Exam 3

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Exam 3.

[ Once again, 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.

Today Han is absent-- only Megumi is present at the front of the classroom. ]


Today you are responsible for finding the culprit responsible for the death of Maya Fey, the Apprentice Falsely Accused.

Your exam begins now.

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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im a suspect ama

[devotingly]

This is stupid. Why would I be a suspect for this?! And Ale— Rider, too!

[donotlick]

I'm guessing since she was knocked out first, it had to be somebody who didn't feel like they could just kill her in a fair fight.

So, y'know, you're kinda scrawny.

[devotingly]

Look, I probably couldn’t even knock her out in the first place. I’m only a suspect because of that stupid fight with the Clown!

[donotlick]

There was a broken guitar somewhere, right? One whack on the back of the head would've done it.

[devotingly]

Sweet of you to think I can carry that with enough force to smash it over her head, much less break it. However, if I had been attacked by Fey, which I wasn’t, then I would’ve stopped once she was unconscious. The stabbing is just overkill.

[donotlick]

Then we can both agree -- going for it like that with a knife seems pretty fucking ridiculous.

[ A pause. ]

Are you seriously that weak, kid? You should try lifting some weights.

[devotingly]

[ waver’s going to cross his arms defensively ]

I-It’s unnecessary for a mage to be some muscular oaf! [ no he’s just a wimp ]

[sendintheclown]

Did Monday's events awaken something in you, Waver?

[something stabby]

[devotingly]

It awakened my hatred for knife fights, sure.

[sendintheclown]

That wasn't even a fight! You just kept going and going! Maybe it wasn't enough for you?

[throwabookatit]

Three days wasn't mercy enough. Look here, you, none of us want to be entertaining your incredibly deranged self today, yeah? So just put a sock in it.

[sendintheclown]

I'm only doing my best to interrogate the suspects!

[throwabookatit]

To rile up the suspects, is more like. If you've nothing constructive to say, then keep that mouth of yours shut before I staple it so.

[devotingly]

[ he sighs. thanks becca ]

[devotingly]

It was more than enough, idiot. I only attacked you because I thought I was going to die. Fey... she wouldn’t have attacked me. I’m sure of it.

[ he looks... actually upset. ]

[sendintheclown]

You were carrying a knife around for a reason, weren't you? We've had three killings, I'm not the only one to be afraid of here.

[lovedanime]

It really doesn't make any sense. You're both so nice.

I mean... You didn't need your voice to cast magecraft or something, did you?

[devotingly]

What?!

[ waver crosses his arms, clearly irritated at mitarai ]

For starters, idiot, I can’t even use my magecraft here. And I have no spell that will stab someone 28 times either.

[lovedanime]

Neither of those statements answer my q-question. Obviously the murder was committed without special abilities or the missing ability... Because the culprit didn't want to live without their missing ability forever.

[devotingly]

That’s... that’s not like me at all!

[ it seems mitarai just touched a pretty sensitive nerve on waver, to the point that he’s actually slamming his hand on the desk. ]

I would never do something that fucked up!

[lovedanime]

That's still, um... [Not answering the question, but he's too intimidated to continue.]

Well, someone did... Then do you think, Connor or...?

[covertizer]

[ Akira shrugs. ]

I've been a suspect before. For a crime that included messy knife work. [ Inconceivable. ] There's usually some reason for it, but they aren't forthcoming with why.

[ Regardless: ]

Speaking to you as someone who looked at her body, what was the wound pattern like? There were a lot of knife wounds, I want to know if that was intentional or not.

[devotingly]

What... do you mean? She couldn’t just have ran into a knife 28 times.

[covertizer]

No, she couldn't have.

[ How to phrase this? ]

Either someone stabbed her that many times to make it look more suspicious - I mean, if you're aiming to strike someone you shouldn't need to do that many times, right? Or they stabbed her that many times because it was the only way to make sure she was dead.

[buriedearth]

...Well, it looks like there's a reason for it and it'd be good to start with clearing suspicion if you didn't do it, right?

[ Then again, honestly.... to him, Waver looks like a twig so he can't imagine he'd be able to do it. Still. ]

Can you tell me what you were doing Thursday night?