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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!)

[personal profile] tonewlengths 2017-05-13 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dealing with your problems is for nerds suppression and denial all the way]

Was there anything written in the book? If Perry happened to write down a name, that would be really helpful.
hitontheheadasachild: (young man you put some pants on!)

[personal profile] hitontheheadasachild 2017-05-13 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
There was, but its...kind of hard to read. Mainly because its soaked in blood.

[She picks it up, carefully, with her dress to hold it up.]
Edited 2017-05-13 16:22 (UTC)

[personal profile] tonewlengths 2017-05-13 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Flinching back EW EW EW]

Oh... y-yes, I can see, how that would make it hard. Uh. So, do you think Perry was taking notes, or the murderer?

[It's completely reasonable to expect animals to have literary skills]
hitontheheadasachild: (see I'm competent!)

[personal profile] hitontheheadasachild 2017-05-13 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know. I can't really tell since every page is soaked.

[personal profile] tonewlengths 2017-05-13 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Right...

Uh. It'd make more sense if it was Perry, I guess? Since... If he was writing, and, the murderer snuck up on him.
hitontheheadasachild: (see I'm competent!)

[personal profile] hitontheheadasachild 2017-05-13 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
That would be true, but then it could also be that someone not the dea--platypus had this journal and they lost it?

Maybe I should hold it up and see if anyone claims it?
Edited 2017-05-13 16:50 (UTC)

[personal profile] tonewlengths 2017-05-13 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know if- oh...

[Too late, there she goes. Rapunzel isn't sure if anyone will actually claim a clearly incriminating piece of evidence, but hey, maybe someone will have an idea.]
hitontheheadasachild: (well the answer is gassy)

[personal profile] hitontheheadasachild 2017-05-13 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[I MEAN

can't hurt right]