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"Don't...don't worry!" Iris squeaked unconvincingly as the bailiff led Meghan into the courtroom. "We'll get you through this..." She took several deep breaths as she browsed over the very short court record once more and added a silent "I hope..." before heading to the defense's bench. She had a terrible case of butterflies, and she was certain she'd be seeing a lot more very soon.
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... No, wait. She knew he would come. Of course. He wanted to protect his girlfriend. Her shock turned into a sneer as she leered at him from across the courtroom. He would, of course, go so far as to attempt to help defend her... but why was her sister the DA, and not him?
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"Miss Hawthorne?" The judge addressed Dahlia, breaking up the 'happy' reunion. "I realize this is your first time, but this sort of tardiness reflects poorly on your case. Please keep that in mind for the future." Once he'd finished chewing out the prosecution, he banged his gavel and cleared his throat. "Now then... Court is now in session for the trial of Miss Meghan Rose."
An uncomfortable silence filled the court for several moments as the judge waited patiently for Iris to stop staring at her sister and reply. Finally, he prompted her with "Is the defense prepared?"
"Oh! Y-yes! I'm sorry, Your Honor!" Iris chirped nervously, snapping to military-esque attention. "The...the defense is ready!"
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Chris spoke softly, "Don't let the seriousness of it all throw you off. I'll be here to help you."
Dahlia thrust a bit of her hair off to the side in an impatient fashion, and stated quite plainly, "The prosecution... is ready." At the last part, her demeanor took to the very cutesy fashion that many people have seen in the past. "Miss Meghan Rose..." she started, a tone of innocence in her voice. "...has been accused of the murder of Miss Suzumi Aogirl. A rightful punishment for a sinful law-breaker..." she giggled, and continued, "...but of course, Mr. Judge, you will want to know what happened. The unfortunate thing is, nobody saw the entirety of the murder... only what has been seen by other students. The actual murder was not witnessed, but we have a witness who saw what happened only seconds before the murder... and the students, of course, claimed the halls were empty otherwise."
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"Ah, so you're saying nobody else could have committed this crime other than the defendant?" the judge grinned, seemingly pleased with his amazing skills of deduction. "That would make this case very simple, wouldn't it? Very well, Miss Hawthorne, call your witness, if you please."
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The doors opened and in walked a dark-green haired girl with a white shirt and blue jeans. She walked to the stand and stood. "And there's my sister," groaned Chris. "We're going to have a time cross-examining her."
"If you would, state your name and occupation...?" said Dahlia, still in her cutesy aura.
"My name is Jade Hall," said Jade quite plainly. "I'm just starting college in a couple of months."
"Very well... could you tell us what happened on the night of the murder? ... What you saw, that is?"
Jade nodded. "Of course."
"She's quite serious..." muttered Chris. "Either she's not entirely willing to do this, or she's keeping from busting out in laughter. ... We're about to find out which it is."
--
-What I Saw-
"I was coming to visit my brother at the college, since the following day they would let all the college students out to graduate.
"It was getting kind of late, around early-evening, and the sky was getting dark.
"I saw two people running as fast as they could towards a building.
"It was Suzumi and Meghan! And Meghan was chasing her!"
--
Dahlia's aura faltered a little bit; she already knew that Jade had said something that wasn't part of what the prosecution knew. But she kept her innocent smile up, wanting to see if her sister could figure out what it was.
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"Y-yes, Your Honor." Had she just seen Dahlia twitch a moment ago?
The testimony hadn't given her much to work with... She decided to start by pressing for more details. Iris breathed in and out once, deeply, then started her interrogation. "Jade...I mean, witness?" she asked gently. "You said it was 'early-evening' when you saw Suzumi and Meghan running towards 'a building'... Do you think you could be a bit more specific with the time, and to which building they were running?"
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"I think she really did see it," said Chris. "What bothers me is, she seems to be entirely serious about it. I think something in the Court Record will prove that she's a bit mistaken."
