Exam 5

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Exam 5.

[ 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.

Han is no longer here to watch over you. And yet at the desk, a beautiful vase of flowers sits by his name plate. It is Oswald who stands at that desk, though Vivienne watches him intently from the side of the room with a sharp gaze. But his eyes are frozen on those delicate flowers. With his knuckles white, he grips the desk as one, and then several more tears fall.

Vivienne waits, but he doesn't speak. So ultimately she's forced to do it herself. ]

...Professor Han was... a good man. It's truly unfortunate that he won't be able to finish the semester with you all I know... he would have wanted to. In... his absence, I will... do my best to support you in his place, the way he would have wanted to.

[It's hard for her too. This is... it's just sad. It's all just... sad. But they have to press forward.


Today we're here to find the person who is responsible for the death of Waver Velvet, the Apprentice of Magecraft.

...Take your time. The evidence you need is all here.

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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[ososoi]

[ ...Osomatsu has a theory. And he really doesn't like it. ]

I... m-maybe W--

[ Even for all the stuff Mitarai has said, he's still Osomatsu fan and friend, even if things are currently on thin ice. So... ]

[buriedearth]

...What is it?

[ Go ahead, say it. ]

[ososoi]

...Maybe Waver-kun was the one who tazed Mitarai. In self-defence.

[ He internally mutters an apology. ]

[lovedanime]

[With great effort, he offers an encouraging smile.]

...I guess Choromatsu isn't the smart one after all! You're getting a lot better at lateral thinking after having to do this... so much more than you ever should have had to...

But there's just one problem with your theory.

[ososoi]

[ Oso's still not that smart. ]

...Uh?

[lovedanime]

If Waver-san and I were the only people there, and the confrontation occurred in the hallway outside the computer lab - where there's all this blood - how was he brought to his room? Waver-san said it himself at the very first trial, after the time he caught me at the trust fall activity. I couldn't move a body even if I wanted to.

I'm weak.

[unhalting]

There was all that blood comin' from Waver, but that doesn't mean he died on the spot. Pretty sure he just walked back there.

[lovedanime]

Why would he do that? Walk for several minutes! Into his room! Without calling anyone for help! Even the nurse!

[reshoot]

...With a lot of drugs pumped into him, it might not be so easy.

[buriedearth]

[ Terra doesn't know if he's just being in denial at this point but it's still...he doesn't want to make a mistake. So, until it's for sure...

Still, he has an idea of the why. ]

...What if he thought -- he knew for sure he was dying?

Why bother calling for help if you know you'd be dead anyway?

[reshoot]

...Oh.

...What he was holding onto at the end.

...Waver...

[SNIFFLE.]

[lovedanime]

...what the heck was that...?

It's... [Deep breath.] It's proof he was still at least a little conscious, but why... why would anyone...?

[unhalting]

Why the hell would I know? He could've been out of it, or maybe he was just bein' an idiot at the time. [like, there was that FUCK YOU to no one and all] Doesn't mean it didn't happen that way.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

Waver.... wasn't the most rational person when it came to himself.... and besides.

[... ]

I.. don't think he could have been saved after being injected with that.... and he probably knew that.

[lovedanime]

But... if Orga is right that the lights weren't as dim as I thought... wouldn't he have a "bloody good idea" who injected him? Why only start typing about that after getting to his room...

[ososoi]

...Maybe he wasn't finished typing. [ Oso's voice is flat. ]

And like the others said, he probably wasn't thinking clearly.

[unhalting]

'Cause he was too busy coughin' up blood and running away. When else would he have the time to type it up?

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

Because he's petty.... and was likely highly out of it at that point from the chemicals injected into him at that point.

[Sorry Waver.]

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

You wouldn't need to. Waver... he could have ran back to his room himself after getting attacked.

[lovedanime]

[Mitarai is just here opening and closing his mouth repeatedly.]

It was, it was dark, I didn't, I— maybe that time, the lights weren't, uh—

[ososoi]

...Mitarai?

[unhalting]

Yeah? Keep goin'.

[blackcatintheruemorgue]

.... Mitarai?

[THIS IS FINE.]

[buriedearth]

[ ... ]

[myliteratureclub]

Mitarai....