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Judge Doom ([personal profile] notjustanytoon) wrote in [community profile] foolishmortals2017-05-13 11:07 am

MOCK TRIAL

[Perry the Platypus has died. There is no doubt about that. Those of you who were hoping that nobody would give in to the judge's demands have swiftly been proven wrong.

The students are hoarded to the studio lounge once again, where a large door has appeared, seemingly from nowhere. Inside, defying the laws of space and time, is an incredibly large room, bigger than any of the others. It's boring and brown, a perfect courtroom, and seems far more maintained than any of the other rooms.

Three very large framed portraits hang ominously over the whole proceedings. The first depicts an old mansion, decrepit and decaying, with an oddly purple tint. The second features a vintage building, tower-like in size and scope, against the backdrop of a bolt of lightning. The third...is considerably harder to make out. Namely, while a few bits of the picture appear to still hang there, it by-and-large seems to have been torn and clawed at by some very very big claws.

There is a circle of podiums, 27 to be exact, standing around a large bubbling pool of you-know-what. Be careful not to trip, kids. Each of these podiums bears a student's name, a small stool for sitting, and a screen and keyboard. You can guess what those are for, can't you? The podiums for our three minuscule friends come with stairs to reach the top of them, of course. 2 of the podiums stand empty, adorned with mini golden oscar statuettes depicting Edgar Balthazar and Perry the Platypus.]

Once everyone takes their places, Doom appears, sitting at a chair placed in front of the portraits. An ideal place to overlook these proceedings.]


The trial in the case of Perry the Platypus's death shall have very simple rules. You have accumulated enough evidence over the past hours and must now figure out who is responsible. When I call the vote, you shall type in the first and last name of the individual you hold responsible.

[His expression lights up just a little.]

Succeed in accumulating a correct majority vote, and you shall live while the culprit is punished. Should you fail to gather up a majority, or vote incorrectly...

Well. I suppose you'll find out.

[You have the evidence you need to piece this together, but can you apply it properly? Is there another way out of this situation? You'll just have to put your heads together and find out.]

(ooc: welcome to the mock trial! for those of you new to this, threadjacking and pointing out contradictions while contributing to the discussion is encouraged. if you have any questions, feel free to ask your mods!)
ilovepuppies: (Super Rainbow Dolphin Slap)

[personal profile] ilovepuppies 2017-05-13 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Star is wearing Perry's hat in a sort of tribute, and while she tried her best to look resolute and serious, her resolve falters the moment she sees that giant vat of gross acid stuff. Yeah, she's staying as far from that as she can.]

I wish I had paid more attention to those crime dramas Mr. and Mrs. Diaz like to watch...

[personal profile] tonewlengths 2017-05-13 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[Let's all just stay very far away from the vat let's not even acknowledge that and how terrifying it is okay glad we could all agree.]

Crime dramas? Are, er, do they have trials like this?
kindaruledatit: (Oh wait what)

[personal profile] kindaruledatit 2017-05-13 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, usually trials aren't in rooms like this.

[She gestured weakly to the vat in the middle of everything.]

And, they usually don't have that.

[personal profile] tonewlengths 2017-05-13 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wendy you are making it very hard to play the denial game here, definitely NOT looking at the vat.]

O-Okay, good to know. So! So maybe, we don't need to see any crime dramas to get this, if it's this unusual to start then we can just make our own unusual way.
exclamationpoint: to the beat of the drums (i hear your heart beat)

[personal profile] exclamationpoint 2017-05-13 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
The situation is pretty unusual, so working this out in our own way is probably the best idea.

[He's trying to be upbeat!!! He's mostly succeeding!!!]
tonewlengths: (Let's look to the chart)

[personal profile] tonewlengths 2017-05-13 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yes good attitude Troy! Thumbs up for you!!!]

That's right! We can definitely work this out, we just have to... think unusually!
kindaruledatit: (I always kind  of knew)

[personal profile] kindaruledatit 2017-05-13 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, if she has to look any more closely at that vat at any point in the trial then she might just die.]

Yeah! None of this makes sense anyway, right? Why should it have to be 'normal'?

[personal profile] tonewlengths 2017-05-13 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. Who needs normal, not us!