FIRST TRIAL

[despairection]

[The moon has gone back into the sky and Mac Graziano, the Super High School Level Boxer, is the reason for it. The champ-to-be was found in front of the Theater by his classmates.

Once the announcement sounds, large green pipes appear in front of the students. Going down these pipes will place students in an empty but spacious courtroom. In the center is a circle of 15 wooden podiums. 14 stand empty. Standing at the 15th is a framed photo of Mac in the middle of a tremendous uppercut, with a pink X slashed across it.

There is a podium for each student with their names engraved on bronze-looking plaques on the front of each podium. On the inside, facing the stool where students have the option to sit, is a screen and keyboard. These will be used in voting for the assumed culprit.

What will their collected evidence tell them? Will the truth be revealed or will only one leaving the campground?

14 students remain.]



[Let the class trial in the murder of Mac Graziano...begin.]



[ooc: Welcome to the first trial, dearies! The podium chart is set up by room numbers. Please ping me on Plurk if something comes up that requires mod clarification!]

Comments

[shslancer]

Yeah, but Sir Pittoo's sheddin' most o'the week, Ah think. Ah been findin' them a bunch...ain't hard to figure someone could plant 'em.

[You know, if they were a cowardly dastard.]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

Exactly. Ashley found enough to make a crown out of them, so someone could have easily collected them over the past two weeks.

[theothersissel]

Also speaking of a possible murder weapon, me and Clair found what it looks like fancy staff burning in the bonfire.

[superstylishschism]

A fancy staff? That would match the injury. Leverage from a long weapon would even explain how it damaged the skull so much with none of us any stronger than human.

[theothersissel]

So what, Mac was on the roof, got conked with the staff, and fell off?

How did somebody figure out he was there in the first place?

[superstylishschism]

That's what it looks like so far.

It's possible they didn't know he was there, so much as they found him. I'm thinking someone saw him alone and high up and took advantage of the situation to attack him by surprise.

[totaldrag]

But that's all under the assumption that the staff is definitely the murder weapon.

[shslancer]

Someone sure took the time to try to burn it...but you're right.

What else might match the shape o'the wound?

[superstylishschism]

Something hard and heavy might have also worked, but then the killer would've had to have either been taller than Mac or above him.

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[Pulling out her electronic ID card.]

It says here Mac was 143 centimeters tall. That likely rules out Shadow, Callie, and possibly Ashley if we only take height into account.

[superstylishschism]

I can confirm Shadow's innocent, anyway. He was on the wall with me all night, watching the moon.

[No wonder he looks so tired, huh?]

[shslancer]

Lotsa stuff to take into account, though...not only are most o'us taller than him, length's a factor...couldn't that make it seem like it was from above?

[tsungeonsanddragons]

Unfortunately, the staff was burned beyond recognition by the time Salamence got it out of the fire. I wrapped it in my cape and brought it with me, though, in case anyone wishes to look at it.

[shslancer]

Might Ah? When Ah got there, the trial got called...Ah know polearms pretty good, usually.

[tsungeonsanddragons]

I don't see why not. Just be careful, as it's pretty fragile.

[And just...walking over to Neph to hand it to her before walking back to her own podium.]

[shslancer]

Thank ya kindly.

[She takes it as if it's more precious than gold (and to her, it is), carefully measuring it in her mind and weighting it as she looks it over. She's clearly in another place, ultrafocused.

What we got here, Monorrator?]

[monoguests]

[The object is burned beyond recognition, though it doesn't feel too weighty anyway.]

[shslancer]

[What about length? How long's this sucker? That affects a lot of stuff in terms of leverage and physics.]

[monoguests]

[It's fairly long, but she might also be able to guess by the edges and texture that bits of it were burned away by the fire.]

[totaldrag]

[Mhm! She's wearing it right now, too.]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[Speaking of which...]

Ashley, while you were collecting feathers, did you spot anyone else doing the same?

[If she gets a straight answer out of this it'll be a miracle.]

[totaldrag]

Why would it matter?

[tsungeonsanddragons]

Because if someone was gathering feathers, it might be that they were attempting to frame Dark Pit.

[totaldrag]

Well. I'm not keen on spying on other people to see what they're doing.

[....]

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[There's not even a verbal response. Just a loud, exasperated sigh.]