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Overview Professor Oddenstein is accused by Ernest of unlawfully turning him into a chicken.
Release date 1 September 2010
Length Short
Parties involved
Items used Case Report 1 Case Report 2 Magnifying glass (Court Cases) Crime scene viewing orb
Experience 10,000 in any combat skill
Reward 100 feathers, 15 red feathers, 15 yellow feathers, 15 blue feathers, 20 raw bird meat and 1 Mystery box

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Prosecution[]

To successfully prosecute Professor Oddenstein, follow these steps before entering the courtroom:

  • Read through the two case reports.
  • Interview Ernest, located in the courthouse. Ask him about the Laboratory.
  • Interview Professor Oddenstein, located in the courthouse. Ask him about the machine.
  • Optional: Interview Ava, located in Draynor Manor. Ask her about the Chicken incident.
  • Optional: Interview Veronica, located outside Draynor Manor. Go through all the chat options.
  • Use the viewing orb to get to the crime scene.
  • Use the magnifying glass on the machine and feather. Investigate the sack to find chickenfeed. Use the magnifying glass on it.
  • Analyse the fingerprints. Select and confirm a match with Professor Oddenstein's print.
  • Leave the crime scene.

Then go into the courtroom below. Follow these steps:

  • Present the fingerprint as evidence. This will only be successful if the print was identified.
  • Optional: Present the Pouletmorph Machine as evidence. Say "It's the professor's top-secret project."
  • Optional: Present the feather as evidence. "This feather was found on the Defendant."
  • Call Professor Oddenstein to the stand. Talk about "The machine." Then ask him "Why is it called a "'Pouletmorph Machine'?"
  • Call Ernest to the stand. Talk about "The laboratory." Then ask him "Did Professor Oddenstein talk to you about his work?"
  • Optional: Call Ava to the stand. Talk about "The chicken incident." Then ask her whether she saw a chicken.
  • Direct the closing statement at the young woman.

Defence[]

To successfully defend Professor Oddenstein, follow these steps before entering the courtroom:

  • Read through the two case reports.
  • Optional: Interview Ernest, located in the courthouse. Ask him about the "Chicken incident." Optional: Go through the rest of the chat options.
  • Optional: Interview Professor Oddenstein, located in the courthouse. Go through all the chat options.
  • Optional: Interview Ava, located in Draynor Manor. Go through all the chat options.
  • Optional: Interview Veronica, located just outside Draynor Manor gate entrance. Go through all the chat options.
  • Use the viewing orb to get to the crime scene.
  • Use the magnifying glass on the machine, the feather, and the sack.
  • Analyse the fingerprints. Select and confirm a match with Professor Oddenstein's print.
  • Leave the crime scene.

Then go into the courtroom below. Follow these steps:

  • Present the fingerprint as evidence. This will only be successful if the print was identified.
  • Present the feather as evidence. Say "No feathers were found on Ernest."
  • Present the Pouletmorph machine as evidence. Say "Chicken-related, clearly, but not dangerous."
  • Optional: Call Veronica to the stand. Ask her about the "Chicken incident." Then ask her, "What was Ernest like as a chicken?"
  • Optional: Call Ernest to the stand. Ask him about the "Chicken incident." Then request that he, "Tell us about being a chicken."
  • Optional: Call Ava to the stand. Ask her about "Science." Then ask her, "What kind of experiments has the Professor done?"
  • Direct the closing statement at the elderly gentleman.

Rewards[]

Ernest v. Professor Oddenstein reward

Trivia[]

  • Unlike most of the court cases, the plaintiff (Ernest) is listed vs. the defendant (Professor Oddenstein). Most of them are listed the other way around. Strangely, it is traditional in real court cases to list in the order this one does (Plaintiff vs. Defendant) making the majority of court cases in RuneScape listed backwards.
  • When defending and you call Ernest to the stand and ask him that he tells you about being a chicken, and he responds that he never actually remembers being a chicken, your character criticises him and makes a reference to the quest Forgettable Tale....
  • While talking to Veronica about her marriage with Ernest, she tells the player that it was delayed due to Ernest getting himself into trouble. In one incident before being turned into a chicken, Ernest got trapped in a Daemonheim dungeon because he forgot he had the door key in his pocket. Ernest the Chicken was released about 9 years before Daemonheim.
  • No one makes mention of the player being involved in the events that changed Ernest back.
  • When the defence interviews Ava, she refers to Occam's razor in relation to the Pouletmorph machine. This is an logical argument made in philosophy and science that says if two theories can both explain something equally well, then the simpler of the two is preferred, as many more complex explanations for things could possibly exist. In this case, Ava seeing a stray chicken is a simpler explanation than Ernest being turned into one by the machine.
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