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The judge, meanwhile, had had his mind on the delicious chicken teriyaki sub he was planning to eat for lunch when he realized the defense seemed to be waiting for him to call on her as if she were in school. "Yes, Miss Iris? Do you need to use the restroom?"
"N-no!" she gasped, her face hot with embarrassment. "I...I had an objection to the witness' last statement..."
"Oh, was that all?" the judge chuckled. "You know, if you want to object to something, all you have to do is shout it out nice and clearly."
"Shout...?" Iris repeated timidly. "But...is that really necessary? It seems a little rude, doesn't it?"
The judge's eyes widened in suprise. He hmmed as he took a moment to consider this for the first time since being elected. "Well, now that you mention it... I suppose it is a bit rude, isn't it? However..." He shook his head. "It's always worked before and I'm a bit too set in my ways to change things now."
Iris cast her eyes to the desk before her, looking as if she'd just found out Santa Claus wasn't real. "O-oh, I see..." She clenched her fists, sucked in as much air as she could...
"Now then," the judge continued. "What was it you were-"
"OBJECTION!!" Iris shrieked as loudly as she could, catching even herself off-guard. She had no idea she could yell like that; the scream was still echoing off the walls several seconds later.
Once the judge reseated himself properly, he glared at the defense bench. "You have our attention, Miss Iris!" he snapped. "Please, get on with it!"
"I...I'm so sorry, Your Honor..." Iris mumbled. If her face was hot before, it was in flames now. She coughed politely and did her best to press on. "The witness said she saw my client chasing Suz...the victim...outside the dorms between 7:30 and 8 PM, right before the mur...t-the incident. But I have here testimony from one of the victim's dormmates claiming the victim was in her room for several hours before the...incident." She passed the student's testimony to a bailiff, who then passed it to the judge.
"Hmm..." The judge twisted his lip as he read. "This does seem to pose a problem."
Iris leaned over her desk towards Chris' sister and spoke to her in the same sweet tone she'd used during the cross-examination. "Jade, please, be completely honest now. Are you absolutely sure the people you saw were Meghan Rose and Suzumi Aogirl?"
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"... That's true, I did tell you," acknowledged Chris. "But how are you so sure you saw Suzumi?"
"... I wasn't," said Jade. "I was pretty sure it was her, since I didn't know who else she'd be chasing. But if she wasn't in her room the entire time... it must have been someone else Meghan was chasing."
The gallery erupted.
"You thought?" quipped Dahlia, still wearing her sweet smile. "I don't think thoughts count as testimony in a court of Law, Ms. Hall."
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"Hey, Chris?" Iris whispered, trying to ignore the judge's rambling. "This is good, right? If the woman Jade saw wasn't Suzumi, that proves Meghan is innocent, right?" she smiled.
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Both the Judge's rambling and Iris' comment, I mean.))
Chris' face fell. "Er... remember that we already knew Suzumi was in her room prior to the murder... I'm the one that got that note and showed it to you." He then looked outward. "Jade, I"m going to have to ask you to tell us the truth." He gave her a stern look.
Jade recoiled as a result. "A-Alright, I'll tell! Like the Judge said, it was an honest mistake!"
What I Saw, Part 2 (If we were doing the music, it'd still be Moderate Examination)
"Meghan was chasing a blond-haired girl to the dorm building.
"It was an odd sight, really - Meghan's a really nice person!
"But she was chasing her... and the blond-haired girl was wielding a knife!"
Dahlia rose an eyebrow. "That's it?"
"Yes," said Jade. "The rest of my testimony stands unchanged except for who Meg chased."
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"I think we'd all like to know that," the judge chimed in. "Your cross-examination, please, Miss Iris."
"Ah! Y-yes, Your Honor!" Had she said that out loud?
Iris pressed her finger to her lips as she contemplated the short testimony. Jade certainly wasn't giving her much to work with... "You said the other girl had a knife? Could you describe it? The knife, I mean."
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"You learned about knives?" sweatdropped Chris. "What the hell do they teach you in that place?"
"Anyway, it kinda seemed odd to me that Meghan would chase someone that had a knife... she must've had a reason for doing so."
