[Entrance Exam] Final Exam

[lockdownmods]

Final Exam.

[ It's all happened very suddenly, but regardless, you're here now. The evidence has been examined and collected. You've now been ushered into the classroom to discuss the murder of the great detective himself, Sherlock Holmes. The traditional set up has been disturbed-- all the desks are now arranged in a perfect circle; one desk for each person that's participating in the program. There are nameplates for everyone, and they have been bolted to each of the desks, facing the inside of the circle...

...including the names of the ones who are no longer with you, the Prospect of Elucidating and the Prospect of Murder. Their chairs have been placed on top of their desks, signifying that they will not be needed. Above of their desks are holograms of their portraits from their profiles, grayed out and bloodstained.

At the front of the classroom, Vivienne sits anxiously behind the teacher's desk. The projector shows Sherlock's portrait, along with five other portraits that are listed under an auspicious header. ]



Victim.






Suspects.



[ The physical evidence tray sits in the middle of the circle of desks; you all have the Evidence app on your tablets to access photo evidence. And although she appears reluctant, Vivienne gives some final instructions. ]

Your final test... is to find the culprit. Naturally... the person you find guilty will be... punished... so... make sure you look for an answer you're... confident in. An error in judgment would be... cruelly... fatal...

Examination START.

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[9laborsoflove]

I am the one who examined the body. If you have any questions, I will answer. My notes were submitted as evidence. For a basic run-down, he was stabbed once rather messily in the right side of his neck, and rigor mortis has already begun to set in. There didn't seem to be much of a struggle, either.

[ There. Let's get this started. As a note: the usual lack of inflection seems kind of strained. ]

[escardos]

I was there, too! I helped flip the body and everything! And I also found a bottle of nyquil in his pocket!

[tiehard]

[he puts a hand to his chin, pondering.]

Is there any sign he might have drank the nyquil?

And can anyone describe how the body was first found?

[reshoot]

The teacups had the scent of NyQuil on them, didn't they? Signs point to yes, but it's not neccesarily 100% infallible.

[supportrole]

Tess was the one to find it, right? She yelled to everyone that there was a dead body in the gym, and I think the rest of us showed up after that.

[tiehard]

HEY TESS

COME HERE

[yourfuture]

[ hey theres a tess here ]

WHAT UP, COP-O?

PING MOD

[escardos]

[ was any of the nyquil consumed? ]

[lockdownmods]

[ Yes. ]

[heartcatcher]

Thank you providing us with a thorough report. I fail to see how a man who'd investigate the crime scene and give such a full explanation would be guilty of this particular crime.

[ that is naive of her to say but. what were you expecting ]

[escardos]

Oh, I've watched movies like that! The detective ends up being the culprit and doesn't remember it because they have a secret double personality!

[ what kind of movies has he been watching ]

[heartcatcher]

...You suspect that he may have a double personality?

[9laborsoflove]

That is incredibly naive of you to say.

[ I'm sorry but Shuu is going to say it. ]

It hardly removes me at all, as it would allow me to falsify records or even to remove evidence. Had Flat not been there, that much would have been easy, so with witnesses I can tell you it didn't happen.

[heartcatcher]

...Hm. I see.

[ ... ] Is there anything else you'd like to say to clear your name?

[9laborsoflove]

I wouldn't have made a wound so messy. It would be clean and precise with no hesitation.

[ ...That's probably not actually comforting Shuu? ]

[heartcatcher]

Amazing...for a bird to have such capabilities--I'm impressed.

[ do not

be impressed kaoru oh my god ]

[supportrole]

So you can seriously hold a knife with a wing...?

[buriedearth]

...Well, alright.

[ ... ]

I don't think you did it anyway, though.

[ He doesn't think a regular looking bird could kill someone like that. It's impossible. ]

[enjoymyatelier]

...Why is the Detective even on there, then? Did anyone find any evidence that the man was drugged by a small yellow rodent?

[9laborsoflove]

I have no idea, honestly.

[enjoymyatelier]

Right. I mean, I get you given that you're the size of a person, but.

[curseoclock]

Ooh, a messy stabbing. Heck of a way to go!

How messy are we talking? Like, some chump's very first stabbing attempt?

[9laborsoflove]

Perhaps. The other option I thought of was they were using their non-dominant hand. Perhaps they even hesitated and weren't too sure of what they were doing. There's a few reasons why that stab would be messy. But they knew a good place to stab someone.

[curseoclock]

Yeah, the neck's a pretty good spot! Just, stab! right in there and down they go. But it's a pretty obvious place, isn't it? Don't need to be a murder scientist to go for that.

[9laborsoflove]

I would assume most people know about the front of the neck from media. I'm not so sure about where the neck and shoulder meet. That may have simply been luck...