The Science of Deduction, Friday - 9/10

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Today, the class was left a note to meet in the Danger shop instead of the normal classroom. Because someone had been given the chance to recreate a crime scene for the students without all those pesky little details about child endangerment and contaminating evidence.

The room was empty save for a woman in an alarming shade of pink from head to toe. She lay prone, face down and unmoving on the floor.

"One of my more recent cases," Sherlock said in lieu of greeting the class. "Suicide. In a manner of speaking. Like this woman, three others before her had gone to a place they had no known reason to be and taken the exact same poison. No signs of force, they've clearly taken the pill, chewed and swallowed it all on their own. Serial suicides according to the police."

He stepped around the body with the care of someone accustomed to crime scenes. "Unlike the previous three, this one has left a note scratched into the floor as she died. R-A-C-H-E was carved into the wood with her fingernails." One might take note at the chipped, worn down appearance of what had once been perfectly manicured nails on the hand next to the letters.

"Your task is to pair off and ascertain as much about the scene as you can manage," Sherlock informed them, pulling out his phone to check it for messages. "And for anyone who may have discovered my colleague's blog, you will need to explain your reasoning for each step. Doctor Watson left a number of the important details out in his attempt to make it more--" He sighed. "--romantic."

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Sign In

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On your phone.

Re: Sign In

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

Princess Ariel

Wait Outside the Room

[3patchproblem.livejournal.com]

And talk. Or whatever it is you children do.

Re: Wait Outside the Room

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce stood outside the room and did his best to not seem excited that a class on deduction was taking place in the Danger Shop. It didn't take a detective to figure out that they'd be working some kind of crime scene.

Okay, maybe it did, but it wouldn't have to be a great detective or anything.

Re: Wait Outside the Room

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

Will had yet to experience the Danger Shop, so really he had no idea what was in store. Which only meant he was mentally running through a list of possible reasons for the class meeting elsewhere.

Re: Wait Outside the Room

[onlymistaken]

Cally was curious about the room itself; she hadn't thought holographic technology existed this early. As she waited, she was scanning the safety instructions posted outside the door - which began and ended with "Do not disengage Danger Room safety protocols. That would be bad."

Re: Wait Outside the Room

[mania-endless.livejournal.com]

Oh, a room. Maybe the professor had candy hidden there? Or a dead woman, she was optimistic on her options.

Re: Wait Outside the Room

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

James spent his time rocking on his heels, looking impatient.

He was actually observing his classmates, taking notice of quirks. Shhh.

Examine the Scene

[3patchproblem.livejournal.com]

Where the pairs might notice the details (http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/4664/sherlocks1e1studyinpinkk.jpg) of the woman's (http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7169/sherlocks1e1studyinpink.jpg) jewelry (http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/7169/sherlocks1e1studyinpink.jpg) and her (http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7169/sherlocks1e1studyinpink.jpg) legs (http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/8398/sherlocks1e1studyinpinkf.jpg).

Or the full picture (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg-GD0pcfZY).

Re: Examine the Scene

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce didn't wait for a partner before bending down to check the scene. It was much less gruesome than the scene he saw in Rapture, but it was also much more interesting.

He immediately bent down to investigate the scratches the woman made in the floor.

[OOC: AFK all Friday. But I'm around for another hour tonight and Saturday if you don't mind SP!]

Re: Examine the Scene

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

Will was, at first, distracted by the existence of the room itself. The possibility of a staged crime scene had occured to him, but a classroom would still look like a classroom... except this didn't. In fact, it appeared to occupy a much larger physical space than should have been possible.

As fascinating as the Danger Shop itself was, he forced himself to focus on the task at hand, as well as looking around to see if anyone needed a partner.

Re: Examine the Scene

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Wesley was just going to hang back until he got a partner. Not that he was scared or anything. Definitely not. At all.

But a partner would be nice.

Re: Examine the Scene

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Frowning as she looked at the scene with what she felt was a critical eye, Ariel tapped her chin and wondered if she should feel back that the most concrete thing she was coming up with was that the woman's dress was kind of cute and it was a shame she had to go and commit suicide in it.

Re: Examine the Scene

[ancientbschamp.livejournal.com]

Xena, Gabrielle suspected, would have figured this out by now; she probably would have been able to walk into the room, take one look at the scene, and reel off the solution. (Gabrielle's estimation of her totally platonic really best friend was incredibly high. But not always unreasonably so.)

But without Xena around, it looked like she was left to her own devices. As far as deaths she'd seen, this one was less outright gruesome than most, but the circumstances were strange enough to still send a shiver creeping along her spine.

She probably should have looked for a partner first, but her curiosity had already gotten the better of her and she was kneeling beside the body, looking for clues like Xena had taught her to do . . . and wishing they made more sense within her realm of experience.

Re: Examine the Scene

[notmyownage]

Claudia . . . had totally read the blog about this one. What? It was some of the only not redacted information she could get on the teacher. It read like a love letter a bad mystery novel.

She figured if the guy was as smart as he claimed, he'd've figured out by their conversation last week that she'd be hunting down whatever she could find on him online, so she decided to keep an eye out for stuff that hadn't been included in the blog.

And, you know, how the guy could tell there was a pink suitcase missing.

Re: Examine the Scene

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Almost posed. Obvious. James examined her hands and legs to see how fit she was. Lots of jewelry...wedding band, too?

Talk to the TAs

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When they ping in. ORPHANS

Re: Talk to the TAs

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

William was there and totally not emulating his teacher with regards to the fact that he was poking at his own mobile phone. He was still just... figuring out the technology, okay?

Re: Talk to the TAs

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Bruce was also there although the player might not be today. His phone was in his pocket and his attention was on the scene.

Good luck trying to get help from him today!

Talk to the Teacher

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He was there and actually looking interested! It was possibly due to the crime and not the students.

Re: Talk to the Teacher

[screwyoumarvel]

Steve decided it would be a good idea to stop by after Sherlock's class and see how his teaching buddy was settling in, and if there was anything he could do for him like drag him out of the library before Jono punched his face. He rapped his knuckles on the door frame and asked, "How's it going?"

OOC

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Beer me, Nick. Beer me.

Ping here if you have questions!

Re: OOC

[shes-got-legs.livejournal.com]

I HAVE A QUESTION.

YOUR FACE, WHY IS IT SO MUCH LIKE A WHORE?

Re: OOC

[willbethenight.livejournal.com]

Consider yourself beered!

As opposed to beard. That one would make no sense in context.

Re: OOC

[faithandscience.livejournal.com]

WHO PUT THE BOP IN THE BOP SHU BOP SHU BOP?