Runner (Quacknoblade)

Chapter 4: Trial

Quackity's POV

We all went down the elevator, all 40 of us... I stayed near Techno and eyed the two people I saw from earlier. I can tell that they are nervous, breathing heavily, eyes darting everywhere. I then looked at everyone else, they either looked nervous or anxious. Not as bad as those two, I smirked and let out an amused hum before looking ahead of me. The elevator soon opened up to us revealing a room with exactly 40 podiums. 2 had the pictures of the 2 men who died.

"Hold on, weren't there 42 of us? Why are there only 40 podiums?" A woman questioned. We all took a step inside and once we did the elevator door closed. "Yeah you're right why are there only 40 with the two men who died but there isn't 42 for all of us..." A man questioned. "Hey! Hey! Don't sweat the details!" A cheery voice said. It was almost sickening how excited the voice was.

"Step right up, step right up. Pick a podium, any podium!" they said, they sounded like a carnival announcer. I then see an opening in the ground in the middle of the podiums that surrounded it like a circle. A chair raised up above the podiums and above reach level, a man was on it, the same man as before. I sighed then walked in with Techno following behind me. I pick the podium on the right hand side where the two men's pictures are. I stand exactly in front of the picture and Techno stands next to me on the other picture. People saw our example and followed us in.

Once everyone was on their podium it was just silence. "Why don't we get started since everyone is here!" The man said awkwardly. "Alright I'm going to address the elephant in the room, bird man over there is suspicious as fuck," a man stated. Some nodded their heads and let out hums of agreement, I just shrugged my shoulders while my feathers fluttered a bit. "What's so suspicious about me?" I asked raising an eyebrow. "The way you act so calm! There is no way you're not suspicious," a woman chimed in.

"The fact that you know where everything is and you even found the body not even 5 minutes after we left the gym!" Another man commented. "The fact that you said all the videos of what they did to our families and friends are fake is also another suspicious action!" Another women said. I then scratched my ear while looking at all of them, "Y'all done?" I asked. They looked at me with confusion, the silence was so loud you can hear a pin drop. "What do you mean by that?" A man yelled disturbing the peace. "Now that you've got your complaints out of the way can we start?" I asked.

"We are making valid points here!" A woman yelled. "Yeah they're valid I'm not saying that but I just don't care," I said shrugging my shoulders with a slight laugh, "Whether you are suspicious of me or not I'm not the murderer." "How do we know for sure!?" A women yelled. "Why would I go back to the body, hell if it was me I would've taken it to the incinerator," I replied. "Then why didn't you?" A man asked. "Cause I didn't murder the guy," I replied staring at him like he was a dumbass.

"Lies!" A women yelled. I glance over at her, she was the same woman who helped the man carry the body. I smirked, "You would know about lies wouldn't you?" I asked. She froze, "What the hell are you getting at!" The man next to her growled. "What I'm saying is, I already know who murdered the man," I said calmly. "So you're finally going to admit it huh?" A different man asked with a smirk. "No," I replied, "But I can tell you what I saw."

Testimony Begin!

Everyone had their eyes on me, "Techno and I were exploring the building so I can map out the place. We went everywhere, I saw some poison in the nurse's office, grabbed all the bottles and took 'em with me," I said. "So you poisoned the man?" A woman asked. I shook my head, "The man died from blunt force trauma, our nurse over there can testify to that," I said looking at her. She nodded, "It's true," she said.

"I then went upstairs and checked all the floors, I saw an incinerator on the third and decided to burn the poison. All 15 bottles I found," I said. "So it was you who burned all the poison!" The masked man yelled. "Yup!" I replied with a smile and a slight chuckle. I then looked back at everyone, "And when we were walking out we saw that man and woman carrying a large garbage bag. The same size of a human male!" I said pointing at the two.