Week 4 - Trial

[cartesio]

Week 4: Trial

It's dawn when the Sergeant calls everyone to the courtroom. Despite the early hour, the tribunes of the room are as full as the last two times, sleepy townspeople glaring and looking at the visitors with distrust. The Sergeant told everyone to get to their spots. Anyone who looks behind them, will see the bailiffs carrying Sting Eucliffe away, who is trying to resist them but doesn't seem to have enough strength to do that well.

"Don't worry about him. That guy ate a lot of ice and frost for reasons I don't understand, and now he has a very bad cold. I don't want him making everyone in this room sick, so he's excused. No, that's not a hint all of you should get sick to avoid these trials."

There are more podiums draped in black now. Clarisse, Eric Lecarde, and Jughead Jones have joined the dead, and their podiums look lonely without their occupants.

With a twirl of the gavel, the Sergeant recites:

"Today the trial will focus on solving the murder of..."

He takes a PDA out of his pocket, and holds it in the air. The PDA's text-to-voice software says: 'Forsythe'

"...Pendleton Jones the Third. The circumstances need no introduction, we all are aware of them. Here are your suspects"

            
Once everyone had a moment to see the faces in the photos, the Sergeant adds:

"By the way, there are two separate culprits today. Yes, two of these five people directly caused Jughead's death. When it's time to vote, remember to vote for two different people."

Let the trial begin.

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[Welcome to the trial! Please remember to cast your votes here!. Your deadline is 8:00 PM EST. Good luck!]

Comments

handwriting check!

[odasaku]

[ well, considering the sign-up sheet and note comparison was a bust, oda will turn the sign up sheet around for people to write on. ]

We’ll compare our handwriting, now.

[ oda will write his own “i’m sorry” ]

[quickpersuader]

[Kino will also write "I'm sorry" in much the same way she wrote out Millium's instructions.]

[saladandeggs]

[writes his own. his handwriting is rather uppity.]

[duckrotation]

[here's grandma to write down "i'm sorry" as well]

[pursuitofdeath]

[Ugh. Fine. He'll write it for you Odasaku.

"I'm sorry".]

[cartesio]

[Now that everyone submitted their 'I'm sorry' note, you find...!

...

...you find none of them is a match. Alright then]

[pecker]

May I see the original note?

[Niwatori's seen Jughead's handwriting before when her birds spied on his notebook writing. Does it match his?]

[cartesio]

[Jughead's handwriting doesn't match!]]

[pecker]

...It's not a match to the victim either. Well, not that he would have to feel sorry anyway.

[carbide]

It may be important to know who it was from. We could check everybody's handwriting.

[robitussin]

Yeah. I'm wondering about that, too, so I'm with you.

[pecker]

It certainly makes me wonder... if someone tampered with the crime scene.

Although I'm not sure why they wouldn't turn up as an accomplice if that were the case.

[robitussin]

I’d guess it’s only people who did something directly. Like poisoning him or shooting him.

[amburere]

Anyone with the case would be listed. 'less he changed his rules from last time.

[carbide]

It might be something else. Someone connected to one of the culprits.

[pecker]

You mean like an apology letter they just happened to have? A prize?

[carbide]

For example.

[streetwolf]

What exactly did the note say? Could be a note saying sorry for something else that whoever killed the guy just picked up... Or they're just faking it.

[odasaku]

It only said that. “I’m sorry.”

[streetwolf]

Tch- Not a lot there then. But whose sentimental enough to bother being that stupid?

[odasaku]

I don’t know. Apologizing to a corpse is...a little pointless, I think. [ oda shakes his head. ] But they probably felt remorse over what they felt they had to do.

Mods

[silvertongueheir]

[Okay, Franciscus knows enough about deception and has sharp eyes. Do any of the samples or the original show signs of an attempt to disguise handwriting? Breaks in lines, wobbly bits?]

[cartesio]

[Neither the original nor the samples show attempts to disguise handwriting -- but that's likely to be because Franciscus can't tell with certainty, not because it didn't happen]