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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...Then, I'm very sorry, Nandor-san. I know it's unpleasant, but... could you?

Please?

[ SIGH... ]

Fine, someone give it here.

[applause!]

Aha~! Nice, Vampire Squid!

[ Fishsona: unlocked! ]

[ So here's a fun question, Nandor. Which knife are you tasting? We have the one Hagakure brought in, and the one Rossiu found. ]

Okay, okay, don't make a big deal of it, let's just do this.

[ Since Rossiu presumably had more liquid blood on it, that's what he's going for first! Rossiu willing, of course. What happen? Also, the blood bags with their anticoagulants probably taste a little different to him from fresh blood; is that going to register? ]

[ This blood.....is not from a blood bag! That's the first thing that he can register. It's fresh, and there's enough of it that he can tell it's from someone male, but not much more than that, especially without something to compare it to, and with his senses dampened the way they are.

...Also, in horrible news to remind you, there's some blood on that shirt Hagakure brought in. Like, if you wanna dab your tongue on it too? Sorry Nandor. People used to fear you. ]

... well, it is fresh. And it is from a man. [ ... ] That's all I got.

Soooo...probably Obi's? Unless someone else's been bleeding this whole time and hiding it.

Probably that. [ ... ] Unless this was the same person who bled in the clinic?

Oh dip, I forgot about that part. [...] Does this mean you gotta, like, taste all our blood to see if it matches?

[JASON, THERE IS A MUCH SIMPLER SOLUTION HERE.]

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[Brett hums, looking over his notes.]

It's possible. Did we ever account for these missing bandages that were mentioned?

Obi had defensive wounds, didn't he? Is it possible that his killer was injured badly enough to require those bandages?

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Is this what snack time usually looks like for you?

Of course not! This is incredibly unhygienic.

But you're un-dead! Germs aren't what's gonna get ya more dead!

You're, like, dead enough already!

That is no reason to just run around licking knives!!

Rossiu, pass me your knife now so that I can lick it and get dizzy or not, please.

[This is the absolute worst.]

Yes, of course.

[Passing the knife on over!!]

Thank you for your assistance.

[so sorry it's come to this, nandor........]

[Whispered with all the awe of a 12 year old boy watching another kid eat a worm they found in the swamp on a dare.]

Gross.

[Hagakure is also here, watching this from right beside Nandor.

Licking a knife of all things...this is so gross.]

[ listen to be completely fair he swiped his finger along the side and then licked his finger but uhhhhhhh...... it's still not great ]

[Honestly he doesn’t see the problem here]

[ He also doesn't see the problem! It's just a little bit of blood- y'all are cowards. ]

[That is at least marginally better.

Hopefully he can do that with the dry blood too!]

[ look sometimes it just be like that ]