fourth trial

[airlockedmods]

[As the last of the evidence is gathered, the voice chimes in with a call to come down to the courtroom.

In the slowly swindling podium circle McBurn and Shadow's portraits have been added and the green in their scrolling names replaced with red.

Jamie and Bolton are waiting on their floating platform, back in black and ready for a trial. Jamie still looks tired and his posture is a little more slouched than usual but he's here and there's not much else they can ask of him right now. Bolton's put on his usual showman's attitude despite the dark circles under his eyes, and he spreads his arms to make the announcement.]

Welcome, Champions, to the courtroom. Eleven of you have entered, but - in the best case scenario - only ten of you will leave. You all know the drill by now: 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.

Remember, there is no time limit but I'd advise you to keep things interesting.

Comments

[yukionna]

...is there?

[ Her eyes widen a bit, as she plops down to have a look at her shoes. ]

[cyan_maid]

Hoo hoo! Very cute!

[And the sad thing is she means what she's saying, it's adorable. Jane's heart sinks as she leans forward a bit to try and see the picture better.] Now tell me, because I've got to know for Miss Yurika's Beautification project - how do you get such lovely colors? Paints, markers...colored pencils?

[voltrounds]

Oh. Well, I try...

[She has her sketchbook on her, if you want to see ICly. OOCly, MAN NOW I WISH I'D GONE AHEAD AND DRAWN OUT HER MAPS.]

[yukionna]

I've used all of them. I don't really have a preference for one or the other.

[ This particular one is colored with markers. ]

[cyan_maid]

Could I see what you've been most recently working on? If you don't mind.

[Don't shake, Jane, don't shake...don't think about how much you don't want Ricky to be...]

[voltrounds]

Good. I don't want you getting hurt.

[ratherdoweddings]

[Yurika's close, but not a match!]

At least we didn't have to strip.

[cyan_maid]

[Ah

Ow

Hide your surprise, Jane. Conceal, don't feel.]

A-As an accomplished artist should! Why, to be limited to one medium would be very sad indeed...

[cyan_maid]

[Not a match is good enough for her.]

Yes, this one's a tame check.

[voltrounds]

Sure.

[She hands it over, turning to one of the more recent pages. The style of the map is something like this, except actually shaped like the station and mostly black lines on uncolored paper.

There are a few splashes of color to mark particular things (the incinerator and the pool are both marked "deathtrap" for instance), but all of them appear to be in marker.]

[yukionna]

[ Rukia frowns. ]

Are you suspecting me? You don't have to hide it.

[ratherdoweddings]

I've got a little on me from the art project, and Ushiromiya-san was covered the other day, but I'm not sure if we could do exact matches to glitter.

[cyan_maid]

[Phew]

Very lovely work, Ricky. Thank you so kindly for sharing.

[cyan_maid]

W-What? Me? No, no no! Of course not! I - did I say I suspected anyone?!

[Hahahahah now she's red in the face, completely embarrassed. The longer she's here, the more she realizes she's terrible at actual sleuthing.]

[ratherdoweddings]

[Yurika's been bedazzling the entire space station, so she's got plenty of glitter, but none of it is pink like the stuff Shadow was doused in. None on her shoes, either.]

[ratherdoweddings]

You were the same size for the footprint, too... What happened last night, Rukia-chan?

[yukionna]

You're stuttering and turning red.

[cyan_maid]

I am not!

[REDDER]

[yukionna]

Just like that.

[ jane you're the worst actress she's ever seen ]

[stitch_in_time]

[Yeah, the Doctor's gonna take that as a sign to step in.]

It doesn't look good, no. Where were you during the investigation?

[Not in Shadow's room, and that's where most of the glitter was.]

[cyan_maid]

[Just imagine if she were a killer, she'd be horrible at hiding it]

I'm not, I swear! I really did want to see your rabbits!!

[cyan_maid]

[SHE TRIED, DOCTOR

BUT SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE HEART TO KEEP IT UP]

[voltrounds]

You're welcome. Let me know if you need to see anything else.

[stitch_in_time]

[He'd honestly be a little worried if she did, in this case.]

[yukionna]

I went to look in the storage room with Xander. Ask him if you need to.