Week 5 - Trial

[cartesio]

Week 5: Trial

      

Last time it was at dawn. Now it's at sunset. The Sergeant gave everyone plenty of time to investigate and gather evidence, and now that everyone entered the courtroom, he slammed his gavel.

"I can sense a few of you are feeling rather hostile. Remember you're in a courtroom, and you're being watched by everyone in town"

People's opinions of the visitors are already very low, but there's no need to feed them further with a brawl in the courtroom -- or so the Sergeant thinks. There are more podiums draped in black now. Five more people died, seventeen people are alive. How many will be left once the trial is over?

"This time we have three victims in total. Millium Orion, Cian Reikado, and Azura were the unfortunate victims last night, and now you shall debate and decide who is responsible for this.

These are your suspects. Vote for as many as you think are responsible for these crimes"

            

Let the trial begin.

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Comments

[robitussin]

That's - that's bullshit, what does that even mean?

[carbide]

[No change in movement, but she's quieting back down now.]

If I had killed anyone else, I would have had to face her in the trial.

[quickpersuader]

...Miss Azura had blue hair. And she was dead for a while...

Did you kill her too?

[carbide]

No. I was unaware of her death before the Sergeant's announcement.

[quickpersuader]

So we still have at least one more culprit.

[carbide]

[very tense nod]

[robitussin]

[There's another pause, before she starts struggling harder, trying to break free of Kino's grasp.]

Fuck you! She didn't... deserve that!

[quickpersuader]

[HOLDIN' ON TIGHT.]

[robitussin]

[Bless you, Kino. Someday she might appreciate. For now, though:]

Let me go!

[quickpersuader]

Do you want to end up like Millium did?

I don't think she wanted to see that happen.

[And they both know that they exist somewhere.]

[carbide]

It had nothing to do with what she deserved.

[robitussin]

It should have! You fucking asshole!

1/2

[carbide]

If I had killed someone else, she would have been at the trial. She has always been able to see through my deceptions. It was likely she would identify me as the killer.

2/2

[carbide]

And if I was not identified, she would never have trusted me again, and her chest would have hurt.

[marmoron]

You --

[Words are actually starting to fail him. So uh,. unless anyone's going to attempt to stop him, he's going be attempting to pick up a podium and throw it at her.]

[silvertongueheir]

Stop. [Franciscus' voice is sharp.] If you kill her now, you'll be punished.

[cartesio]

Oh come on.

[The Sergeant slams the gavel, and the bailiffs immediately start evacuating the townspeople. Looks like things will get nasty in this courtroom]

[carbide]

[Olympia's just gonna hold up a hand in the way.

She is a robot designed to kill aliens and also pretty good at killing humans, and at th is point she has nothing to lose. If you want to die this way she will oblige!]

[robitussin]

[She can't really get close enough to do anything, but there's definitely desperation in her voice.]

Stop it! Don't hurt him!

[carbide]

[she's not doing anything, gosh, not unless he actually comes over and attacks her properly]

[marmoron]

[There's a full chorus of stops going on -- Keith hears it all, sees the crowd evacuating, but it doesn't necessarily matter to him. If he had a sword, he'd be throwing that, but that's not an option. In the end, he doesn't throw the podium, but it's overturned and hits the floor with a crash.

Millium's dead. Cian's dead. And they're both dead because ofOlympia. On top of everything else, she tried to frame him for it, too? Yeah. Yeah, this is a fight he's not backing down from unless literally tackled down.

The changes are subtle. More stripe like markings on his face, his pupils becoming cat-like slits, skin taking on a vaguely purple hue.... ]

I'll beat the crap out of you for what you did!

[tuffguy]

Oh, no you don't!

[ Bolin rushes over from his podium and just full out body tackles Keith. ]

[pursuitofdeath]

Ah.

[carbide]

[you sound like you get it]

[pursuitofdeath]

[SURE DO. Still hate it.]