Sixth Trial

[bathymetric]

[ After a time, as always, your investigation is interrupted by the Mayor's now-familiar voice, calling out to you over the loudspeakers. ]

And that's gonna be time. Pack it in, everyone, bring what you're gonna bring because it's trial time.

[ There are so many bathyspheres missing, you cannot help but notice, as you all pile into the station for your standard trip down to the trial room. Your number has dipped to about a third of its original size - a fact that becomes even more evident when you reach the circle of podiums at the bottom of New Rapture's ocean trench. ]

You all know why you're here. Someone killed Pillage Idiot, and it's your job to figure out who. This is your sixth one, I sure hope you have the procedure down by now.

[ Welcome to your sixth trial. ]

Comments

[sastruga]

...It's weird enough that I can't really assume it just took multiple sessions. You'd just keep cleaning.

Something must have happened. We only found one body, so it wasn't two separate incidents...

[inaclearing]

...how were his clothes damaged? Was that also a burn?

[sastruga]

I didn't take a close look at his clothes, so...

[She'll look over at Mielle.]

[honeyedtea]

Someone struck him with the taser, as far as I could tell. That seemed to be what caused the damage.