After a sleepless night, you find yourself in the defendant lobby. Klavier has come with the results of the voice analysis, and the voice is definitely the same as the one in the mock trial. The tape recorder is updated in the court record. The study of the tape is still ongoing. Signs of overdubbing have been found, but recovery of the erased audio will take a while. You suddenly hear the sound of someone falling, but the person fled quickly. After a mini Chords of Steel exercise, it's time to enter the courtroom.
Trial Begins
Robin and Hugh have recanted their confessions, and the art room photo is no longer relevant, according to Blackquill. He means to prove that Juniper was the only one that could have moved the body. According to his theory, the victim was murdered in the center of the art room, and then carried to the window. The body then landed on a mat and was carried with the ball cart. He calls O'Conner as a witness to prove this.
O'Conner's Testimony: What O'Conner Saw
- The Lecture Hall was packed before the mock trial, but the rest of the campus was empty.
- That's when I saw Juniper dragging a large mat from behind the stage.
- I was watching her from a vantage point between the stage and the maintenance area.
- She was heading towards me, so I assume she was on her way to the maintenance area.
- But I didn't have time to stand around and see what she did after that.
The drag marks you saw yesterday were from that mat. It is the only mat in the entire campus, and therefore the one used to cushion the fall. It looks like you're off to a bad start again.
Cross-Examination: What O'Conner Saw
Present the stage set up photos on the third statement. If O'Conner really was standing at the corner, he couldn't possibly have seen Juniper because of the big construction screen that is in the way. O'Conner now claims it was a slip of the mind, and he watching her from the front of the stage, but you cannot see behind the stage from there. The only this is possible is if O'Conner was actually in the same area behind the stage, but in this case, Juniper surely would have seen him.
Blackquill now says that Hugh actually was standing at the vantage point, but he was sitting inside the crane. From here, he could look over the construction screen. Apparently he was working part time as a crane operator. O'Conner clearly doesn't want anyone to know about this, and denies that he operated the crane. In the other photo that you received from Scuttlebutt, the crane operator is visible. O'Conner still denies that the person in the photo is actually him, so you propose that you can identify the person as the witness by examining His neck. In the photo, he has a unique object around his neck. O'Conner's neck is concealed by his tall collar. Sure enough, when he unbuttons his collar, it's the same neckband as in the photo.
He finally admits to having a part time job as a crane operator, but shouldn't you be at least twenty to have a license to operate such a crane? Blackquill decides to reveal his secret: Hugh is actually twenty-five years old! He took a seven year break from school! Despite this new information, the prosecution's claims have not changed. Thankfully, Apollo has thought of something. He couldn't have been on the job right before the mock trial, so what was he doing in the crane? He was probably using the crane to Move the body. When asked for an explanation, Hugh shows his left hand that has been in his pocket all this time. It's injured and covered in bandages! Two hands are necessary to operate a crane like that, and the prosecution's claims still hold ground.
The only thing you can do is think of a way the body could have been moved without it being dropped. When you are asked what what was used to move the body, present the school banner. Some could have used the banner to lower the body via the wire! The bottom part of the banner was knotted up, so the body could have been bundled in there and lowered to the stage without the use of a mat. However, if this is the case, the body would have been carried to the window with the wire, and not the window with the bloodstained pottery. That means the blood on the pottery must not have been The victim's blood. And indeed, after a blood analysis, the blood on the pottery turns out to be from O'Conner! Does this mean the blood got on there after a struggle with the victim? It would also explain the injury on his left hand.
Blackquill asks the court to look at an envelope with Scuttlebutt's script inside. It contains a trap with a powerful blade, and only Courte knew the correct way to open it. This also disproves that the body was dropped to the maintenance area! If the body was lowered with the wire, that would also explain the sound you heard during the mock trial, but that creates another problem. The body wouldn't have been on the stage before the mock trial, like O'Conner testified. When putting him under pressure, O'Conner admits that he was lying, and never actually saw the body. But why would he lie about this? Anyway, you have now proven that the body was moved during the mock trial, but that leaves Juniper as the only suspect! She was in the audio control room, and could leave and reenter the Lecture Hall. Now you've really dug your own grave, and you have nothing to counter. Just before the judge was going to give the verdict, he gets interrupted by O'Conner. He asks for the court's attention, and then he confesses AGAIN!? This is impossible though, because he was at the mock trial at the time of the murder. O'Conner wants to give testimony explaining what he did at the time of murder.
O'Conner's testimony: Hugh's Confession
- You won't believe this, but I used a body double!
- That wasn't the real me in the mock trial!
- That means I didn't almost lose! My body double almost did!
- I slipped out stealthily while my double took care of the trial.
- I had the run of the campus. In short, I'm the killer. Juniper's innocent!
Seriously? A body double? Even the judge agrees that this testimony makes no sense at all, but Hugh insists that this is the truth. But if you don't take this chance to cross-examine him, the verdict will be reached, so you don't really have a choice. The judge allows you to do a short therapy session, but Blackquill doesn't feel like this is worth his time, and leaves for a walk with Fulbright. O'Conner's emotions are out of control, and you have to find the source of his happiness.
Mood Matrix: Hugh O'Conner
| 1. | You won't believe this, but I used a body double! | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 2. | That wasn't the real me at the mock trial! | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 3. | That means I didn't almost lose! My body double did! | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 4. | I slipped out stealthily while my double took care of the trial. | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 5. | I had the run of the campus. | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 6. | In short, I'm the killer. | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 7. | Juniper's innocent! | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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Probe Woods on the seventh statement. O'Conner says the confession is about the truth, and that he still doesn't care about Juniper, but this is clearly not true. Hugh feels great happiness in the thought that he might help Juniper. Blackquill has returned, and already demands a verdict. There is still noise left, so you can continue the therapy.
Mood Matrix: Hugh O'Conner
| 1. | You won't believe this, but I used a body double! | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 2. | That wasn't the real me at the mock trial! | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 3. | That means I didn't almost lose! My body double did! | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 4. | I slipped out stealthily while my double took care of the trial. | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 5. | I had the run of the campus. | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 6. | In short, I'm the killer. | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 7. | Juniper's innocent! | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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Pinpoint happiness on the third statement. That's strange... he exhibited happiness during the entire testimony, except during this statement. O'Conner now claims that he actually was at the mock trial, but only just before the verdict, and that this is the reason that he didn't feel happy. No one could have seen him if he entered through the doors behind the screen. The people on the balconies could have easily seen him though. O'Conner then claims he went through the right door, and Prof. Courte was supposed to be on the left balcony. This is a lie, and to prove this, present the Lecture Hall diagram. The left balcony couldn't have been empty, because that was where Prof. Means was seated, but he doesn't seem to be lying about the left balcony being empty. O'Conner is asked to testify once more.
=Mood Matrix: Hugh O'Conner
| 1. | The second floor was deserted! | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 2. | Why won't you believe me?! It's true, I tell you! | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 3. | I went out through the back door without anyone noticing. | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 4. | Then, all I had to do... was go through the empty audio control room! | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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| 5. | It leads into the hallway. So I was perfectly capable of moving the body. | |||
Happiness
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Anger
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Sadness
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Surprise
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Pinpoint sadness on the fourth statement.