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Console W.A.R.S. Mods ([personal profile] consolemods) wrote in [community profile] consolewars2018-02-04 12:51 pm

TRIAL

Well, Niles is dead now, and in a very unpleasant way. The investigation has progressed for some time... but after a certain amount of time, a marker appears on the player's console HUDs directing them to a particular location, much in the same way as it did when directing them to the paddock for Thursday's challenge.

This time, though, it's directing them to the courthouse, which has been locked up until this time... but not now. The doors are wide open, and you might as well go inside. The interior is lacking the audience benches you'd expect, but... there's a large, oppressive emptiness to the space. It almost seems bigger on the inside than the outside... no, it definitely seems much bigger on the inside. And after you walk the long, long walk to the center, you'll find a circle of 23 podiums with your names on them, with... two of them being much, much smaller to account for the, uh, pets.

Those... seem really out of place, by the way. They stand out in stark contrast to the rest of the quaint, old-timey Western town by being more on the technological level of the consoles on your faces, with touch screens and pictures of all of the current players... and the two former players, too, with the icon of Niles' and Makoto's faces having the word DEAD stamped across their faces.

As you stand at your podiums, you do begin to notice some wrongness about the whole thing... like that there might actually be some audience benches behind you, depending on the angle you look at them, but they seem to flicker in and out of your peripheral vision. Ditto with the two holes in the podiums, too-- they're... sometimes there, but not always.

The judge's box looms high over the podiums, towering for the animals but really only a few feet higher. The sheriff stands there as comfortable as he's ever seemed, arms crossed and silent the entire time. There are flickers of something uncanny in him, just like the architecture - the color of an eye, the shape of an arm - but nothing sticks for long enough to confirm.

It isn't until everyone's settled at their podium that he speaks, and any hint of the laconic tone he's taken all week is finally gone to be replaced by one far more formal. He seems in his element as he leans down to address the podiums.

"Welcome to round two! You've all done well to make it this far! The first attack has succeeded, and now Niles lies dead. But for every offense, there must be a defense! Will you find his killer? More of your lives may be at risk of you do not. Share your findings with each other, and come to a conclusion based on the evidence: Who killed Niles?

Now, let's play."
fuckthemancers: (I found the pot of gold last night)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2018-02-05 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Mm. Quite.

Still.... Maybe there was a different reason that the body was found in the paddock instead of the stable. The stable had to be where the murder took place, right?
flagrants: shrugging, so what, lookin' at the camera (#oo2)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
Fine. We can leave the stinking animals too. Happy?

[ No, Dito. No. ]
condemnedone: (Ce jour de prière apporte)

[personal profile] condemnedone 2018-02-05 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ His eyes narrow.

Bruh. ]
flagrants: shrugging, so what, lookin' at the camera (#oo2)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Uh, yeah. That's why I want to team up. I thought that was obvious.
flagrants: surprised?? (#oo5)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ He has the face of an angel how could you look at him like that...! ]
cantread: (mad)

[personal profile] cantread 2018-02-05 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
No. If the second death is chosen randomly, then everyone here is at risk. Even you and me.

[And Missile, who clearly deserves this the least.]
almightylaziness: (002)

[personal profile] almightylaziness 2018-02-05 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Except the turtle. [McBurn gives a loud yawn. He's bored and tired and honestly would rather fight everyone here than keep up this stupid trial.]
fuckthemancers: (Now I'm even sadder but I'm afraid)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2018-02-05 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
....There's issues with much of that, but I'll talk about it after we get out of this.

Besides.... Even if you did do that, it sounds as though there's a chance you'd die anyway.
flagrants: glancin' (#oo4)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
Who said we still have to name someone if we kill the right person? And even if we don't get them we narrow it down. Either way, the survivors win.
flagrants: shrugging, so what, lookin' at the camera (#oo2)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
Does he even count as an animal? He barely even counts as sentient.
flagrants: glancin' (#oo4)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh, whatever! At this point, I'll take it if it means getting out of this room.
almightylaziness: (005)

[personal profile] almightylaziness 2018-02-05 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
All I know is that every time he opens his mouth, I wish I had my powers and could toss a fireball at him.
fuckthemancers: (I found the pot of gold last night)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2018-02-05 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
...What other things do you like besides... making fun of dead bodies?
helldestiny: (lament)

[personal profile] helldestiny 2018-02-05 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[She saw them staring at Dito. She can't blame them???]

Maybe the killer didn't think we'd look there?
acherontiastyx: yeah. (oh.)

[personal profile] acherontiastyx 2018-02-05 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, if we're boring Creepy McCorpsetoucher over here, maybe we should take that hint the Sheriff tossed us.

We're missing a piece of evidence that's in here, right? And something that wasn't a pitchfork caused some of the stabs. So I guess like.

I dunno.

Maybe the pointy thing is here.
condemnedone: (Ombres qui pleurent)

[personal profile] condemnedone 2018-02-05 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, it must've been.

[ He folds his arms. ]

As for any other reason -- I have none. There doesn't seem to be much benefit to dragging him to a different place in the same area, unless it had some way with assisting in disfiguring Niles, or the killer was trying to hide something.
flagrants: shrugging, so what, lookin' at the camera (#oo2)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Do you mean my likes and dislikes?
fuckthemancers: (I found the pot of gold last night)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2018-02-05 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
There were vultures circling before you chased them off, right? That only made the body more noticeable.

...And why did they put the horse in the saloon?
condemnedone: (À travers le nuage blanc)

[personal profile] condemnedone 2018-02-05 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ The face of an angel with the soul of a demon. ]
flagrants: grinning (#oo3)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ Where's the lie? ]
fuckthemancers: (I found the pot of gold last night)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2018-02-05 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
...True. We just need to figure out what it is.

We emptied our pockets, so it can't be anything carried.... Maybe something worn?
helldestiny: (pay attention)

[personal profile] helldestiny 2018-02-05 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, a bunch of them.

...Maybe the person who did this thinks we're stupid.
fuckthemancers: (I'm trying to reconcile with what I did)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2018-02-05 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, essentially.
carbide: (B06F. Torrents of suspicion)

[personal profile] carbide 2018-02-05 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
That would be a bad idea.
fuckthemancers: (I found the pot of gold last night)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2018-02-05 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe.

Still, there has to be something missing, and the Sheriff has let us know that. So....

[Well. He'll go back to thinking.]

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