"That's not even what bugs me," muttered Chris. "It's the fact that someone else was supposedly carrying that knife last night... assuming it's the same one..."
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"Yes, that was much better, Miss Iris," the judge smiled, without missing a beat.
"I'm glad to hear that. Thank you, Your Honor," Iris smiled back. The pleasantries over, she faced the witness again. "Jade?" Iris pulled a photo out of the Court Record and held it up so Chris' sister could see it clearly. "Does this look like the knife you saw the blond girl holding?"
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The courtroom erupted.
"A switchblade?" Chris echoed. "Are you absolutely sure?"
"Yes." Jade nodded. "Meghan was not carrying a knife at all."
Chris looked at Iris. "Think about it. If she saw the girl holding a knife that was different from the one used, why would Meghan have chased her? Better yet, why was Meghan not holding a weapon, if she was indeed the killer? Most importantly, who is this other girl, and why was she not at the scene of the crime, nor seen by the others?"
Dahlia grinned at them from across the courtroom. "Without evidence, I'm afraid you'll find you won't get far with the theory I think you're trying to come up with..."
"...And of course, we don't have any," he muttered. "But that doesn't mean you can't present a damned good theory. What do you think of this new revelation?"
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She looked around the courtroom at everyone's reactions. "Is...is it okay for me to say that?" she asked sheepishly.
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Dahlia objected with a powerful voice, pointing straight out at her sister. "'Which would make the other girl the real killer?' You can't be serious." She had a smirk on her face. "Do you have any proof of this?"
"I think the testimony from the witness is enough to suggest that it's a possibility," said Chris, rising an eyebrow.
"A possibility. Nothing more." Dahlia tilted her head. "Do you honestly believe that testimony is enough to establish everything? I believe proof... is what we need here."
Chris stared over at her for a second... and nodded. "Of course. If her testimony is as stands, that can only mean one thing - there was a third person involved with the murder."
"But what about the proof?"
"Can you prove there was not a third person at the scene, Ms. Hawthorne? I believe the witness has no reason to lie; she is under oath."
"Is that any reason to trust her? She is your own sister, after all..." she smirked again. "And--"
Chris sweatdropped. Dahlia looked shocked.
Jade protested. She stared over at Dahlia, and said, "You want proof? Is that what you want? I have it. Right here." She procured a picture from her pocket. "See this? Here's your damn proof."
In the picture was exactly as she stated: a blonde girl being chased by a black-haired girl.
"This... picture... how did you obtain it!?" Dahlia nearly shrieked.
"I took it, of course," said Jade. "You'll find that the lighting in the picture proves what time it was."
The gallery erupted.
"But... you can't see the knife in the blonde girl's hands!" protested Dahlia.
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"Now just one moment!" the judge bellowed, slamming his gavel.
Iris yelped and shrunk under her bench. Maybe that last comment was overstepping her bounds?
"About what you just said, Miss Iris...the prosecution is your sister?"
If there had been the slightest of breezes in the courtroom, it would have toppled Iris. "...er...y-yes, Your Honor..." she answered, completely unable to hide the disbelief in her voice. "We're twins..identical twins..."
The judge hmmed and leaned over his desk to get a better look at the impromptu lawyers. "Yes...yes, now that you mention it...I think I do see a bit of resemblance..."
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"Be that as it may, there's no knife in this picture!" countered Dahlia, not even acknowledging the judge's previous question. "What was found on the crime scene? A knife. Whose fingerprints were on it? Ms. Rose's, of course. That can only lead to one conclusion - She was the murderer! This... 'third girl'... doesn't even have any relevance to this crime! That is all."
"I'll go ahead and add these to the Court Record anyway," whispered Chris. "They'll come in handy later."
Jade's Photo added to Court Record. (Jade's photo of Meghan chasing the blond-haired girl. No knife spotted in blond girl's hand.)
Second Knife? added to Court Record. (Jade saw a second knife at the scene that had a V-shaped blade. No other evidence can support this at this time.)
