Chapter 1: School Trial

[iruy]

[You all descend down a large elevator - at least, those who are alive. It's a huge, non-descript elevator with no music to make it any less creepy. At the bottom floor, which it automatically descends to once everyone is inside, there's a large circle of podiums with placards of photos - photos of them: Jonah, Pidge, Missy, Lev, Janssen, Maria, Nemo, Jakub, Saira, Alex, Aurelia, Bri, Prudence, and Geoffrey. Tony and Jack's portraits, while there, are scratched out with red ink. Sitting atop a small platform is Yuri, lounged out casually in a large chair. ]

Come in, come in! Find your spots and we'll begin the trial!

[Eventually it seems everyone is settled in their spots, and Yuri sits back in his chair, steeping his fingers.]

So, the gist that you have to accuse someone of being the culprit in this case! You do this by voting. Democracy is the wave of the future, after all! The time limit is until I'm bored! And if the gathered votes are wrong, you all die, alright?

...Oh, and by the way, you dumbasses, there is a murderer amongst you. I'll show you the video once you've voted.

[He motions at them, smiling.]

So, let's begin! Who's got a theory?




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[To play: Post a top-level comment with your character's theory. Responders will dispute the claims or ask for clarification. This may get messy in terms of format, but hopefully it will make future trials easier! Also, if there are any major development things (such as, for this case, Jack being dead), they can be addressed in a thread, as well. If you have any concerns or questions, please send me a message.]

Comments

I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD but I'm sorry ajfdkasfjasd

[letshavesomefun]

uhn

[(Anonymous)]

[stares at the portrait]

[to just cross her out like a traffic sign when there's a roadwork-related rerouting is really cold-hearted]

[jonahh]

Talk about an easy trial. We all know who did it.

[stoled]

Gosh, it's that smiley guy, wasn't it?

[kalaaveisto]

Wait a second, what happened to...?!

[points at Jack's portrait, DON'T TELL HIM THEY HAVE TO FIND HIS MURDERER, TOO]

[pigeony]

Aahhh...

[Wow, and he looked cute, too]

6

[(Anonymous)]

[that isn't the only thing that doesn't add up about the portraits]

...why're there sixteen?

6

[(Anonymous)]

Uh, who brought their sewing kit?

[plunks one up on the podium, that's one accounted for, 6 to go...]

Re: 6

[stoled]

[holds hers up] We're not having a sewing party in the middle of the trial, are we? [Because if so... you'll have to teach her]

teentouch!anon

[(Anonymous)]

I did.

/opens it to reveal it's basically untouched, nothing missing or changed/

Told you I didn't use it. Who didn't bring theirs?

Re: 6

[pigeony]

I did... [makes a ;3; face]

But why did we need them again?

Re: 6

[rationelle]

Uhhhhhhhh.






We were... supposed to bring those?

teentouch!anon

[(Anonymous)]

/Wanders in carrying her sewing kit like she said she would, and sees Yuri sitting on the platform all by himself, and throws a quizzical look his way. What is he doing? Why isn't he here with the rest of them? She hesitates, then picks up her camera and snaps a photo of him, then the other people in the trial./

Re: teentouch!anon

[stoled]

[Smiles at the camera]

6

[(Anonymous)]

...

[pulls hood down and poses for the photo with the opened sewing kit]

Re: teentouch!anon

[iruy]

[He smiles nicely for the camera!]

[uhn]

[startled stare, as in every picture of him]

[jonahh]

As I was explaining to Nemo, the murderer should have blood stains on their clothes.

Janssen

[(Anonymous)]

[He can't believe he's asking, since he was such a pleasure to deal with last time, but...]

What if they just changed clothes?

Janssen

[(Anonymous)]

[Looks who showed up late.]

[He overslept, all right? And then he was too afraid after yesterday to go down the halls by himself so he crept along slowly in case someone decided to jump out and go after him.]

[Not the most logical thing to do, but don't tell him that. He frowns and makes a mental note of who brought what to the trial.]

Re: Janssen

[rationelle]

/yep overslept, too

/following in right behind you

So, what's your excuse?

[uhn]

[currently looking at the photographer girl's projections on the wall]

[he doesn't know what they are searching for, but it's a good distraction from not having any ideas how to find the murderer]

[slept in his clothes last night and didn't find the time to change and shower - that was planned for after breakfast, but the corpse kind of got in the way -, and he looks the part]

[didn't bring anything at all to the trial]

[iruy]

Okay, okay, I'm bored! You guys sure talk a lot. I mean, one person said they did it, but, you know, you still have to vote.

So, go ahead and cast 'em! And make it snappy, I don't want to wait here all day! I'm already getting sleepy!



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[Go ahead and post any final comments you have here - the execution will be in 24 hours from this comment!]

[jonahh]

Isn't it obvious? [gonna vote for Pidge ok]

[kalaaveisto]

Knew there was something fucking weird about how fast she got over it...

[his vote goes to Pidge]