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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."
acherontiastyx: and we've got no principles (too cool for trainer school)

[personal profile] acherontiastyx 2018-02-05 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Noted.

I'd probably just shove you in a freezer or something.
stavros: Kokoro posing with her whip. ([a] woosh)

[personal profile] stavros 2018-02-05 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Ah.

[s t a r e]
helldestiny: (smirk)

[personal profile] helldestiny 2018-02-05 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Hmph.

[She's looking, as if to wait for the fluffy to do it, but she spots Zulf's handiwork and stares. Ah.

She looks up at Dito and smirks.]


Hey, idiot, you want to try telling us how the turtle hid the weapon in his shell again?
Edited 2018-02-05 02:10 (UTC)
fuckthemancers: (sunsetter) (I wish him all the best and hope)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2018-02-05 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Well.]

[Looking very somber, Zulf leaves the pin on the floor for Missile to mess with, if he still wants to, and then straightens up. He dusts off his pants, letting out a slow breath, and slowly goes back to his podium. As he does so, he nods to Soren, Guzma, and Sin.]

[He likely doesn't have to say it out loud, even if the other two didn't catch the match.]
acherontiastyx: hell yeah. (right in the trash.)

[personal profile] acherontiastyx 2018-02-05 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Well.

What do you know.
flagrants: (#o1o)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ I mean...?? You put the pin down so Dito bends over to retrieve it. Like he would let you go too far from him with it, please. ]
flagrants: glancin' (#oo4)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, you're probably the least cute person here. And you acting smug when you didn't do anything? Reaaally makes you look ugly.
helldestiny: (Default)

[personal profile] helldestiny 2018-02-05 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, I'm the one who brought your victim in here. And with him we could nail you, moron.

[She's an a d u l t]

And, now we know exactly why you smell like well water.
Edited 2018-02-05 02:18 (UTC)
flagrants: glancin' (#oo4)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ +1 dangerous weapon, Dito stares down everyone. ]

Damn, you guys must be the dumbest, most hideous sacks of skin I've ever seen. You were so goddamn stupid you got all caught up in "ohh, well water, ohh, I'm an unclean freak who can't bother to shower once a goddamn week" that the goddamn Sheriff had to help you out! "oohh, there's a piece of evidence you haven't found but it's in here! Ooh!!" Real fair, by the way! I thought you were supposed to be unbiased, *******! So much for me getting away with it! Ugh.

You're all so goddamn worthless! You unimaginable ******* ********, why don't you go sit on a ************ ***** and shove some ***** up your ***! [ Ugh. Ugh. ]

Fine, I admit it! I killed Niles! Who even fucking cares?! He was practically begging for it with all his bullshit!

[ Bullseye. ]
helldestiny: (heh)

[personal profile] helldestiny 2018-02-05 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
...I'd offer you ice cream to make you feel better, but you're not getting a party after this. Oops~!

[JUST GONNA RUB IT IN LIKE THE MATURE PERSON SHE IS]
Edited 2018-02-05 02:33 (UTC)
acherontiastyx: TENTACLES!? (I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING)

[personal profile] acherontiastyx 2018-02-05 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
...........................................

[EVEN GUZMA IS SCANDALIZED BY DITO'S FOUL MOUTH!!]
fuckthemancers: (I found the pot of gold last night)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2018-02-05 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
...Honestly, you were always one of the most likely to be accused.

[Zulf doesn't sound happy about this. Someone is still dead, after all, and they're all still stuck playing this horrible, morbid, sadistic game. He's just tired.]
flagrants: shrugging, so what, lookin' at the camera (#oo2)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Didn't want one to begin with! And you aren't getting one either, dumbass!
helldestiny: (superior)

[personal profile] helldestiny 2018-02-05 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
I'll change my Destiny and throw my own ice cream party! And you are definitely not invited. So there!
flagrants: glancin' (#oo4)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
Then have one all by your stupid self and leave me out of it!
flagrants: (#oo9)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ At least that makes him feel better. It's the little things, isn't it? ]
helldestiny: (smirk)

[personal profile] helldestiny 2018-02-05 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
I'm going to invite everyone but you, don't worry!
almightylaziness: (006)

[personal profile] almightylaziness 2018-02-05 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly I was all for just voting for the turtle and being done with it.
flagrants: shrugging, so what, lookin' at the camera (#oo2)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
Like I care. Even if I didn't do anything, you probably would've tried roasting me anyway. None of you even fucking asked about motives! What kind of bullshit rigged system is this?
flagrants: shrugging, so what, lookin' at the camera (#oo2)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
I still don't see why we can't. Not like he's contributed anything. Like, ever.
almightylaziness: (003)

[personal profile] almightylaziness 2018-02-05 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
You really think they're going to go for letting you go?

[McBurn will totally vote for the turtle though, because Dito at least is entertaining.]</small<
fuckthemancers: (I set my sail)

[personal profile] fuckthemancers 2018-02-05 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
If you want to talk about motives...

[Now's the last chance.]
i_spy: well his face is always like this with scout (Disapproving scout face)

[personal profile] i_spy 2018-02-05 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
At this point, I doubt anyone wants to hear your motive.

[ He's got more experience with crazy than most people here, but even all of this had made him face palm a few times. ]
flagrants: glancin' (#oo4)

[personal profile] flagrants 2018-02-05 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
If they weren't hypocrites, maybe. But since they are... Probably not.

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