Hostile Action Trial

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[As you all finish investigating, an electric chime rings out across the PA system.]

I believe that should be sufficient time for you all to prepare. Assistant, please escort everyone to the trial room.

[Penny emerges from the Security office again, head down, and slowly collects everyone; she leads you all to the east side of the common room, to the short hallway between dorms B1 and A2, that’s dead ended through your entire time here. As your group approaches, the wall seamlessly slides up to reveal a hidden doorway. Passing through leads to another short hallway and a small, round room, just big enough to hold all of you. Penny passes her ID over a small pad near the doorway, and it blinks green before the room lurches slightly beneath you; an elevator going down.]

[A short trip down leads you to a larger chamber, with a series of twenty-two podiums set up in a ring; in the center is a column of computer stations with large monitors, behind a set of thick metal beams with occasional faint flashes of energy arcing between them and a constant, low hum.]

Welcome to your first trial, Participants. You will use this time to determine which among your number killed the Legendary Bassist, and send them to justice. Failure to choose the correct culprit will have dire consequences for you all.

[Trial: commence.]

Comments

[scratchitti]

Yeah, it could be a frame job. We know we have to get away with a kill to fulfill that rule, so the smart thing to do would be to plant fake clues.

[mightdoriya]

They were...really messy about it, though. That all could have been intentional of course, but with things left laying around, like the first-aid kit, the mannequins, and all of the blood and wine bottle in the kitchen...either they were in a rush, or they're pretty confident they're not going to get found out anyway.

[windowsexplorer]

Or they don't mind getting caught for some reason.

[mightdoriya]

If they don't mind getting caught, then they could just confess right now. It would save both trouble and prevent the rest of us from being punished over this.