It was a weirdly comfortable feeling to me, having someone trust me enough to want to have me lead.
“Would you be up for a short meditation session, Ms. Aka?” Liam then asked me, “It would help us get our minds off of the burdens of reality for a short while.”
“Yeah, I wouldn’t mind at all.” I answered, joining Liam at a table. For the rest of the morning then, I returned to my winter forest, appreciated the calmness of the air, and the perfect cold temperature around my skin.
… …… …“Attention contestants. It is nowmorning.”Ugh, having to hear that announcement again for like the millionth time started to get on my nerves, as my body woke itself up.
…!My mind finally caught up with all of the memories, and I found myself on the ground in my cell. My breathing was quickened, and my body was shaking.In the few moments I had in this chaotic state, my mind was trying to put a name and face on the man who did this. I knew who he was...but I didn’t know who exactly.“This’ll be the perfect test ru
… ………This… …This can’t be happening.… …My mind was frozen in place, a lot like my body, as I stood above her… …
Liam turned her head to the side to investigate the back of her head, as Urkstin and I waited patiently for his discoveries.Do you see anythin’?” I asked, avoiding looking into her eyes.“I do. It seems as though she was attacked from behind, and suffered asizable injuryto the back of her skull.” Liam explained to us, before putting her head back, “I do not believe it was enough tokill her
I noticedsomething inside of her mouth. I tried to get as close of a look as I could, but didn’t want to invade her privacy or look like a creep, so I got someone else to do it for me.“Hey, Akira.” I called out to Akira, who was standing in the corner talking to Urkstin, and motioned her to come over here. Once she did, I gave her instructions, “I need you to reach into her mouth.”“Excuse me?” Akira understandably asked bac
“However, I did noticeone final thingbefore I rested my weary head.” Liam explained, prompting me to ask for it.“Didja wanna share?” I prompted, as Liam collected his thoughts and continued.“Yes, I just needed to recollect the information corrected,” He stated, before taking a deep breath in, “Before the nightly hours had started, I had noticed the last few people who had entered the cell block were
The walk from there to the trial room was one of the tensest feelings I’ve felt in my life. Regardless of how confident I had felt about the trial, the fear and tension of knowing that anyone could be the culprit got my hair standing up straight as Liam and I walked together to meet up with everyone else.We met up with everyone else at the split path coming from the room with the body, as we all silently looked at each other and grouped up as we continued walking down the hallway, our footsteps echoing almost as loud as the tense atmosphere.
"I was looking for aweapon.” Mia responded, getting some questionable glares from her answer as to why she went towards the bathrooms, “Alongside that, I saw Natsumi heading down the bathrooms’ hallway at10:15 PM, so I followed her at10:20 PMand after seeing her in the bathrooms, got myself a weapon from ther
With that, we all exited the cafeteria, with me leading the way as usual. Most of the team followed, while people like chefs and most of the cleaning crew stayed behind to clean up everything so that no evidence would be left behind. Amber was the only exception, following us as I needed her to clean up specific areas.As we neared the crossroads for the different hallways, I made sure to inquire about something important to her.“Yo, Amber, you made sure you guys cleaned all of thefingerprints
…The hallways were finally silent.The only thing I could hear were my own footsteps, as I made my way through his familiar prison, on my way to the cafeteria.I was trying to keep my composure, walking in stride, and proper composition, but occasionally a small snicker or bounce escaped me as I neared the room closer and closer, thinking back on everything that had happened. Turning the corner, I could see the door to the cafeteria, and felt my excitement growing exponentially.&n
“...Congratulations!” The Loudspeaker called out in celebration,“You voted incorrectly!”… …
“I think that I might have theone piece of evidencewe need to convictour culprit.” I responded, feeling a sudden boost in confidence as the words started to form in my head, and the face of a culprit started to come into view. All we needed was one more push, and I had it.“Please do tell then.” Liam allowed, sounding a bit worried and excited at th
“Are you saying that she…sacrificed herselfto let us progress?” Urkstin questioned, seeming to get increasingly upset at the idea. Personally I was feeling the same way, but for a much different reason.“That… would explain why the handwriting does not match.” Liam responded, solemnly. Everyone seemed to be getting on board with the idea, which just infuriated me more, to the point where I couldn’t hold back.“B
“That means that it must be one of the two who were out during that period, which would beyou two.” Liam spoke, pointing at bothMia and Akira.… …… …Once again, the room fell silent, with a new ominous aura looming ove
“However, this also brings with ittroubling news.” Liam spoke, readying himself for this next phase of the trial.“Troubling? How so?” Akira asked. I most likely knew where Liam was going with this, but let him speak in his own words first.“Well, the more uplifting news is that we now have a
"Akira and I discovered somethin’ a bitstrange.”“Strange how so?” Liam prompted me to answer, while Akira sat back and let me explain away.“Well, this might sound a little gross, but I noticed somethin’ strange inside of Aka’s mouth, so I had Akira put a finger in there to find out what it was.” I explained, getting some varied looks from everyone in the room.
"I was looking for aweapon.” Mia responded, getting some questionable glares from her answer as to why she went towards the bathrooms, “Alongside that, I saw Natsumi heading down the bathrooms’ hallway at10:15 PM, so I followed her at10:20 PMand after seeing her in the bathrooms, got myself a weapon from ther