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]

Uhhhhhhhhh, setting aside the fact that I'm super uncool with the fact that he was spying on our conversations--

Isn't Varric the only one who could have put them back? Assuming Toga otherwise couldn't.

[misanthropicprinciple]

That's why I'd like to clear up when he was at the fountain and where he was killed. If he was killed at Lightshow, then he could have put the notes back himself. Just in case.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Man, and where the fuck did that blood come from?

[misanthropicprinciple]

Someone kills him at Lightshow, runs to get the flag, trips on the fountain? Where was most of the blood? Lightshow, right?

[neverheardofhim]

Was there any kind of footprint or blood splatter at the scene? Maybe whoever did this had blood on them and needed to wash off.

[everylittlesecret]

No necessarily. As long as someone is in the room, it can be opened unless you lock the door. Varric seems like a deep sleeper. They could have literally slipped in and planted the notes without waking our dear somewhat drunkard of a dwarf dad.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Does anyone here seriously not lock their doors at night?

[daughterofthemark]

[...raises hand]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Arianna, I am seriously afraid for you.

[daughterofthemark]

I trust you all!

[cyan_maid]

...Miss Arianna, you're a lovely girl, but I don't know if I feel comfortable sleeping over in your kiosk again.

[LOCK YOUR DOORS PLEASE]

[tokencanadian]

[Oh sweetheart....]

[everylittlesecret]

Fuck that. I lock mine. I'm not a heavy sleeper, so it opening would have woken me like no other... I usually wait till Specs comes back to bed, but I guess I over-caffeinated myself enough last night I must have passed out...... oh fuck that means my door was unlocked.

[misanthropicprinciple]

How are any of you alive.

[tokencanadian]

[Shrugs.......]

Me and Yurika try our best to keep it locked?

[neverheardofhim]

Thanks, Sparkles.

[That's like the nicest thing anyone's ever said to him.]

Still, we can't go discounting me or anyone else based off of assumptions. If it makes you guys comfortable having me on the suspect list, I'm not going to fight it.

[everylittlesecret]

[No prob, no prob.]

True... I'm sorry it has to be like this.

[neverheardofhim]

Better safe than sorry, right?

[nightcure]

Just what I'd expect from my Shield.

We'll figure this out, Wordsmith.

[neverheardofhim]

I know we will. I trust you. All of you.

[misanthropicprinciple]

Hey, everyone's on the suspect list. I'm on the suspect list. Only people who, I dunno, stayed at the sleepover have any kind of halfway reliable alibi.

[everylittlesecret]

.... I feel strangely flattered to be on that list for once and I probably shouldn't.

[neverheardofhim]

The door could have been left unlocked. Sounds like the Crown Prince was in a rush last night. [A shrug.]

You make a good point, though. That... sure doesn't look good for me.

[motherfucking_ghost]

Yo, I don't want it to be you, I'm just saying.

[neverheardofhim]

Shit, you think I don't know that? But if I protest, it only makes me look more suspicious, don't you think?