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.

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[misinforms]

[Not anxious-- just trying too hard. In fact, when she's finished, she looks perfectly fine. Normal day.]

[stitch_in_time]

[Then for the moment he'll refrain from throwing something at her to see which hand she catches it with.]

Awful lot of concentration for someone who writes so much.

[misinforms]

Sad, isn't it? Sorry. I spend more time in front of my computer then a notebook-- I am the Champion Blogger after all. Naho's Nods to the Netherworld is totally digital.

[stitch_in_time]

Naho. A man's dead.

[Which one might be forgiven for forgetting, given everything happening in this room, but that's why they're here.]

No one'd really blame anyone, with that threat from the Overseers. But a man's dead, and so are the rest of us if we don't find out how and why.

Is there anything else you can tell us. Anything.