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The Fifteen Strangers Mods ([personal profile] strangerpeople) wrote in [community profile] 15strangers2017-04-22 12:31 pm
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THE MOCK INQUISITION

[Soon after the final clue is found, there are three more loud, unsettling tonal clangs. Those in the first floor vestibule will hear another, loud creak afterwards, coming from the set of doors.

The set of doors on the left are slowly opening, revealing a long, long corridor, with a very long flight of stairs going upwards just barely visible at the end of it.

The Intercessor's voice booms through the air and shakes the ground, sounding loud and clear no matter where the Titled might be standing at that moment.]


ENTER!

[The voice brooks no argument. As soon as everyone goes through the set of double doors, they close behind them. There is no choice. The Titled must go up the stairs at the end of the hall. They feel like they take forever, but when the stars are finally traversed, there is a single door at the top, already open to them.

Welcome to the Debate Hall, Titled. Its perhaps the best-lit place you've seen, with gas lamps on the wall bright as possible. Its also the emptiest place they've ever seen so far - its massive and yet the Titled and the Intercessor are the only individuals to be seen in the entire area.

So, Titled, don't mind the faint chanting coming from the darkness behind that stage at the other end. There's no real way to hear what's being said, no matter how close you try to get, or if there's even anyone on or behind the stage to make such chanting possible. The only person remotely close to the stage, standing on the stone steps, is the Intercessor. Maybe its in your mind. You've been paranoid the past week, after all.

Maybe this is just all insane to begin with.

So. Take your seats at your stone desks to face one another as you debate. And yes, they are stone. Yes, they have stone chairs with which to sit in. And yes, your Title is on your assigned chair, etched in with chisel and hammer. Every desk also has a copy of the Writs with Orders 7 and 8 circled, and a copy of the autopsy file of the deceased on top of it; that is all the aid you will get from whoever brought you here. The rest, it seems, is up to the Titled, with what they have found.

Once everyone has taken their seats, the strange, ominous chanting stops. Its time. Bound in blood, the death warrant has already been signed. The contract is complete. Its now just a question of finding the guilty party to fulfill the call for justice.


The Inquisition of Kanna Hijiri has begun.]
coldsouls: (~Eleven.)

[personal profile] coldsouls 2017-04-23 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... Pausing here, to say something. ]

... Soul containers do indeed exist. I know a woman who took the form of a stuffed cat, her soul placed within it. It's not hard to place one's soul into another body, or another container, with the proper magic.

The soul is my specialty. This stuff, it definitely has something about that like it. I can feel it.
jinglebros: (We were bold and young)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2017-04-23 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ Santa rolls up his sleeves to show he has no wounds either, glaring at Sakura all the way. ]
Edited 2017-04-23 00:08 (UTC)
crywiththesaints: Sakura's hand on a folded paper (that lurk in the night)

[personal profile] crywiththesaints 2017-04-23 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Must you?
crywiththesaints: "Perish." (that's crumbling apart)

[personal profile] crywiththesaints 2017-04-23 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
[dude, wash]
crywiththesaints: Turning around (this coffin that holds me tight)

[personal profile] crywiththesaints 2017-04-23 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
...a cat.

[What.]

Either way, your input is appreciated. It seems we'll need it.
warmdolls: (12)

[personal profile] warmdolls 2017-04-23 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
I wish she were kidding. That child was a thorn in both of our sides.

[ HE REMEMBERS IRINA. ]
crywiththesaints: Impressed (still like a doll)

[personal profile] crywiththesaints 2017-04-23 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Someone who looked weak, possibly. She clearly thought we were all stupid, and she emphasized being exempt from the rules. That could simply refer to being barred from the kitchen at night; it may have been she who took all the alcohol out and set up a meal of garbage, though what kind of bait that's supposed to be, who only knows.

[old lady's judging your plan, kanna.]
jinglebros: (cut me from the line)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2017-04-23 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ He just shrugs and sneers at her. He's clearly got a beef. ]
coldsouls: (Three.)

