BALAMB GARDEN JUDICIARY TRIBUNAL

SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE BETA (SICB)

Final Report

March 22

Subject(s): Quistis Trepe, Instructor #14

Seifer Almasy, SeeD Operative, Level 14

Transgression: Breach of inter-personal rules of conduct for SeeD's and faculty.

Verbal admission by the subjects of at least 200 incidences over the past year.

Assessment: Subjects are guilty as charged.

This committee recommends the following punitive actions:

-Immediate Removal of Quistis Trepe's Instructor's License

-Demotion of Seifer Almasy to Level 5 SeeD

rh/xh END REPORT

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Transcript of Audio Tape #11

Interview with Zell Dincht and Irvine Kinneas

March 22

"Fiona Elmeress, conducting interview with Mr. Dincht and Mr. Kinneas. Time is 9:31 A.M. Beginning interview."

*THUD*

FE: To begin with, are you both aware of the charges being pressed against you?

IK: You can press anything you want on me, babe.

FE: Stop winking at me, Mr. Kinneas.

ZD: Yeah, we're in enough shit already.

IK: Well, let's see, who's fault is that?

ZD: ...Squall's?

IK: Ha! You're the one who got 'im caught!

ZD: If he hadn't gone all crazy for a bit then this wouldn't have happened! It's HIS fault!

FE: Gentlemen! Please stop!

IK: Hehe...she called us gentlemen.

FE: Now...you're both accessories beyond any doubt...as shown by the tape.

IK: Hey now...I think the tape proves our innocence.

FE: What?

IK: You heard me.

ZD: Uh...yeah, he's right! Squall threatened us into staying quiet!

IK: We were unwilling in our crime.

FE: Uh-huh...so you're saying that you were forced into this?

IK: I bet Squall will tell you the same...oh, shit.

FE: Do you realize now why it's a little difficult to take your words?

ZD: When do you think they'll find him?

FE: We don't know, but we're hoping you two can help.

ZD: Sure!

IK: You bet! Soon as he gets back, we're off the hook!

FE: We'll see about that...now, what do you know about the break-out this morning?

ZD & IK: Well, it's...

(Both stop)

IK: You go first, Zell.

ZD: Ok. I was in a cell near Squall's, and at about 2 in the morning I was woken up by all this noise. Lot's of blasts, shouting, guns going off, all right near my cell. I looked out the door and all I say were Squall and Rinoa's backs as they charged out of the cell block.

FE: Anything you'd like to add, Mr. Kinneas?

IK: I think he covered it pretty good.

FE: So...this wasn't planned before hand?

IK: I don't think Squall even knew it was gonna happen...looks to me like Rinoa just decided to break him out on her own.

FE: Any idea where the two of them could be?

ZD: Squall's dad is the president of Esthar.

IK: And Rinoa's daddy is a big player in Galbadia. They might've fled to either place.

FE: Any idea what they might've done with Mr. Jervich?

IK: What?

ZD: Is he gone, too?

FE: Unfortunately, Mr. Jervich has disappeared. Guards report that the two escapees stopped near his dorm before leaving.

IK: Damn...

ZD: No, we don't know anything about that.

FE: Ok then...Thank you both anyway. Are you two enjoying your cells?

ZD: It's alright.

IK: Not at all.

FE: Good. I'll be back later.

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Transcript of Audio Tape #12

Personal Notes of Fiona Elmeress

March 22

"Well, I can understand why Mikel was so upset the past few days. This case is quite...hmm...interesting."

"Now that I've had to take over, it hasn't gotten any better. What am I supposed to say in these notes...? Oh yeah...summary of events..."

"After reading Leonhart's statement last night, Jervich ordered a search of Gordon Kayle's dorm. They were hard to find, but eventually they discovered some photographs of the Commander and a few other women in...umm...compromising situations. It appears that the Bouncing Turtle runs a lucrative prostitution business. Kinneas and Dincht admitted last night that all three of them were guilty of getting drunk and doing some foolish things. I guess Kayle saw a way of getting ahead of the other students with this information."

"At about two this morning Miss Heartilly broke her lover out of his cell. Apparently, her sorceress' powers are still quite alive and kicking. The two of them have disappeared and are now wanted for three more murders, seventeen counts of assault, and the kidnaping of Mikel Jervich."

"This is where it gets weird. They swung by Mikel's dorm on their escape out. A few minutes later, we got their, only to find it empty. Everything was undisturbed, Mikel was gone, and the only thing out of place were a few spent shotgun shells and some blood drippings. Surprisingly, the blood turned out to be Commander Leonhart's. He couldn't have been wounded badly, though, because he and Rinoa escaped shortly afterwards. We haven't found Mikel or his body yet, so we're assuming they have him. It's awfully uncertain, though. Rinoa might have zapped him into another dimension. Or maybe he just followed them, trying to get his suspect no matter what. I don't know."

"Anyway, we've notified the police of every major region, and nobody's seen hide nor hair of them. All we can do now is wait."

*BEEP*END TAPE

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