SECOND TRIAL

[bathymetric]

[ 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. ]

Comments

[fuckingguy]

Speak, Dandy. We have already been talking bullshit for many hours.

cw just in case for self-harm/suicide mention

[bootyhunter]

The guy who fell down. Big! Big guy. Right?

Can we rule out that he didn't pull that shit all on his own? Like, jam a bunch of meds down his throat, scarf 'em down, and see if it'd work. Not enough to kill himself, but just enough to see how the crusty cookie crumbles.

Even better, if he was plannin' on trying anything, we'd find him and he'd be off the suspect list for sure.

I get that it sounds bonkers. I also probably missed a few things.

[A few?]

I just wanna know who did it.

[inaclearing]

You mean Tommy?

[You talk so weird all of the time my guy]

That would be...incredibly dangerous!

[bootyhunter]

Yup!

[unfortunately this is how he really talks

link comes with nsfw dialogue warning]

I know.

If we're going after the bigger peeps, I just wanted to see if we could knock one theory out for sure.

[inaclearing]

Well, he looked pretty bad. I don't think that would've been a good idea - and even if he did try that for some reason, it doesn't mean he wouldn't have been incapacitated by it afterwards.

[Which, like. Not that he really thinks this is what happened, but if it was he def went at it too hard!]

Though we probably should keep that whole thing in mind...

[Brett's not really decided if he thinks there's a link there or not! It seems like a big leap from attempted poisoning to all that stabbing.]

[bootyhunter]

I hear ya.

[asymptotes]

[ Drakkon arches an eyebrow. Though he has to admit, internally, it's the sort of thing he would do. ]

I guess I appreciate your level of faith in me, but overdosing on pain meds doesn't make for a easy time murdering people.

[specialyellthing]

Not right away--

How ya feelin' today, Sensei?

[asymptotes]

Better, but not amazing. Definitely not together enough to fight someone trained and win.

[specialyellthing]

Unless that person was also messed up on meds.

[asymptotes]

Maybe?

[ He sighs and returns to Tommy Oliver's natural state, taking off his shirt. ]

Either way, I haven't been stabbed recently.

[specialyellthing]

[was this her plan all along--- ]

[inaclearing]

[once again, he is looking respectfully]

[daimakaicho]

[ yeah, he's gonna get a low whistle since we're all heathens here ]

[fuckingguy]

[ honestly he can't even be insecure over being the only guy in here with a comedy actor's dad bod, this is choice ]

[bootyhunter]

Okay, okay! That's enough.

Can we all agree that he's off the hook now? Yeah! Good.

[specialyellthing]

Yeah, yeah, he's fine --- [zinda you beast, he's married.]

[bootyhunter]

[Whatever's Zinda's saying, he's not really paying attention. Instead he just sighs, rubbing at his own neck and the base of his jaw. He clearly has something on his mind, but he's not going to open that of worms here! He's learned his lesson.]

[asymptotes]

No hard feelings, man. We need to look at every angle.

[ He looks around. ]

Though if we think someone in here has been injured, we should get on checking for that.

[fuckingguy]

[ well, he's thinking about it...! ]

[bootyhunter]

[is that what ur thinking about

and not, y'know, the ring ur gonna use 2 propose to zinda with]

[fuckingguy]

[ okay that's fair he is in fact also thinking about her abs right now but he is a man with a big expansive undead brain! he can consider one and a half things at the same time! ]