, and they seem to have lines of large hatches going along them, as if this is where one might park one's spaceship when going on a fun space mall adventure. Shame you don't know anything about those.

You already know what you're here to do. You'd best be getting along with it.]

Comments

[motherfucking_ghost]

But head wounds bleed like a son of a bitch. You'd think there'd be...more of it in the fountain or around it if that was the case...but unless someone actually found like a weapon...

[cyan_maid]

I don't recall seeing anything that could have been used as a weapon. Maybe...is it possible that the actual weapon could have been cleaned off in the fountain, and the killer cleaned themselves up there too? That might explain the smudges and the water on the ledge.

[ratherdoweddings]

That's a good assumption. After all, they'd anticipate a body check.