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Castle W Mods ([personal profile] whimsicalism) wrote in [community profile] castle_whims2022-08-26 10:07 pm
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FIRST TRIAL

FIRST TRIAL



THE CONTAINMENT CENTER


After all the evidence is collected, the students themselves are as well. The Little Brother units gather them up in orderly fashion, encouraging the line to proceed two-by-two up the hallway beyond the music room and into the newly opened area. When grouped up together, the class just barely fits into the glass-paneled section of the decontamination chamber. It's hard not to wonder if the entire student body was never meant to make it this far in the first place. A short burst of pressurized air later and the panels lift - and, for the first time, the door to the containment facility opens before you. Behind it, an elevator beckons the class in. A Little Brother unit reaches inside, pushes a button, and the lift's real, see-through door closes before the lift begins to lower.

As the elevator descends, the car passes floor after floor of cellblocks. Start florescent lighting casts stark highlights onto each of them, and in those closest to the elevator car, shape after shape is visible. A wolf the size of an elephant with blood-tinged saliva dripping from it's massive fangs. A clown holding 20 multicolored balloons in one hand, a popped and shredded 21st hanging from the other out to you with a gap-toothed grin. A pit of writhing snakes with no beginning and no end. The feeling is comparable to the hungry, lingering gaze from outside the academy's fence. Looking out at the many cells, it's as if there's no barrier between them and the assembled students at all.

The car's moving too fast to see all of them clearly, but careful attention reveals one final detail: Some of them are completely empty. The other noticeable thing is the noise. Snarls, roars, sly chuckles, hissing, and even someone humming a haunting lullaby... they all mix together into a cacophony as you near the final destination.

When the elevator comes to a complete stop, the group is let out into a black-floored room illuminated by the same stark florescent lighting. Luckily, as soon as you go through the doorway the noise suddenly stops. The steep walls extend some two or three stories above without interruption, throwing stern, exaggerating angles reminiscent of brutalism. 21 stone podiums stand in a densely illuminated circle in the center of the room. Each one bears a name of one of the students in the class.

The Prefect is already waiting for everyone, sitting at a long desk backed by a projector screen bearing the same ram insignia from the post-spelling bee dance. Her hands are folded in front of her, and she barely moves.

"Looks like somebody attempted the alternative capstone. A week ago, I never would have believed it... but I know better now. Those who fall behind... just weaken the herd.

Luz, The Owlette, is dead. What a stupid title... I really hated it." The Prefect's expression staggers for a moment, then settles again. "Her murderer's still here, and the only way to prove that you deserve another chance in this school is to find them. Get the exam started."

There's a flicker on the screen behind her as the Principal speaks. "You heard Miss Kiryuu. We're beginning the exam, don't just stand around staring at each other!"

Investigation | Podium Layout | Locations | IC Profiles | IC Rules | Evidence | NPC Questions


OOC NOTES


While played out OOCly on Saturdays, trials ICLY take place the afternoon after investigations are concluded. This means that characters will have only a brief period of rest to gather their thoughts before being brought down. While the podium layout graphic shows room numbers, the real stone does bear characters' names.

The victim's body will not be available for reexamination during the trial but other pieces of evidence small enough to carry/move with you can be brought down into the trial. If you need mod input or NPC input in the middle of a thread please put 'MODS' in the header so we can see. Trials play out until the killer is caught or until around 8pm Eastern, at which point we'll try to wrap up. Good luck!

spychic: (flower superpower)

Get Herded

[personal profile] spychic 2022-08-27 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Anya claps her hands.]

So! Let's go over what we think so far! Luz was stabbed with the knife. The wound matches that, so that's probably it. The knife was at a point where it has to be someone around Luz's height. Because if the person were too short or too tall, it wouldn't be at that angle. It also probably has to be someone really good at fighting because it got her good. We think her glyphs were done on instinct because she wanted to fight...but forgot her magic doesn't work here. So she probably took off.

Plants are very important. We're thinking that the culprit did some digging and we're trying to find a way to link them to that because of the knife. Because it was in a plantpot. We thought the shoes were important, too, because Luz's shoes are all messed up. But we might be out of luck there, because there's two pairs of shoes for everybody. There's also been some blood in the hallway, but a weird thing is none of the papers have blood on them. Sonic also has a dirty cloth there as another evi...evi...it's with this.

We don't have any culprit yet. Just a lot of thinking. Anya's not sure....what've we got?
shinedsobright: (doge)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-08-27 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, that was really good!

[He's never seen a six year old do a coherent presentation on the fly like that]
spychic: (Default)

[personal profile] spychic 2022-08-27 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Anya is a smart girl!

Focus, focus, focus!
shinedsobright: (Slaps roof of car)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-08-27 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
C'mon, think!!

[He's pointing toward everyone else - and this is usually what he says to make people focus with psychic powers - hopefully it doesn't look like he's trying to pass the responsibility since they don't work.