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"Y-you can't do that, Dahlia!" Iris paused for a moment to swallow and steady her voice. "Miss Rose was found unconscious at the scene of the crime! Someone could have easily put her fingerprints on the knife found there to frame her! Besides, you called Miss Hall as a witness, and she says this third girl did have a different knife! You can't just ignore that because it's inconvenient!"
"Mmm...it's so sad when siblings fight like this..." the judge mused half to himself. "Your response, Miss Hawthorne?"
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Jade rose an eyebrow. "The photo's been submitted into evidence already. If that's not enough to support my claim, you pompous--"
"Anyway!" Chris interrupted his sister before it got worse. "She has a point, Miss Hawthorne. The photo's already in evidence. If you have no more use for the witness, why not call a new one?"
Contemplation showed on Dahlia's face before she grinned. "...Of course. You are of no more use, Ms. Hall. Get off my stand."
"Whatever." Jade walked off, but before she went back to the audience chairs, she shot Iris and Chris a wink. Chris responded with a thumbs-up.
"The prosecution now calls Emily Brown to the stand!" stated Dahlia.
--
Emily stood at the stand, drawing on her pad.
"...Your name, witness?" asked Dahlia. When Emily continued to draw, she tried again: "The court would like to ask you your name and occupation, please." She had a bit of forced-sweetness in that voice, but when Emily continued to ignore her, she said: "Witness! Your! Name! And! Occupation! Please!" She looked quite angry.
Emily turned her pad around, and said, "My name is Emily Brown." She paid no mind to the seething Dahlia, but instead showed the drawing to the courtroom. "I am a graduating student at Ivy University."
The drawing consisted of the courtroom scene: Iris fidgeting, Chris standing and looking out at nothing solemnly, and the Judge looking at a quite irate Dahlia.
"...I think she's going to ask you about what you saw at the crime scene," said Chris, since Dahlia did not open her mouth to say anything.
"... I was there after the crime," said Emi. "All I can tell you is what I saw there."
"Very well then, let's hear it," said Chris.
--
-What I Saw-
"I came into the room after I saw you two leave."
"Ms. Aogirl's belongings were strewn about the room."
"The knife was lying in the floor, the blade covered with blood."
"And the window stood open, allowing the breeze in."
At the end of her testimony, Emi took out a drawing earlier in her book; it showed the crime scene, exactly as depicted.
"That looks like exactly what we saw at the crime scene yesterday," mused Chris.
((OOC: If you need a full evidence listing, tell me now. I think after this I'll start editing the first post with each new piece of evidence so you can easily follow it.
And by the way, Emi's opening made me laugh after I read it. o.o Because I could so picture that. Especially the picture she drew.
ACK! Um, shit, I forgot to add the window to the Court Record. Here it is anyway:
Dorm window - Was closed when investigated. Bore a few streaks across the sill, no fingerprints detected.))
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"...M-miss Iris? Is something wrong?"
"I...er...yes?" Iris blinked. "I was just objecting to the witness' last statement..."
"But..." The judge toyed with his gavel dejectedly. "I haven't asked for the cross-examination yet," he pouted.
Iris blinked again and gasped. "Ah! I-I'm sorry, Your Honor! I...I guess I got a little ahead of myself..." she blushed.
"Mmm...well, I'll allow it this time. Now, you were saying?"
"Y-yes, thank you, Your Honor," Iris smiled. She gave him a quick little bow of her head before turning back to the witness stand. "Emily, when Chris and I left the room, the window was closed." She was about to ask if she may have been mistaken, but then she realized Emily wasn't the type to remember details like that incorrectly.
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Chris nodded. "It was closed. Streaks were found near the windowsill, but the window itself was not open."
"...It must have been my mistake, then." Emi seemed to fidget a bit with her sketchbook.
Wait. Did her hands just... twitch a bit? Chris tilted his head in confusion, but then shook it - he must have been mistaken. "Emi, please, can you try again? And, as a special request, could you describe some more things in detail?"
Emi nodded, not changing her expression.
-What I Saw, Part 2-
"I must have seen the window wrong."
"The blood was mostly on the bed, but some of it was on the ground."
