EXAM 2

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Exam 2.

[ Like last time, the exam begins with the desks 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 deceased. 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.

Han is at the front of the classroom again, looking noticeably neutral about the entire setup. His laptop is closed behind him. ]

You know the drill. [his voice sounds soft, tight.]

Be careful with who you pick, as they'll be answering for their crime with their life.

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. ]

Examination START.

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[buriedearth]

Wha --

[ Terra falls silent after that moment of bewilderment, and then he crosses his arms. He looks upset, which is probably expected but he looks a little offended as well. ]

Ask me whatever questions you want so we can get this figured out.

[ He sounds kind of like he might be kind of (hah) angry, but he's ready. ]

[itwasfeyt]

Well, can you tell us what you were doing on Thursday night?

[Since that's a relevant question right now.]

[buriedearth]

I went to my room after talking to some people in the afternoon, had some dinner, and decided to go to sleep.

[itwasfeyt]

Hold it!

[Because that's what Nick would do, press harder, all the time.]

So who did you talk to? Can you name someone?

[lovedanime]

He and I had lunch together. It wasn't really close to the time of the crime, but he seemed to be in really good mental shape at the time!

[itwasfeyt]

He was? [But that sounds like the least truthful thing said today!

Nobody here is in good mental shape]

[buriedearth]

It's true; I wasn't going to let those hallucinations get to me if I could help it.

Most of the time I was spending checking on everyone I could when I had a moment.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

Terra... what were you hallucinating this week?

[buriedearth]

Friends from back home--Aqua and Ven--and then two Masters I know from back home.

I saw some of the people from the Entrance Exam too.

[sendintheclown]

Mr. Terra!

[He holds his hand out, as if he had a microphone in it.]

Could it be you were so jealous of the bond Henry and I shared that you killed him so we could spend more time together?

[buriedearth]

[ Golgol's doing a good job of pissing him off right now and this has barely even started. Fun times. ]

No. That doesn't even make sense.

[preconstruction]

Had you spoken to Henry before?

[buriedearth]

I did from time to time.

...We were friends.

[preconstruction]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[ at least henry made some friends ]

Do you know why he was carrying the head around?

[buriedearth]

... No, actually.

[ He grimaces. ]

He probably had his own reasons, but I don't think I could ever imagine what he was thinking besides figuring it was a good idea.

[preconstruction]

He was certainly a hard person to get a read on.

[buriedearth]

...Yeah, he was.

[donotlick]

You and Henry were in the entrance exam together, right? Did you guys ever talk much?

[buriedearth]

Yeah, we did. Even if he was a little strange at times, he wasn't a bad person.

[donotlick]

Yeah, he had his whole thing on how he only wanted to kill Hale, right? Doesn't seem that strange for him to have been going for it that night.

[throwabookatit]

...He was drawing on the walls a lot, Wednesday. Some of it- it looked violent. He seemed in a very bad way.

[buriedearth]

Henry wasn't doing all that well last time I spoke to him and that was Wednesday too... he was honestly so out of it I had to bring him back to his senses.

[ ...His eyebrows furrow. ]

Maybe he thought killing Todd would end it.

[devotingly]

They found impact marks in the faculty office, no? What if... Henry managed to get an accomplice? To kill Todd?

[donotlick]

Doesn't surprise me. Soldiers... the shit they see in war ain't the kind of thing they usually want brought back. Even a sociopath would be a little fucked up.

[machrophage]

And especially if he was carrying plans for it...