Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-26824457-20160217225950/@comment-31232700-20160218002349

The defendants were taken into the courtroom. The room was enormous and hollow, everything accented with gold. The defendants walked up to their stand as the two plaintiffs followed from behind with narrowed eyes. Three tall figures sat up in a higher stand. The figure in the center, wearing a mohawk, shuffles some papers around. He speaks loudly and all of the gems in the stands look up at them.

“Today, we're going to be hearing the case of Diamond Authority v. Jacinto Quartz and Harlequin Opal. The defendants have been charged with the murder of a Tahitian Pearl. The court is in few numbers because two of our court members are the plaintiffs today.” The gem to the left of him, wearing dreadlocks, speaks. “The plaintiffs may call their first witness.” The tall, pale gem standing in the plaintiffs’ stand speaks first.

"Your honors,” he narrows his eyes. “We call up Rainbow Moonstone.” The short girl behind him stands. She had an asymmetrical haircut in a silver blue shade. She walks up to the witness stand, and the dark gray gem turns to her.

“Do you swear to tell the truth, the full truth, and nothing but the truth?”

"So help me White Diamond,” her voice wavers.

“You may be seated.”

Moussaieff Red Diamond stands, and paces the front floor. “Now, can you tell me what happened that fateful night?”

She sits down and begins to speak slowly.

“It was the eighth of human November,” she looks over to MSD for confirmation. “I was walking home with Millennium Star when we saw the defendants, Harley and Jacinto, harassing this poor Pearl.”

"And then what?” MRD looks to the defendants. MSD sits down and narrows his eyes.

“Well… Then Harlequin Opal pulled a destabilizer on her, took her down, and crushed her gem.” She looks to the gems in the stands.

“Did you not try to stop them?”

"We would have done something, but we were far too late.” She sits back in her chair and brushes her hair out of her face.

“Then they just laughed, and ran.”

MRD sits back down next to MSD. “That's all, your honor.”

CD looks to the defendants. “You may now cross-examine Rainbow Moonstone.”