[personal profile] coldsouls 2017-04-23 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
If you need a further explanation, I can attempt to provide it, but it's complicated. Needless to say, the magic and science that go into things like this... they're not usually things normal people can do. It takes study.

[ That's what she's saying. ]
coldsouls: (Ten.)

[personal profile] coldsouls 2017-04-23 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ ......................................... Cough. Just. Glancing to the side. SHE'S. NOT GONNA SAY ANYTHING, BECAUSE

HE"S RIGHT. Just gonna say this: ]


She was a bad cat~
crywiththesaints: Judging (don't fear the shadows)

[personal profile] crywiththesaints 2017-04-23 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
I wasn't incriminating you. I was simply prompting you to give your evidence of why she was dangerous, which you did. I'm not the type to accuse without proof.

[DON'T PICK ON THE ELDERLY]
crywiththesaints: Critical look (and the past that it leaves)

[personal profile] crywiththesaints 2017-04-23 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Most things worth studying are complicated. She no longer considered herself human, so that fits with the idea of normal people.
jinglebros: (i see the stars through me)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2017-04-23 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, really? Because as far as I can tell, you've been doing nothing but accusing people. It's pretty suspicious if you ask me.
coldsouls: (Ten.)

[personal profile] coldsouls 2017-04-23 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
... Most likely. I've heard the term before. That was a pretty long time ago, though!

[ Like hundreds of years ago, man. ]

That wasn't really my genre of choice. She probably could transform. I never noticed the girl, but it's possible she had a knack for magic if she's mentioning that. A pity, really, I would've liked to meet her!
warmdolls: (11)

[personal profile] warmdolls 2017-04-23 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think she'd have the strength in her to dismember someone like that. She's old.
mogarisready: (Hmmph!)

[personal profile] mogarisready 2017-04-23 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
[...Ya'll can always see Mogar's arms. He never wears sleeves.

That said, his arms are clean.
]
crywiththesaints: Judging (don't fear the shadows)

[personal profile] crywiththesaints 2017-04-23 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
When have I singled out an individual and told them or anybody else that they were the culprit? I've simply asked for input from all sides, or from whomever I know would have the answer. It's the same as anybody else. As well, you know that I am uninjured, and had I restrained her with my power rather than my hands, she'd have been poisoned instead of drawn blood.
coldsouls: (Two.)

[personal profile] coldsouls 2017-04-23 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
She also wanted to kill us all.

[ Said nonchalantly, with a smile-- ]
crywiththesaints: Smirking (face the dark you despise)

[personal profile] crywiththesaints 2017-04-23 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Blunt, but accurate, I'll admit. Thank you.
coldsouls: (Fifteen.)

[personal profile] coldsouls 2017-04-23 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
She probably didn't because her soul was literally sealed within a small piece of jewelry. In my world, she could be considered a Demon of Sin, almost. ... Almost!

[ She smiles nonchalantly about it. ]

So maybe she's not wrong about that consideration. Either way, the lines of humanity and the lack thereof are blurry, and up to one's own self.
jinglebros: (We were bold and young)

[personal profile] jinglebros 2017-04-23 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not saying you did it. I'm not that much of an idiot. [ He reflexively curls his arm around his stomach as he says the last sentence. ] I'm saying you worked with someone.
warmdolls: (13)

[personal profile] warmdolls 2017-04-23 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...blink. Most people would bite at that. ]

The body's my realm. It's my job to know at a glance who is capable of what.
crywiththesaints: Unimpressed look (you're caught in loneliness again)

[personal profile] crywiththesaints 2017-04-23 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
That's an interesting way to look at things. I may have to take you up on that after we're finished in here.
lesbointhesky: (K-> Maternal)

[personal profile] lesbointhesky 2017-04-23 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[K's arms are already bare- but she presents them for further examination. Clean.]
coldsouls: (Ten.)

[personal profile] coldsouls 2017-04-23 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
... I'd like to argue this point. She has a magical power to summon a very amazing octopus!

Perhaps it could have ripped someone apart?

[ Smile, smile ]

Just a theory, mind you, but no one is exempt.

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