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

[neverheardofhim]

That's what Lucy's getting at, I think. It might have been the impact with the ground.

[motherfucking_ghost]

...Man, I've died in some stupid ways, but that's...

[daughterofthemark]

...very much possible.

[ratherdoweddings]

Especially since nobody found any other weapons.

[burninglight]

That leaves the possibility open that this altercation could have been another accident, but I can't claim I'm optimistic this time.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Man, you ever just accidentally push someone on the ground so hard they crack their fucking skull open and die? Yeah, I'm not super optimistic about that, either.

[burninglight]

A couple times, actually. It's not hard for a human to die from trauma to the back of the head.

I'm certainly not assuming that is definitely what transpired, least of all in this context, but it isn't completely impossible.

[desperateprayer]

...Is it possible they have the weapon on them still if there is one?

[burninglight]

If there is one and we failed to find it, I suppose it stands to reason that's possible.

[desperateprayer]

...Should we have people check their pockets?

[burninglight]

I doubt we'll find much, but by all means you can ask.