The Mock Trial

[airlockedmods]

[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

[strikemonster]

Ah, good idea. Did anyone bring a pen?

[They already have a notebook, so that's half the equation.]

[semperperatus]

I did.

[Because of course he did]

[stitch_in_time]

What d'you think, everyone put their name, then "escape" and "sacrifice"? Everyone that can, anyway.

[curdle]

[ she looks over gratefully, though he probably wasn't specifically referring to her! #notallchampions ]

I cannot.

[semperperatus]

You can't?

[...]

Do you know how to write?

[have_a_heart]

All right.

[Kanade writes her sample. Her handwriting is simple, but not a match.]

[lycoctonum]

[Someone probably handed Ginko the paper so she doesn't have to get up from her foxy seat. It's very slow and laborious but not a match.]

[thetimebomb]

I think it's obvious I didn't do it, but oh well.

[Sylvia writes her name and the two words. It's bulky but legible and it's not a match.

Also apparently she writes her name in perfect English despite being an alien that never even set foot on Earth.]

[mikooon]

[Despite being restrained and gagged, Tamamo complies.

It's not a match. Nice handwriting, though. Calligraphy has finally paid off (???)!]

[damnfourthemerald]

[Shadow's turn, and it takes a little more concentration than he'd like to admit to, but when he's done, it's not a match.]

[returnofme]

[Luke writes them down in Aurebesh and then in Outer Rim Basic. It's not even the same alphabet.]

[have_a_heart]

Are those the languages you know how to write in?

[stitch_in_time]

[The Doctor's writing is a whole lot of circular runes that-]

[No, he actually writes in English that's more legible than you might expect from someone called 'The Doctor', and is not a match.}

[waitforit]

[ Barney scoffs but complies, his handwriting is clear and just a little short of fancy. He's an exec, what can you do.

No match, and though he was sorely tempted to draw a crudely drawn picture of boobs, he does not. ]

You know someone could just fake it, right? This isn't much of a test, guys.

[voltrounds]

[Ricky's handwriting is also not a match.]

[overears]

[Chanel 3 complies, and her handwriting is no match!]

[strikemonster]

[Mai takes a lot longer than everyone else because she actually does write in freaky alien language.

Well, that and she wrote everything down twice: once in Japanese as a legible language and once in something that looks like braille, if braille was in the shape of bowling pins a triangle.

Neither match.]

[almightyconflagration]

[McBurn goes ahead and writes his name and the words. It's not a match along with being so sloppy that it's barely legible and also not in the same language.]

[misplacedxsheath]

[Margulis' sample is ornate and distinctive, but not a match. Like Luke's, it's in a completely foreign alphabet.]

[refusedtoleave]

[Natsuhi just nods.

Then writes her name in kanji, luckily the requested words are in English. Though they're nowhere near as neat her name, nor do the match]

[semperperatus]

[Shepard writes his name, and "escape" and "sacrifice". Its readable, and otherwise definitely not a match.]

[misinforms]

Just those three things then? ...very well.

[...what a bother.

Her posture looks tense. The handwriting doesn't look the same. But somehow this doesn't look like the handwriting a writer would have. If you believe in that kind of stereotypical stuff.]

[semperperatus]

...

[He's been thinking. The evidence is...really starting to add up. She looks tense, worried. Her tenseness is practically radiating like his concern and worry is.

His own hands clench around his podium once more, as he looks at her.]

Naho...I know this all is...

...

Please be honest with me on this. Is this why you said what you did in the zero-g room?

[stitch_in_time]

[Well shit.]

[Is that tense like generally anxious, or tense like she's focussing a lot harder on writing legibly than normal. Like if she were writing with her off hand, say.]

[humanitarianherbalist]

[The Griffin's writing is fairly neat, albeit written in rather large font.]