Fourth Trial

[bathymetric]

[ After the evidence (and what a large batch of evidence it is, this time) has been gathered up, after actually patiently waiting a longer time than usual to make sure everything's been grabbed, the speakers over New Rapture crackle to life. ]

Time's up, everyone. You know where to go.

[ The lower number of bathyspheres, as you descend, is starting to become really notable, isn't it? The descent is the same as ever, lower and lower into the sea. The bioluminescence of those slugs on the ocean floor is almost brighter today, somehow, and some of them have even crawled up the cliff face around you as you pass them.

The dome approaches, slowly as ever, gleaming red in the darkness. The bathyspheres land in a row, doors opening one by one to reveal the familiar sight of the trial room, three more podiums now darkened. ]

Take your places, ladies and gentlemen. You've got a doozy of a situation to discuss. Ass Man and Silver Fox are dead. You know what happens if you can't figure out whodunnit.

[ Welcome to your fourth trial. ]

Comments

[hotpaprika]

[Jonathan lets out a noise of frustration.]

I wish seances worked here! It would be so much simpler if we could ask him ourselves!

[capreelcious]

Well, I mean, it would be up to him to tell us if he did it or not too, so depending on how he's feelin', we might not get an honest answer if we could seance him either.

[ Floyd's real upset about this line of thinking but, he's trying real hard to think critically about it. ]

[hotpaprika]

He would not have any purpose to lie, and I believe he liked me enough to tell the truth.

[...]

I... realize we could have likely asked Dandy instead and he would have been more honest.