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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[12d3]

[He was doing really good at this point. Trying to keep it completely together. He told himself if he lied enough it'd become the truth, and to a point he didn't even mind lying that much.. it was just like acting, which is a thing musicians have to do when they play in music videos.

But the moment Rebecca looks at him like that-- telling him to speak up he feels as though his breaking point has been hit. All at once, like a dam had been broken, he started to cry.]

I-I didn't.. I-- I didn't..!

[Really unfitting MTB start?]

[devotingly]

You didn't what? Mean to? Because no one that doesn't mean to stabs a person 28 times. What the hell did Fey do to you to deserve that?

[12d3]

N-no that's not..

[2-D starts, and he reaches up to wipe at his eyes.]

I-I didn't know what else to do! I-I.. I couldn't hear anything anymore a-and if.. i-if I can't sing for her then no one will!

[throwabookatit]

Sing for who?! Who was so important that you- you had to kill an innocent girl, who- who wanted nothing more than to help the rest of us?!

[12d3]

For Noodle!

[He moves to cover his ears with his hands, as if trying to drown out Rebecca's yelling.]

I-I always sung lullabies for her and-- and I know shes dead but...

[one day hell remember that she didnt fucking die]

[devotingly]

...You almost got away with it, too.

[ he grits his teeth. terra told him to keep himself in check from last week, so he's not going to do anything stupid like try to punch him but-- ]

But you wouldn't have been able to live with yourself. You'd have felt guilty for the rest of your life.

[12d3]

[2-D just.. nods at that.]

I.. I thought about c-confessin' but I'm a coward. An idiot.

[ososoi]

...Stuart.

What the fuck did you do?

[donotlick]

You did it. Look, I get it. Music is important to you.

Doesn't matter why, but you killed her.

[buriedearth]

But you did, didn't you?

[ ... ]

You practically hunted her down in trying to make sure that she died. If you're trying to say you didn't mean to, then maybe you should've thought twice before you decided to kill her!

[throwabookatit]

[ He's crying.

And she likes him, she does. He's her friend. He's been a good friend to her.

But.

The instant 2-D says that-- ]

What the bloody hell happened?!

[ All warmth is gone from her voice. ]

[12d3]

[Well great that just gets him to cry more!!

But seriously, that just.. hurts. He understands why she's so angry -- it's part of the reason he wanted to pretend like it never happened in the first place. Because he knows she'd hate him if she found out.]

I-I.. I took my guitar and.. a-and hit her with it. 'Cos I thought it'd kill her.

[remember when he said he knew it wouldnt well that was a damn lie]

B-but then she got up and started running and I got so scared she'd tell someone that I-- I just wanted to stop her. I-I didn't think-- m-my brain turned off! I was so scared a-and I couldn't think straight and by the time my hearing came back I'd already stabbed her and--

[ososoi]

[ Osomatsu shakes, his hands tightening into fists. ]

YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!

[ Since they're next to each other, it doesn't take long for Osomatsu to furiously grab the front of 2-D's shirt and yell in his face. ]

Why would you kill Maya-chan?! Why her?!

[12d3]

I-I don't know! She was just there!

[2-D just yells that, wincing as he prepares for a punch.]

[throwabookatit]

So you kept going?! You... You-- I defended you! This whole time... An innocent girl, who couldn't even call for help, and you didn't-- not a single...!

[ This isn't like last week. This week, the tears that fill her eyes are furious, so much so that she can barely look at him. ]

[12d3]

I-I..

[GOD THIS IS AWFUL]

I-I wanted it to be quick! In horror movies they always... th-they always..

[stab people a lot]

[lovedanime]

You didn't! You didn't stab a much shorter woman in the chest instead of the neck!

[unhalting]

[Mitarai is this really the hill you're going to die on]

The chest is a bigger target.

[lovedanime]

[Okay this just makes it so real for him and he bursts out crying.]

Why did it come to this? Why is talent... so hard to come by...?

[unhalting]

[Man, you've totally lost him here??]

I don't really know what you're trying to get at here, but either way, there's somethin' he wanted and he was willing to kill someone for it. That's it.

[whatsmytalentagain]

[Rantaro gets it.

He wordlessly glances at Mitarai from across the room...]

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

[He feels uncomfortable watching Mitarai cry, but he's... lost at the talent thing.]

.... How... how does talent relate to any of this...?

[unhalting]

So I guess that means you were lyin' about never killing anyone, huh.

[12d3]

[Wordlessly, he just nods.]

[unhalting]

[An exhale.]

So what was all that about your beliefs? Was that all made up too?