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(SotA) Judge, Jury, and Executioner

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    Matrixchild

    As Abacus opened the door to room number two he immediately noticed a square room with two more doors. The door on the left had the picture of a woman on it. The door on the right had the picture of a man. As the group made their way in an illusion formed in front of them, manifesting what looked like a Judge's bench, a transparent Judge in a powdered wig sitting behind it.

    "Last night, a young noble was murdered," he said, as another illusion appeared before them of a young man in fancy clothing just before his body collapsed to the floor.

    "After an investigation, the police found two suspects." The judge's hand pointed towards the door with the girl on it. "One was a young woman who the noble would beat constantly. Those in the community know her as honest, with a sweet temper, but her only alibi was that she was asleep; completely alone in her room when the crime was committed."

    "The other," he said, his hand pointing to the door with the man on it, "was his father, a cruel man know for his violent fits of rage. He is known in the community for his cruelty and temper, but another noble, a good friend of his, vouched for his whereabouts at the time of the murder."

    Just then, a woman and a man walk out from their respective doors, their arms behind them. They are not transparent. They each take a step forward, then go to their knees. The Judge's eyes turn towards the group. "You are the jury. You are the executioners. You must decide who is guilty, and then deliver their punishment. Whatever you decide must be unanimous."

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    Galatea

    Galatea cocked her head. This was... Oh JOY.... This was what the machinations of a crazy mage could come up with....

    "Are we allowed to ask further questions, such as all the evidence, the particular way he died, and the like?... Put simply, are we allowed to investigate further?"

    It was more stalling for now, while the Thyrsus waited for Abacus to think of a plan. The shark lady could use Life and Mind to figure out people, to be sure- she could read their auras to figure out their state of mind. If there were any animals nearby, they might know more. There were... Many solutions to this test. Yes, she had to remember what this was.

    And needed to figure out the rules. Hopefully this "Judge" would allow such examination.

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    The sound of dialing numbers (phone, keypad, rotaries, calculators) echo in the ears of those in close proximity. Shimmering gold lettering take the form of flickering mathematical symbols that form complex equations in the air.

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    He would have taken a logic puzzle. A serpentine, labyrinthian cross-word puzzle. A five-headed dragon that spoke in emoticon. Something with an answer.

    Instead, he had to contend with someone else's moral conviction...

    "Already on it..."

    And so the Quantum Logician did the only thing he could do. His fingers traced the sign of the weaver, filling the back of his eyes with the imago of the silver web glistening in the Arcadian sun. The warmth of faerie wilds filled his soles with liquid gold and his soul with blessed illumination.

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    2019-05-12 19:58:22 Abacus rolls 8 to Interconnections (10 Again) 1, 4, 3, 7, 10, 9, 2, 7, 10, 1 3 successes

    He set his Fate-attuned eyes on the corporeal man and woman. He wanted to weight their connection to the dead man. It was times like these he wished Guardians were more open with their spellwork, or at the very least, Moroi.
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    Matrixchild

    The Judge turned to look at Galatea and spoke. "You may question the suspects, but know they both claim innocence, and yet one must be a liar."

    Abacus reached out to fate and noticed something quite interesting: while the partially translucent suspects appeared to be mere phantasms, they in fact had artificially created connections. But other than that all he could tell was that both of them had at least an Acquainted connection with the 'deceased', though that wasn't very surprising.

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    Matrixchild

    Galatea I know this thread kind of fell behind because of Abacus taking a break. I give you two choices: you can continue along solo in this scene or I will allow you to leave and jump in to the other scene. Up to you.

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    Galatea

    If you can somehow magic a way out of this, I'd appreciate it? Unless it'd be too straining to write in, in which case keep her here? Whichever is simplest for you, honestly. Matrixchild

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    Matrixchild

    Honestly, the simplest route would be to have Galatea go back, follow Winter and Langdon through the door, and just narrate following them through the hallway to the end.

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