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Cartesio NPCs ([personal profile] cartesio) wrote in [community profile] cartesianism2018-05-11 08:13 pm

WEEK 0 TRIAL



Week 0: Trial


By the time you get to the courtroom, the large clock on the top shows it’s 10:00 AM. The Sergeant is waiting in front of the open doors, when someone arrives he ushers them inside, into the trial room. He ignores any questions about why a trial will happen, all he does is glare at those who ask.

The trial room seems to have been modified for the purposes of having this sort of trials. There are thirty-three podiums arranged on a circle, none of them have any name or indication of where you must go. Looks like you’re free to stand wherever you want. The only exception is the podium draped in black velvet, with a cheap-looking polaroid of Lovepon placed right on top of it. The sides of the room have what seems to be tribunes, rising high and out of your reach, with enough chairs for a sizable crowd. It feels more like a stadium, and you and the rest of the participants would be the main show, but the seats are empty.

Once everyone is gathered at the trial room, the Sergeant glances up at digital clock on the wall, locks the entrance from the outside, and appears a short time later at the judge’s bench, positioned just as high as the public’s seats.
"I mentioned this already: we’re on a tight schedule right now. A life was claimed, and now your duty is to find who among you was responsible for this bloodshed. Lovepon deserves that much, doesn’t she? I trust you all investigated as much as possible. You should have enough to pinpoint who is the killer, now you must debate and decide who among you will be punished to the full extent of the law."
He raises his hand with authority. The shadows over his face seem to twist for a moment, as if they’re going to extend further over his face.
"No, you don’t have a choice. Submit your vote through the slot on your podium, all you have to do is write the name on paper and slide it there. Majority rules, refusing to vote is not an option. Now that I made myself clear..."
Let the trial begin.


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snailedit: (...yeah right)

[personal profile] snailedit 2018-05-13 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Coming back after the strip search.]

Anyway, it was thundering pretty hard last night. I didn't want to be out in it, so I was reading one of the books from the motel lobby in my room before I went to sleep at around 10 pm. Sorry it's not flashy.
streetwolf: (2)

[personal profile] streetwolf 2018-05-13 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
I really got to have a lanky old guy look at me?

[Why this]
londonstar: (four.)

[personal profile] londonstar 2018-05-13 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ HE'S JUST GOING TO STARE AT ALFIN LIKE SHE'S GROWING A SECOND HEAD ]
snailedit: (cold)

[personal profile] snailedit 2018-05-13 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
True. He's lucky I don't want to find out whatever the Sarge was babbling about.
alfin: (pic#12266889)

[personal profile] alfin 2018-05-13 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Would you prefer I look instead?

[ She's teasing. Don't do anything illegal, Wayne. ]
doublelammy: (☆ 30)

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-05-13 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Just shut up and get naked. You want the bad guy to get away with this?
streetwolf: (1947 VN - wow)

[personal profile] streetwolf 2018-05-13 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
You saying you weren't just trying to get the reward?
doublelammy: (☆ 30)

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-05-13 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Melly, just do it. Do it for science. Please?
londonstar: (ten.)

[personal profile] londonstar 2018-05-13 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
She did not say I should do it, idiot. Get someone else to do it if you're going to whine.
paciscere: a dickweed smiling (011)

[personal profile] paciscere 2018-05-13 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose your saving grace is the spraypaint. That usually takes a couple of hours to fully dry.
alfin: (pic#12266952)

[personal profile] alfin 2018-05-13 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
Please?

[ She looks up at Waver with big, wide puppy dog eyes. ]

We're running out of options... We already think there might have been a fight, and that the killer might have been injured. At this point, it looks like if we're going to find that injury... It's going to be hidden beneath a man's clothing.

Please. For Lovepon's sake.
londonstar: (Default)

[personal profile] londonstar 2018-05-13 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ god this is impossible to say no to.

he groans, and nods. ]


Very well. Who will come with me?
detegoergosum: (036)

[personal profile] detegoergosum 2018-05-13 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
The reward wasn't my concern. [ Mostly. ] My goal is ultimately to use what means I have at my disposal to find ways to keep casualties to an absolute minimum. That meant performing reconnaissance.
doublelammy: (☆ 25)

[personal profile] doublelammy 2018-05-13 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Thank you, Melly. This small blue-haired child you never asked for is pleased.]
semperperatus: (WHY THE HELL AM I IN SPACE???!!)

[personal profile] semperperatus 2018-05-13 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
I'm fine with it.

[I mean. Technically he already did do it before, but this time it's going to be a full strip.

Unsurprisingly for poor Waver he's got no recent injuries anywhere.]
Edited 2018-05-13 00:50 (UTC)
magecrafter: (Default)

[personal profile] magecrafter 2018-05-13 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Luthier steps forward. His shoe print would have been too large already, but he can understand being thorough.

Waver will see he has no injuries or marks under his clothes related to the murder]
londonstar: (eight.)

[personal profile] londonstar 2018-05-13 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ and for everyone's sake, he'll do his own strip. unfortunately he's a stick but has no injuries whatsoever ]

He's clean. Next.
londonstar: (Default)

[personal profile] londonstar 2018-05-13 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ waver sees, and nods. ]

He's clean. Next.
theserpentsmiles: (Default)

[personal profile] theserpentsmiles 2018-05-13 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
I have no problem with it. [To the privacy screen! Where Waver will find that he is DEFINITELY A GUY, THANKS, ALFIN and also is clean of injuries.]
snailedit: (conflicted)

[personal profile] snailedit 2018-05-13 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Nope, nothing. There was seriously no room to hide anything anyway. Mira just smiles.]

He's delusional.
londonstar: (two.)

[personal profile] londonstar 2018-05-13 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ NOT THAT HE CARED TO KNOW BUT THANKS. ]

He's clean. Next!
odoruhinokaze: (no wai)

[personal profile] odoruhinokaze 2018-05-13 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's all clear, etc etc. ]

Don't think a guy did it. And something tells me we won't find what we're looking for easily.
monstrology: (♰ oh?)

[personal profile] monstrology 2018-05-13 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[That gets a light laugh out of Will. You sure caved easily, Waver.]

I'd just like to point out that if there was an injury sustained from the saw, then the clothing around that would be damaged as well. I know we've only known each other a week, but it wouldn't hurt to take what everyone usually wears into consideration as well.

[That said he'll comply, and after another ten years of clothing removal later he's clean.]
Edited (forgot my icon...we are no longer unecessarily creepy) 2018-05-13 00:55 (UTC)
streetwolf: (4)

[personal profile] streetwolf 2018-05-13 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
Bad guys get away with it all the time...

[Fine, fine. He's already down to his shirt and trousers anyway. Who is getting naked for?]

I'm not taking my pants off though!

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