The Mock Trial

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[Jesse McCree is dead, the first victim of, what the Overseers seem to hope, is a long game of motives and murder for whatever their reasons. With the investigation completed, C.E.C.E.'s voice comes over the system and directs the Champions to proceed to the locked elevator door at the end of the hallway. Once all Champions are on board, the elevator begins a slow descent down beyond any area that they've been able to explore so far. At least the elevator music is charming.

When the elevator door opens, the Champions enter a courtroom with 21 podiums arranged in a circle and each one marked with a name. McCree's face grins casually at the 20 surviving members from one of the podiums, a greyscale portrait in honor of the dead.]

Congratulations. We have now entered the trial portion of the test. I trust that you will do your best to determine who disturbed the peace by committing murder. Once the culprit has been found, they will face an appropriate punishment for their crime. If you fail to determine the culprit, however, they will be allowed to leave the space station and the rest of you will face punishment instead.

Comments

[mikooon]

INTERRUPTION!

[literally no one needs to announce their interruption before actually interrupting. Tamamo's is literally so fucking extra.]

If I may throw in my two cents. If she had been the real murderer and found out an identifying accessory of hers went missing, I believe she would've returned to the scene of the crime to try looking for it, in case it was left there. Of course, she might've been caught while doing so... but honestly, who is out at 12am onwards?

Better to risk a check than to have your identity so inexplicably linked to the murder like this. [Pause.] I know I would do that!

[For FUCKS sake]

[damnfourthemerald]

[tamAMO] Then she would've returned to the room in zero g. Nothing in the room indicates that McCree ever touched the ground after being murdered. And given the blood in the room, it would have been a messy endeavor, and it would have risked leaving more evidence.

[mikooon]

True... still, if it was not planted, why would she admit she had a matching pair? Why not swallow the other bead and pretend it never existed?

[everyone knows she would do the same but yeah]

[misplacedxsheath]

Had anyone recalled her wearing them before, denying their existence would have been far more incriminating than claiming to have lost one.

[damnfourthemerald]

Because people have seen her with the beads. It would've jogged someone's memory eventually. At that point, denying they existed at all would only make matters worse.

[stitch_in_time]

Someone else might've seen her wearing them.

[He doesn't want it to be Naho -doesn't want it to be anyone but the Overseers, really- but things are looking pretty bad right now.]

[mikooon]

Hmm, it's too bad she didn't realize how insignificant she was. I barely even realized she was here!

[FUCKING

RUDE]

[stitch_in_time]

[Wow, really.]

I don't think your ego's really her problem.

[have_a_heart]

You are not very nice.

[semperperatus]

Seriously...?

[misinforms]

My. No one's said that to me before.

[It's... refreshing.]

[mikooon]

[Amidst Tamamo getting deservedly blasted, she turns to the person she just insulted.]

Well, if it's any consolation, plain-looking girls seem to be all the rage in modern times! [yeah because obviously the mos timportant thing is that she's plain-looking and not that she's a fucking spiritual occultist

In Tamamo's defense, being an occultist was a respectable job back then!]

[misinforms]

I'll take that as a compliment. Although-- I'd rather be praised for my work then what I look like.

[Not... necessarily the spirit medium part, although she takes it since it helps Kibiki-sensei.]

[lycoctonum]

You're cute. All girls are cute, growl growl. You even smell nice. I didn't think foxes were mean.

[HEY stop that, Tamamo.]

[mikooon]

[WHY IS THE BEAR TELLING HER OFF]

I'm sure everyone can see who is the cutest, foxiest one of us here! It's just too bad. Life... [dramatic pause] is unfair. But you can find love against all odds, so don't fret!

[TAMAMO THIS ISNT HELPFUL]

[lycoctonum]

She's just as cute as you. Both of you smell nice and everything. There's no reason for this.

[BECAUSE IT'S DUMB. Girls are all beautiful. Why get jealous over it?! There's other things to be jealous of when it comes to other women, looks aren't.]

[stitch_in_time]

Foxes are okay, it's the narcissists that're an issue.

[lycoctonum]

I don't see why this needs to be brought up at all. Accessory, yes, but not what she looks like.

[misinforms]

[Yue...!!]

Right? I think so too. Although Sayaka-- ah. My best friend... she's even cuter than I am.

[lycoctonum]

[What...!]

It's good to have friends that you think are like that.

[This is so damn gay.]

[thetimebomb]

Pretty sure you're not including me, but I appreciate the sentiment, kid.

[This is very important she needs to throw in these two cents.]

[strikemonster]

I think you're a very pretty alien.

[Honestly, Sylvia, you're talking to the wrong gays.]

[voltrounds]

Even if she looked, that doesn't mean she would have found it. It was in the victim's hand, right? It would be easy to miss there.

[mikooon]

Hmm, that's true... with all the globules of red in the air, who could spot the right one?

[GROSS]

[voltrounds]

...I just meant because it's small, and his whole hand could close around it.

[MENTAL IMAGES SHE CANNOT UNSEE]