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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Comments

[12d3]

Yeah but I'm not an expert at it. I get the chords mixed up a lot and I'd need to read sheet music if I wanted to play deaf but I can't...

[unhalting]

Even if that's the case, it doesn't really matter if you know how to play or not. You would've had a reason to be messin' around with one, deaf or not.

[12d3]

But.. it was an acoustic guitar that was broken, yeah?

[here it comes.. his one brain cell]

Even I know one'a those wouldn't be able to kill someone. Probably not even knock 'em out.

[unhalting]

Doesn't mean you can't stun someone long enough to get an attack in. Besides, Maya wasn't exactly the sturdiest person around, and she's not used to fighting. It wouldn't take much to get one up on her.

[12d3]

I.. I guess I can't say you're wrong about that, no.

[He puts a hand to his chin.]

B-but I'm not very strong, either.

[unhalting]

Even if you aren't, it doesn't mean you couldn't have done it. Maya was pretty small.

Besides, from what I saw of her body, she wasn't buried that deep. I'd think someone stronger would've done a better job with digging if they wanted to hide her body.

[12d3]

[thinking emote]

Oh.. yeah, that makes sense.

[unhalting]

[A small sigh.]

Alright, let me get to the point: did you kill Maya?

[12d3]

...No.

[unhalting]

...Have you ever killed anyone before?

[12d3]

Bloody hell-- no!

[2-D sounds offended at that.]

...sorry for swearin', but I'm a Buddhist!

[unhalting]

[He raises an eyebrow at that reaction.]

Don't really know what that is, so you're gonna have to explain that one to me.

[12d3]

It's a religion-- er, well, Buddhism is.

[Surprisingly, he knows a lot about this subject.]

Buddhists have to follow a set of rules and I don't wanna get into all of 'em, but the biggest one is that they can't take the life of another living being.

No human, no animal. Which is why I don't eat meat, either.