MOCK TRIAL

[notjustanytoon]

[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!)

Comments

[kindaruledatit]

[....Wendy might have been part of the reason this idea came out

But right now she seems to be grabbing at her sleeves....]

[pinkflip]

[Uh. Kim just gives her a little gesture, a little nod.]

You embarrassed? It's fine, I'm not asking you to take anything off.

[...she doesn't uh. think this is anything suspicious-]

[kindaruledatit]

No, yeah! I... I know that. Absolutely....

[Kind of... looks away, fidgets. She hasn't let go of her sleeves either.

Does she want to look at Kimberly? Doesn't look that way.]

[pinkflip]

...Wendy? What's wrong?

[Uh...]

[kindaruledatit]

Look, Kim, it's--

[And before she can say more, hair attack!]

[wannagetsmote]

Kid? [ He shifted over toward her, eyes going wide. ] Let me see your sleeves.

[kindaruledatit]

[Taaaakes a step back.]

[wannagetsmote]

[His eyes closed. Kids of chiefs fought in wars at younger ages than this. And killed animals before they could walk. It... wasn't so hard to believe. ]

I'll protect you, Red. Just tell me what happened.

[kindaruledatit]

[She really wants to trust you, Maui. Honest.

But she's a little tied up at the moment.]

[tonewlengths]

[...Ooooh. Trying to peer at Wendy's sleeves from behind her.]

[kindaruledatit]

[EXCUSE

.....but, if Rapunzel looks closely at the rolled up sleeves, she might spot some.... stains.]

[tonewlengths]

[Yyyyep. Lassoing Wendy's arm with her hair and wrenching it out to get a closer look.]

[kindaruledatit]

Whoa!

[You've got her by the arm now, Punzie. Wendy's looking wide-eyed at the hair, and instinctively struggles a bit, but you've got your opening to look at her sleeve.

.....Yup. There are stains there... dark red stains.]

[tonewlengths]

[Of course. Of course it's like this.] Don't struggle. Can you explain these?

[pinkflip]

[...Oh.

There's...a familiar look of shock on her face. It's an evil spell, right? That's what it had been for Tommy, for Kat. But, it's kind of hard to ignore...]

What...happened last night... Wendy?

[rollerscoater]

What on Earth? Wendy, you're...

[wannagetsmote]

Hey! Let her go! [He takes a step toward Rapunzel. He felt bad about scaring her before, but now he's hoping it'll work in his favor. Just to establish some sense of order.]

[terribibble]

[No. No, no no, come on, his one tie to home here, really? It's just a misunderstanding. It has to be. Yeah. She's just shy.

Which is not a Corduroy trait but yknow.]

[kindaruledatit]

[Yeah, she's just shy. That's it.

That's why she's only acting like this now.]

[trashcubes]

[Are you okay Wendy? Do you need a reassuring pat on the leg from the robot too?]

[kindaruledatit]

[She kind of flinches a bit. But. Thank you WALL-E. You are always appreciated.]

[thedukeofficial]

...

[ And in an echo of his comment to Kim a little earlier, except a little sad/pitying: ]

Teenagers.

[kindaruledatit]

[She doesn't need your pity old man, she's a youthful rebel!

...Who's not doing so well right now.]

[defyingfrigidity]

[Wait... no. Haha this has to be just people jumping to conclusions, right? Wendy had been nice to her that first day, when Elsa was busy freaking out. She couldn't have killed someone...]

... I know how bad it is, to be put on the spot like this. But... everything's okay, right? We all understand if this whole trial is getting to you.

[After all, if she didn't have Anna to keep an eye on, she'd be a wreck too.]

[kindaruledatit]

It.... it is.

[There. That's a bit of honesty for ya, Elsa.

And here's the rest]