Abnormal Days - Underground Trial
Even though the elevator has finally ground to a halt, Monomi isn’t done leading you yet. One by one your group trickles out of the elevator and down the small set of steps outside of it to follow the AI straight ahead through the underground system of the colosseum, passing tightly shut doors and elaborate structures of the past. Until you come to the widest set of doors here, Monomi slamming his hands on both of them to reveal the interior of this underground room with a loud, drawn out creak.
A very wide oval shaped room is revealed to you, thin white pillars reminiscent of those you might have seen above ground constructed at intervals around the edge of the room. In the gaps between each one are lit torches, mounted on the wall and providing dim light to the area. To lessen the harshness of the stone floor a thick brown carpet has been spread in the centre, enclosed by the 25 podiums arranged in an oval shape. At the back of the room is an ornately carved box and seat mimicking that of where an Emperor of the past would have sat in the colosseum above ground, Monomi climbing the steps next to it to address you from there.
“If you would all take a podium we’ll be able to begin here. To save time that would be wasted squabbling over positions, I’ve allocated you all a space.”
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Not even Mikio is left out it seems; a framed and struck out picture of Mikio stands at his allocated podium.
“Now that you’re all settled, how about we go over the basics?”
“In this room you have a limited amount of time to present the evidence you have found, discuss and argue your theories, and determine who you think killed your fellow student. When you think you’ve come to a conclusion, use that panel before you to vote for the student you think did it.”
“If you, as a group, achieve a majority vote for the correct student, that murderer will be punished. Execution, of course. Ah, but if the majority is for the wrong student, the culprit will benefit from the motive presented to you and get away scot free, and a random innocent student shall be executed instead. If there’s a tie, I’ll decide what happens.”
“Fairly simple, don’t you think?”