"The knife was lying there. It had an oddly-shaped blade."
--
"Are you sure this is accurate, Emi?" asked Chris.
Emi nodded in response.
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My...my bracelet! It's trying to tell me something!And no worries, I'd rather be nudged in the right direction than left in the dark anyhow.)
"So the window was closed after all..." The judge dwelled on that bit of information entirely too long. "Well, that makes sense. It was getting late and it wouldn't do to have someone break in while Miss Aogirl was asleep...Miss Iris, your cross-examination, please."
Miss Iris, unfortuantely, wasn't paying any attention to the judge at all; she was currently lost in her own thoughts. She...was mistaken? That doesn't sound like Emi at all...
"...Miss Iris?"
"Ah!" She quickly snapped back to reality. "S-sorry, Your Honor! Right away!" She took a moment to think about Emily's testimony once more. There was one thing that seemed to stand out... "Witness? This knife you saw, with the oddly-shaped blade...what was so odd about the shape?"
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Chris rose an eyebrow. "A V-shape? Are you certain?"
Emi nodded. "They call those switchblades, I think... they're banned in school."
"I see..."
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The judge nodded knowingly to Iris' outburst. "Yes, I can see why you would. I mean, switchblades in our colleges? What's the world coming to?"
"N-no, that's not what I meant!" Iris sputtered, holding up the photo of the alleged murder weapon. "Chris...er...Mr. Hall and I found a kitchen knife at the scene of the crime yesterday, not a switchblade!"
"WHAT?!" The judge pounded his gavel to silence the sudden roar of confusion from the audience. "Order! ORDER! Miss Iris, what is going on here?"
"I...I don't know...I'm sorry, Your Honor..." Iris mumbled. She looked down to watch herself twiddle her thumbs. "I'm just as confused as you are..."
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Emi shook her head. "But the drawing is what I see."
"I understand that... Iris." He turned to her. "All of this has to point to something. Can you figure it out? If Emi draws what she sees, and she apparently saw all that, but she testified to seeing something else... what does it all come down to? I will help if you need it."
((OOC: The last sentence was mostly to you, Fran, instead of the char Iris. This may be a bit tough to figure out, I'm not sure. If you're in the dark, tell me and I'll give you a hint. Forgive me if this sounds demeaning because I really don't know how good you are at solving mysteries like this.
I'll go ahead and give you one hint that just occurred to me now: It'll cause kind of a contradiction in my case logic, but it'll have to do.))
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Iris flinched, then dropped her eyes again. Sweeping the courtyard back at the temple was sounding awfully tempting right about now...
"Umm, w-well..." she started. "If Emi saw one thing but she's testifying to something else...the obvious answer would be that she's lying to protect Meghan..." Even without looking at her, she could feel Dahlia's triumphant sneer from across the courtroom. "B-but...but wait, that doesn't make sense, either...I mean...the switchblade! She couldn't have known about that unless she'd seen it before, right? Jade only testified about it minutes ago, while Emi was still in the lobby...and there's the window... I can't imagine what the point would be in lying about whether it was open or closed..."
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"That's for you to figure out... dear sister," smirked Dahlia.
"Think about it, Iris. Emi wouldn't lie, even to protect someone. she doesn't protect people like that. There can be only one answer as to why she's testifying, to our knowledge, 'incorrectly.'" Chris attempted to help her.
((OOC: Emi was:
1. Lying to protect Meghan.
2. Mistaken about what she testified to.
3. Witnessing a different scene than Chris and Iris did.))
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"I...I know she wouldn't lie..." Iris whispered abashedly. "But...I don't believe she could make so many mistakes, either, so...um...maybe...what she saw was different?"
"Different, Miss Iris?" the judge inquired.
"Y-yes, Your Honor. Different."
"What exactly do you mean by 'different?'"
"W-well..." Iris stammered. "The crime scene the witness...um...witnessed was different from the one Mr. Hall and I saw...maybe?"
"But didn't the witness say she entered the room after the two of you left? How could she have seen something different?"
"...I...I'm new at this, Your Honor..." Iris mumbled sadly.
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