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

[strikemonster]

Then you should be happy your unpleasant personality can have a purpose here. [Is she sassing him. Is she serious.] He has to vote for somebody.

[almightyconflagration]

I'm surprised one as noble as him is so unwilling to respect the wishes of the soon to be departed. [Noble is definitely said with a lot of scorn.]

[strikemonster]

Some people don't realize small sacrifices are necessary for the larger picture. [She hesitates for a moment.] It's not such a bad thing. They can be quite inventive people.

[She sounds like she's defending someone in particular, but not necessarily Luke.]

[voltrounds]

[A few podiums over, Ricky visibly flinches.]

[almightyconflagration]

Meh, whatever. Sacrifice is boring and I'm so sick of this unending nonsense. I'll give you a word of advice though: if any here are looking to make me a sacrifice you might want to be damn sure you know what you're getting into.

[And with that he'll just give a loud yawn and ignore any further responses.]