FIRST TRIAL

[bathymetric]

[ After a while, once all the appropriate clues have been found, Mayor Fontaine calls out again over the speakers. ]

Alright, citizens, pack it in quick and head to the back of the Hall of the Founders. You have business to take care of.

[ When they do reach the Bathysphere station, Eleanor is manning the controls, gaze quiet and even over the crowd. The hatch at the front of the strange elevator is open, and everyone is gestured inside. A series of small submerisbles are lined up, waiting to be ridden. ]

Just hop into the bathyspheres one or two at a time, and the system will get you where you need to go.

[ It's a long, cramped ride from here, but Fontaine's word is true. At least you can tune into the radio in the pod?

The bathyspheres take you down until even the few lights of Rapture are out of sight, down until lights of a different kind are visible - the reds and blues of bioluminescent sea creatures, a little too out of your way to make out what they are, blending to a strange sort of not-quite-purple as the bathysphere reaches its final destination: a glass dome built into the sea floor, about the size of an average house.

As one by one the bathyspheres arrive carrying the new citizenry of New Rapture, less natural lights than those of the creatures around you begin to click on in the dome. In the center, most of the space is taken up by a circle of podiums, each with an image of one of you engraved into it.

A projector of some kind kicks on, which combined with the lighting allows for the familiar silhouette of Mayor Fontaine at his chair to appear on the side of the dome, watching over you. ]

Time to do your best to figure out who killed the Diamond in the Rough. And do yourselves a favor: keep it interesting. I'm here if you have any burning inquiries.

[ And here it is.

Welcome to your first trial. ]

Comments

[kninja]

We've got a couple counts of evidence pointing to a killer on the small side, so maybe we don't need to ask everybody to do this?

[onemillion]

Agreed. I believe we should prioritize those around his height.

[We've got a lot of people who are much taller and a bunch of people around his height, so there's a nice split there!]

[kninja]

That's all the younger folks, right?

[onemillion]

Yes, that's correct.

[And like, Joy. But it's mostly just the 18 and under gang.]

[kninja]

[Yeah I typed in brackets "And Joy, who's much shorter" but then that seemed mean]

[onemillion]

[listen why do you think rossiu isn't saying it.]

[allatonce]

[that's the real reason she thinks everyone should be subjected to this. it's rude if it's just her and the teenagers.]

[onemillion]

[sorry, joy.......]

[hotpaprika]

W-wait, I know this may make me unpopular, but surely you cannot be saying that we might have to execute a child?!

[kninja]

...I won't lie to you, Your Honor. I don't like where this is going, but I said I was gonna see it through.

CW: Discussion of child death

[giddyundertaker]

Quite possibly.

[ WHY IS HE SO CASUAL? ]

It wouldn't be the first time I've dealt this sort of thing. Dead children are part and parcel in my line of work...

[allatonce]

Cheer up. It could be me!

[oh my god we need to solve this so she doesn't get increasingly troll-y]

[allatonce]

For equality reasons, I vote we check everyone in case someone is a shapeshifter.

[joy, you literally know nobody has powers here—]

[kninja]

Huh. Can't really argue with that.

[giddyundertaker]

[ He's tempted to throw Aiba under the bus, but eh... Now isn't the time. She doesn't seem to be the type for sloppiness. ]

You really think anyone here can shapeshift? In these conditions?

[dullshooter]

If I can't even change into my alt-mode, the chances of someone being able to shapeshift seems low.

[daimakaicho]

[ She nods. ]

I haven't been able to split off of myself this whole time, so it's probably sealed across the board.

[giddyundertaker]

See~?

[fuckingguy]

[ Nodding: ] I have been trying to transform into a bat or a vapor, just to see, you know? It has eluded me, like, three fucking times now.

[buriedstar]

It's a plane, right?

[capreelcious]

Yeah, I haven't been able to shift back into my merform either, so I don't think anyone shifted for this.

[howveryglib]

Some of my very senses have been addled during my time here, so I am not particularly surprised.

[allatonce]

Well, so far we've discovered someone is a vampire so I'm not taking any chances.

[fuckingguy]

And I can't do shit either, so there no chances to take!

[buriedstar]

For now, I agree. But it might be worth revisiting later if we need to.