Not that he wouldn't do that though!]
holyironmade: (Declare)

[personal profile] holyironmade 2022-08-27 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
There is one thing I want to say. I think we are fixating excessively on the same height theory. I think we should give more thought to alternatives. Is there any way Luz could have been induced to lie down without receiving a bump on her head? I assume she had none.
spychic: (C'mon girls it's almost time to)

[personal profile] spychic 2022-08-27 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm....

Maybe she was tricked?

Or maybe she was on the floor when she was drawing her glyphs? She could have fallen, too.

Like lying on your tummy, and your arms are pushing you up as you look down. You could kick someone like that a little and they'll fall.

Something like that, maybe...?
shinedsobright: (Success Kid)

[personal profile] shinedsobright 2022-08-27 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Do we know what she used to draw the circle, actually?

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keyringwitness: (Pondering)

[personal profile] keyringwitness 2022-08-27 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
The way she was slumped against the wall and the evidence of a fight made me think she got cornered, then stabbed, but... you're right. Maybe the culprit threw something at her, she ducked, and then the culprit got her with a knife? O- Or the culprit was taller and stabbed low rather than reaching up...
canreallymove: (say what?)

[personal profile] canreallymove 2022-08-27 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
...well, if there was a fight, what if the killer was also injured somehow?

[HE'S TRYING NNNNGH.]

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canreallymove: (Default)

Re: Get Herded

[personal profile] canreallymove 2022-08-27 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Way past cool!
spychic: (We're super-sonic cool!)

[personal profile] spychic 2022-08-27 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Anya did it.

But we gotta keep going, even if it's tough.
canreallymove: (they will never take MY CHILI DOGS!!)

[personal profile] canreallymove 2022-08-27 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, agreed!

We gotta think...ulp...logically, right?
violence_ensues: (Um)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-27 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
So... we think it started in the playground, then to the hallways, then to the gym?

Was there any glyph papers in the playground?
copycut: (13)

[personal profile] copycut 2022-08-27 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
That's right. [ Kuro gives a little nod. ] Fret found them.
holyironmade: (Alone)

[personal profile] holyironmade 2022-08-27 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
That is the order of events I believe with the progression of the dirt.
spychic: (We can fly a flash in the sky)

[personal profile] spychic 2022-08-27 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. Dewey said there was. And one big glyph drawn in dirt. Right, Dewey?
violence_ensues: (Thinking)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-27 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Then... after the killing happened... the knife could have dripped blood, right? Was the washcloth used to stop that from happening?

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Should this be a mod ping?

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lets_dewey_it: (harumph)

[personal profile] lets_dewey_it 2022-08-27 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Right.
keyringwitness: (Default)

THEORY TIME

[personal profile] keyringwitness 2022-08-27 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
...wait.

[YASU'S HAD AN EPIPHANY IN THE STRESS AND SHE'S GOING TO GRAB THIS LIFELINE AND RIDE IT OUT]

Wait wait wait!

We've been assuming that the shoes weren't put on Luz c- correctly because it's awkward to put shoes on a, um, corpse... but the culprit had a lot of time.

What if the culprit put on the shoes incorrectly because they don't know how to put on shoes?

They can, and put on, um, the school shoes to keep their tracks from being super distinctive... but normally, the culprit doesn't wear shoes.

Um, Dewey... you'd fit that profile, right?
Edited 2022-08-27 19:25 (UTC)
spychic: (And secret sprocket)

[personal profile] spychic 2022-08-27 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
SHOCK!!!

But...who doesn't know how to put on shoes right...?

...People who don't wear shoes! Do you know how to put them on???
holyironmade: (Nonplussed)

[personal profile] holyironmade 2022-08-27 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
...Adorabat also mentioned earlier today that she had never seen humans before and did not know whether or not they wore shoes. Of the two I would think Dewey less likely to be outright confused.
violence_ensues: (Curious)

[personal profile] violence_ensues 2022-08-27 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Nobody in Pure Heart Valley ever wears shoes, including Mao Mao, Badgerclops, and even King Snugglemagne.
keyringwitness: (Thinking Fast)

[personal profile] keyringwitness 2022-08-27 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Look at his flippers. H- Hypothetically speaking, you could, probably, um, fit those in shoes, and if you wanted to cover up your tracks it'd be best to, because otherwise those would leave pretty distinctive tracks in the blood... b- but if he tried to put those shoes on Luz, he wouldn't be good at it if he's never worn shoes before.

I, I'm sorry, I know I'm not making any sense...

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lets_dewey_it: (weh?)

Re: THEORY TIME

[personal profile] lets_dewey_it 2022-08-27 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, I do know how to put on footwear. I've put on snow boots going to Mt. Neverest. I just don't like wearing them a lot of the time.
spychic: (We can fly a flash in the sky)

[personal profile] spychic 2022-08-27 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
....Anya does not think it is Dewey.

[no, she has no evidence to back this up.

she just has a bias.]

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