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

[specialyellthing]

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You’re makin it harder, bein like that.

[howveryglib]

I have never been anything but straightforward.

...

I do not have any alibi for last night, admittedly, so I do not have any proof of my innocence other than my own word.

[sastruga]

Were you in your room?

[howveryglib]

Yes, I was.

[...he grimaces a bit, embarrassed to have to admit it...]

I have not been sleeping terribly well, so I took some medication beforehand and was too groggy to do any proper investigation...

[specialyellthing]

Lucky. [shes sincere but so grumpy.]

[howveryglib]

...I suppose.

[he still doesn't sound happy about it.]