THE SECOND TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

THE SECOND TRIAL

[Soon after the failed attempt to contact the dead, the tell-tale alarm suddenly rings out, rattling everyone's teeth alongside Marie's voice.]

ATTENTION! EMERGENCY ALERT! PLEASE GO TO THE ELEVATORS IMMEDIATELY!! HMHMHMMM! I WILL NEVER GET TIRED OF SAYING THAT...!

[And so, once again, the elevators bring everyone back down to the trial room, where the table has been...altered, slightly, color-wise, to reflect those who are no longer among you. And once more, upon entering the force field, weapons disappear - and powers fail to work.

Bottson hops up onto the center of the table, transmitting the evidence found.]

heRe yOU Are eVerYBOdy! THe sUsPECt lISt!



YoU cAN Do THiS!


[Above everyone once more is Marie, floating around in her hover platform.]

WELL, WELL! FANCY MEETING YOU ALL HERE AGAIN! I GUESS YOU ALL FAILED TO KEEP THAT GUY ALIVE, HUH?? AHAHAHA!!

WELL, LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN GET WHO DID IT THIS TIME, HMM??

Comments

[fashionfever]

[through gritted teeth] Given... the... condition of his body... [mettle found, eyes blazing] He was probably willingly sitting in the water at the time of the murder! The killer might have kicked him, from a higher angle since they were on the side, not standing in the pool, to keep him from getting out! That's how you could say you never kicked him "into" the water!

[crouching_sin]

Again we come to the issue of strength. If that's true, then I would have had to kick him hard. And again, I'm not the muscle of my party.

[fashionfever]

Would such a hard kick definitely leave a bruise around your ankle or whatever?

[crouching_sin]

... Only if you're an idiot. And... fell, or something?

[fashionfever]

Are you an idiot like that?

[HE KEEPS TELLING JONATHAN TO ASK MORE DIRECTLY IF HE MUST

SO.]

[crouching_sin]

No. I wander around Tokyo on geta, do you think I'm that clumsy? I've climbed over forty flights of stairs in them.

[fashionfever]

Sounds like it would strengthen your legs...

[crouching_sin]

... To be fair I was also using magic. I do walk around Tokyo but I'm not very good at martial arts.