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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!)
returntodarkness: (♥ Every light must fade)

[personal profile] returntodarkness 2017-05-13 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
His cause of death? Someone stabbed him through the skull.

[ Love yourself, Rapunzel, and don't ask the creepy Heartless scientist for details. ]

[personal profile] tonewlengths 2017-05-13 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Flinches, but because she clearly does not love herself enough, she keeps asking the creepy Heartless scientist for details.]

Were there any other wounds? Any... Signs of struggle?
returntodarkness: (♥ Welcome the darkness into you)

[personal profile] returntodarkness 2017-05-13 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
His expression was one of shock. If he saw his murderer, I doubt he saw the knife coming. I felt his body for broken bones and found none. Given the size of most of us, and his own light weight, it would have been easy to break them in a struggle.

[ Someone please save her. ]

[personal profile] tonewlengths 2017-05-13 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh... Oh Perry...

[No no okay no this is not the time for feeling sorry, FOCUS. Shaking her head.]

Anna found a blood soaked book in the costume room, I think, maybe he was writing in it and the murderer was able to sneak up on him? All the blood in the costume room was mostly in one place. But there was a broken coat rack, so, if it wasn't broken in a struggle then what happened to it?
Edited 2017-05-13 16:49 (UTC)
returntodarkness: (♥ Welcome the darkness into you)

[personal profile] returntodarkness 2017-05-13 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
That, I have no idea. We will simply have to look at the evidence. A lack of broken bones doesn't mean a lack of struggle, after all.
exclamationpoint: (music up getting hot)

[personal profile] exclamationpoint 2017-05-13 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, Perry was small. If there was a struggle in the costume room, then wouldn't he be lower? So . . . wouldn't that mean his attacker was taller?
kindaruledatit: (This is bogus)

[personal profile] kindaruledatit 2017-05-13 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
....I mean.

[Gestures to the many human folks in the room.]

You're probably right, I guess?
exclamationpoint: (oh what a shame)

[personal profile] exclamationpoint 2017-05-13 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
So, like. Did anyone notice costumes being messed up? If there was a struggle, Perry could easily fit through the clothes but most of us humans [looks at maui] and human-likes would have to duck.
kindaruledatit: (uuuuugh)

[personal profile] kindaruledatit 2017-05-13 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
....If you mean like all the blood-soaked clothes. Then yeah, some of them were messed up.