Midterm Exam

[lockdownmods]

Midterm Exam.

[ 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 and Vivienne both are at the front of the classroom, but it's Vivienne that finally speaks up. ]


Today is your Midterm exam. Having successfully passed the halfway mark for the semester, today's proceedings will be a little bit different.

You are responsible for finding the culprits responsible for the deaths of Doris and Hank Anderson. You will have several hours to discuss the evidence and your decision. Know that there are two people among these here that bear the responsibility for these events. You will be asked to vote for each. The two with the highest number of votes will receive their punishment.

...Your midterm exam begins now.

Victims.






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.

links.
Evidence
Profiles
Vote Now

Comments

[destroythefuture]

I only knew her for like three days before we arrived here.

[Or at least that's what his memories said back then, yeah]

[throwabookatit]

We all had assumptions before we came here, Mister Yagoobian. But those aren't necessarily true anymore. We've had five weeks to get to know one another, on top of the memories. You can't expect that answer to be satisfactory.

[destroythefuture]

[Mike closes his eyes]

It's true! She's the one who found me, and we started planning stuff together, and then we found ourselves here. All these memories are just of us doing our plan and waiting to see the results, I know nothing other than that!

[It wasn't like she had shared anything other than what was necessary for him to play along her plans, after all]

[whatsmytalentagain]

What plan?

[destroythefuture]

Our plan to destroy Robinson's work. We went into the past, I took credit for something he did, and made sure she'd be invented. We had just succeeded at that, all we had to do was wait and see what'd happen.

[whatsmytalentagain]

Robinson...?

Mind telling me who that person is?

[destroythefuture]

The...the guy whose work we wanted to destroy. He did all this kind of cool future stuff, Doris included. Apparently he didn't like what she could do, so he tried to put her away somewhere, and...she escaped and found me.

[Looks like he doesn't want to talk much about it, judging by how he's covering his face]

[whatsmytalentagain]

...

[He's being serious here, but it's something he doesn't like to ask.]

So, why did you decide to help her? What's your beef with this Robinson guy?

[destroythefuture]

He ruined my life, that's all! And I just...I just had to keep listening for years everything he did, until I got fed up! And then she found me and said we could have revenge at him together!

[whatsmytalentagain]

... Well. That explains why you were asking me about grudges when we met.

[He shakes his head.]

It's not a healthy way to cope with that sort of thing, ya know. If I was in your shoes, I would have found a way to move on from that mess instead of just... Ya know, getting worked up about it for years.

I mean, unless he stole some invention of yours and passed it off as his own, doing the same to him is a bit much.