turquoise

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself in a beautiful red room, the edges of each wall adorned with real gold accents. At the center of the room is a long table, several chairs on either side of it, perfect for very serious conferences. In the middle of the table is a plate of strawberry jam tarts atop it, one per teammate present.

In the corner of the room is a hole in the ground, only large enough for a small animal to fit through. Next to it is a flat iron bar, curled at its tip, where a golden bell has been hung from it.

Finally, on one wall is a large poster which reads (or you find read aloud to you, if you cannot read):

The Lion and the Unicorn
Were fighting for the Crown
The Lion beat the Unicorn
All around the town.

Some gave them white bread,
And Some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum cake
and drummed them out of town.

Comments

inquiries

[dramatispersonae]

[ring bell receive rabbit]

Re: inquiries

[screwthatnoise]

[RINGALING]

Queen. What was the motive behind the Unicorn's actions?

Re: inquiries

[dramatispersonae]

[there is a few moments of nothing, then a little red rabbit, regally dressed, scurries out of the hole and holds out a piece of paper to you. in stubby little handwriting, it reads:

He claims that his lover had convinced him to do it.

the rabbit looks at you expectantly.]

Re: inquiries

[screwthatnoise]

[looks over the paper and sighs]

Hm. Thank you.

Re: inquiries

[intheblueblazes]

Wait, question, question! Who's his lover? Is it Crown? What's Crown say about all this?

Re: inquiries

[screwthatnoise]

[ringaling, ringaling]

Queen. Did the Unicorn honestly want to kidnap the Crown?

Re: inquiries

[dramatispersonae]

[the little rabbit darts off and returns, same as before. he returns with another paper:

He claims he did it to make Some "happy." No motive other than Some's influence has been found to contradict this.

the rabbit looks at you expectantly.]

Re: inquiries

[screwthatnoise]

[oh]

Another case of mad love...?

first case

[dramatispersonae]

On the table you find a paper, though it most certainly wasn't there before. It reads, or is read to you:

DEFENDANT: the Lioness
DETAILS: After her sister, the Crown, was kidnapped, the Lion, actually the Lioness, hid her sex so that she may confront the kidnapper, the Unicorn. The Lioness used the identity of a feminine boy to her advantage and took the Unicorn by surprised, violently beating him to a pulp. Though her sister was saved, the Lioness's means were dishonest and needlessly cruel, leaving the Unicorn has been comatose since their encounter.
PROPOSED SENTENCE: Execution

Re: first case

[intheblueblazes]

The Lioness sounds awesome. Why is this even a trial?

Re: first case

[oneknightstands]

[oh, I see]

Those are not the means by which she should have sought to see justice done for the kidnapping of her sister.

Re: first case

[intheblueblazes]

Dude! The unicorn stole her sister. Who knows what unicorny shit it was gonna pull on her. A sibling has to protect his sibling. Why'd she have to pass as a boy? There's gotta be a reason.

Re: first case

[wantsfear]

Was it about justice? Sounds like it was about saving her sister.

Re: first case

[medpacksapunch]

She does sound awesome. I mean, the Unicorn kidnapped her sister, and if you read the poster it kind of sounds like it could have been a revenge thing -- looks like the Unicorn was a sore loser who kidnapped the Lion's sister in retaliation; of course the Lion was worried.

The Unicorn got what he had coming to him, if you ask me.

Re: first case

[intheblueblazes]

The Unicorn's way of going for the Lion's sister was to attack the Lion, man. Even if the Lion fought way too hard, the Unicorn sounds like a total asshole.

verdict

[dramatispersonae]

[a gold-trimmed envelope, letter-writing paper, and a red ink pen on the table has been provided for you. the back of the envelope reads FIRST VERDICT.

you understand the letter must be sealed and left on the table when you finish writing your answer, but you can always open it again later. the resealing would just be noticeable.]

Re: verdict

[intheblueblazes]

Okay, uh, look, since ~the court~ seriously don't have enough information to make any calls on motives and shit, if we're boiling it down to the Lioness putting Unicorn in a coma, in case the Lioness is crazy violent, the Lioness gets sentenced to community service and uh, probeton, and some anger management lessons.

Re: verdict

[medpacksapunch]

...Probeton?

second case

[dramatispersonae]

On the table you find another paper, though it most certainly wasn't there before. It reads, or is read to you:

DEFENDANT: Some
DETAILS: The Lioness's former lover and breadwinner, Some supported herself, the Lioness, and the Crown as the sole source of income for the poor household. Records indicate that the Lioness and the Crown moved out of Some's apartment when the Lioness managed a job that paid several times more Some's. Prior to the kidnapping incident, Some had been a hard-working citizen; however, she later manipulated the connections she had from her several jobs in order to orchestrate the kidnapping of the Crown, tricking the Unicorn into doing the actual kidnapping. When the plan ultimately failed, evidence was found that Some had attempted to poison the Lioness, the Unicorn, and the Crown before fleeing town.
PROPOSED SENTENCE: Execution

Re: second case

[screwthatnoise]

Now Echo pities the Unicorn. It seems like the Lioness made a snap judgement in critically injuring him. However, Some does deserve some type of punishment.

And Crown sounds like nothing more than an item. No wonder she has no testimony.

Re: second case

[intheblueblazes]

That's creepy as hell though, if it's a person... Man, why aren't we doing this all at one time or something?

Re: second case

[medpacksapunch]

Mm,yeah... I still don't think Lionness should be punished, so I'm glad for the call we made-- she was working with the information she had, after all.

Why was Some so mad, though? I mean... if Lioness was paying for her and her sister now, wouldn't that make Some's life easier?

Re: second case

[oneknightstands]

[spending this entire round having DEEP JUSTICE THOUGHTS in the corner]

verdict

[dramatispersonae]

[a gold-trimmed envelope, letter-writing paper, and a red ink pen on the table has been provided for you. the back of the envelope reads SECOND VERDICT.

you understand the letter must be sealed and left on the table when you finish writing your answer.]

Re: verdict

[intheblueblazes]

Because Some is clearly unhinged if she thinks manipulating Unicorn into kidnapping Crown and a liberal application of poison-filled murder is going to fix her problems, we sentence her to lots of jail, so she can't carry out more ex-girlfriend revenge plots and also because jail sucks and she deserves it. Her house will also be arrested after she is free. Because she dragged Unicorn into this, she has to take care of him.