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

[howveryglib]

[He kind of shrugs. He did kind of guess that he’d get this question for being tall enough to do it…]

No, though I will admit I do not have any evidence to prove my innocence. I will accept any further checks you require to rule me out.

[fuckingguy]

Very well, then. [ ... ] I am aware that I also fit the criteria, of course.

[howveryglib]

Of course. I do not necessarily suspect you, though, given your reaction to the body seemed fairly genuine.

[like. he’d buy Nandor would be capable of the torture murder maybe. But he doesn’t think the guy’s a very good actor.]

[fuckingguy]

[ nandor would have 100% been like OH NO IT'S DANDY! I DID NOT KILL HIM before they even saw the body ]

And again: no reflection, hard to clean up, my hair is too long for showering to go unnoticed, blah blah blah. But fair is fair.

[howveryglib]

Yes, it is. It is worth considering even to narrow things down.