unknownseas | SECOND TRIAL

[ After sufficient time has passed, and you're all as ready to avenge dear Obi as you've ever been, Mayor Fontaine speaks. ]

Alright, that oughta do it. Pack up the evidence and head to the bathyspheres, same as last week.

[ There's yet again a line of spherical submersibles back there, ready to take off as the citizens of New Rapture climb aboard one or two at a time. And one at a time the bathyspheres descend into the abyss below New Rapture, deeper and deeper, once again to the dome on the seafloor, lit all around by bio-luminescent... slugs, of some kind? They're a little closer today.

The ring of podiums still sits in the center, just like last week. Two more podiums are going to stand empty. Two more dead. By the end of the day, best case scenario? It'll be three.

The projector clicks on. Mayor Fontaine is as here as he's gonna be. ]

You all know why you're here. Night Knight is dead. And I know plenty of you liked him alright, so don't let him down, hm? Or do. I'm here if you have questions.

[ Welcome to your second trial. ]

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Perhaps...

[ She swallows hard. It's an unpleasant thought to voice, but... ]

Could it be that... seeing their attempt on Mister Oliver's life was unsuccessful, they decided to take more drastic actions?

Maybe...

[She's trying to think it through. Trying to connect the incidents...]

Then... maybe rather than trying to help... the supplies they took were for trying to keep Obi-san still?

To sedate him... perhaps they weren't confident in their ability to best him in a fight? Or maybe after yesterday, they wanted to be entirely sure they would...

[ ... She looks a little queasy. ]

... Finish the job.

…was there any sign that Obi may have been poisoned? It may have allowed a less skilled individual to be able to kill him.

I do not believe any of the evidence I have heard so far suggests such a thing, but I will admit this is not my area of expertise, particularly when it comes to killing via overdose.

[ Nandor briefly looks like he's thinking about something, then like he's decided against verbalizing that something. ]

[…hm. Well, may as well press a bit.]

Are you any more familiar, Nandor?

I am not. I was just thinking... if Obi was poisoned, it would be in his blood, yes?

[ Mielle, unfortunately, immediately catches on and claps both hands over her mouth, Absolutely Aghast. ]

I would also rather not, okay?!

I think there's other ways to check before we start resorting to feeding you his blood.

It would just be, like, a dab or something!

...Do we have enough here for you to taste?

Admittedly, it does not seem like very much. Also, I would rather not taste blood off a dirty knife from the ground unless we are really backed into a corner.

[ This is why he wasn't going to say anything!! ]