Hostile Action Trial

[mockmods]

[As you all finish investigating, an electric chime rings out across the PA system.]

I believe that should be sufficient time for you all to prepare. Assistant, please escort everyone to the trial room.

[Penny emerges from the Security office again, head down, and slowly collects everyone; she leads you all to the east side of the common room, to the short hallway between dorms B1 and A2, that’s dead ended through your entire time here. As your group approaches, the wall seamlessly slides up to reveal a hidden doorway. Passing through leads to another short hallway and a small, round room, just big enough to hold all of you. Penny passes her ID over a small pad near the doorway, and it blinks green before the room lurches slightly beneath you; an elevator going down.]

[A short trip down leads you to a larger chamber, with a series of twenty-two podiums set up in a ring; in the center is a column of computer stations with large monitors, behind a set of thick metal beams with occasional faint flashes of energy arcing between them and a constant, low hum.]

Welcome to your first trial, Participants. You will use this time to determine which among your number killed the Legendary Bassist, and send them to justice. Failure to choose the correct culprit will have dire consequences for you all.

[Trial: commence.]

Comments

[canbebeautiful]

Maybe we should check it against everyone's handwriting then. [She hesitates for a moment.] Maybe someone forced him to write it as part of the cover up and that's why it doesn't match?

[mightdoriya]

It wouldn't hurt to check if there's suspicion of forgery. I have plenty of paper and a pen if we need it.

[canbebeautiful]

Can I see the letter? I'm pretty good with handwriting, [That's the understatement of the year.] and I figure it'll be easier to pick out a couple of distinctive words otherwise we're all going to have to copy it and we don't really have time for that.

[mightdoriya]

Of course. [Izuku hands the letter over.] That's a smart idea. Even if it turns up nothing, it'll be better to have a clearer idea of whether or not this was actually the victim's plan from the beginning.

HEY MODS

[canbebeautiful]

[What sections in this letter don't match the rest of it? How clear is the forgery to someone who's pretty, uh. Experienced, shall we say, in forging things?

. . . Does it sound like Air Supply?]

[mockmods]

[Sadly, the mods are not familiar enough with Air Supply to comment on any similarities, but there are a few sections where the change in writing style is especially noticeable.]

-hence I have henceforth decided that I, Yaiba-
-an unnecessary and embarrassing display of emotions-
-It is obvious they keep us hence-
-I went out in the most epic manner possible-
-dastardly whims-

[clandestineideals]

If that doesn't turn up anything, we should start looking at the idea of examining people more closely. The murder had just happened today, we could find something that they weren't accounting for.

[mightdoriya]

I think so too. There's still a possibility of there being a struggle, and someone could be hiding wounds or bruises from it.