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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2020-08-01 11:54 am
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fourth trial

[When the investigation finishes, the lights begin to flicker on and off as that low, gentle rumble echoes through the opera house. Again for those investigating the grounds the outdoor lights illuminating the still night flicker to get their attention.

Your intermission is ending. Please return to your trial room.

The court room looks just as it did before: the grand chandelier glittering above your heads, the dusty red velvet seats. In the orchestra pit your circle of wooden podiums are waiting. Angus, Riley and Shilo's podiums are draped in black crepe with their greyscale funerary portraits, just like your friends before them. The ghost light glows softly behind the podiums.

The curtain is closed, waiting to open when a decision has been reached and the execution can commence.

When everyone is in their places, the Phantom's voice echoes loud and clear through the theatre from his place in box 5. He still sounds distracted, just as he was for his other public appearance this week, like there are other things weighing on his mind.]


You must now determine who was responsible for the death of Shilo Wallace. Submit your vote on the podiums when you are certain of your choice.

[Gather your evidence and let's begin.]
likemypicture: (Cause I'm a playa)

[personal profile] likemypicture 2020-08-01 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
They were on her upper back-- about here. [She turns to demonstrate on her own body, just below her shoulderblades.]

I was just a little taller than her at the party... She must have been about 5'1? [annes performance boots are TALL]
37773972: (and i don't think i'll escape)

[personal profile] 37773972 2020-08-01 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[He picks up the weeding fork, looking it over and thinking]

...can I ask someone to help me something?
madgiganticfeelings: (frozen)

[personal profile] madgiganticfeelings 2020-08-01 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh, sure, I can...

[What's the hypothesis, dad?]
37773972: (the more i can't explain it)

[personal profile] 37773972 2020-08-01 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, perfect.]

Did they ever make you watch '12 Angry Men', Christine?
madgiganticfeelings: (call time)

[personal profile] madgiganticfeelings 2020-08-01 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
That one about the jury? I remember a bit of it. What does that have to do with stabbing...?
37773972: ('cause i can't feel)

[personal profile] 37773972 2020-08-01 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a part where they re-enact what might have happened. I want you to help me do that.

[He offers her the tool]

Turn it so the forks aren't pointing at me-[obviously]-and do it slow. [He's already turning his back. Maybe Shilo's closer to Christine's height than his own, but they should at least be able to get an idea, and if they adjust for height...they might be able to narrow things down]
madgiganticfeelings: (call time)

[personal profile] madgiganticfeelings 2020-08-01 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Christine feels... very uncomfortable holding the weapon that someone more than likely killed Shilo with, but she dutifully walks forward, up to Stephen. She slowly turns the tool around and slowly swings it to see where it lands on Stephen's back. She's a little shorter than the other teens, but...]
heathencall: (Default)

[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-01 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's just kinda observing. Curious, if a little disturbed.]

Shouldn't this be the other way around?
37773972: ('cause i'm not waking up)

[personal profile] 37773972 2020-08-01 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I've got more back than she does. [Justification!!! Really!!] We can adjust from here.
heathencall: (Default)

[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-01 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
If we use her, though, we get a far better look at the exact trajectory of a full strike. To pierce her deeply enough for a mortal wound would take a lot of force to generate, I would think.

Less guesswork.
37773972: (is this real?)

[personal profile] 37773972 2020-08-01 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just...looks at Christine...to see if she's okay with it...]
madgiganticfeelings: (sitzprobe)

[personal profile] madgiganticfeelings 2020-08-01 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Honestly, being in that position seems a bit easier to her. Only problem is a dramatic death scene would be in poor taste. She hands over the tool.]

I'm fine with that too. Just uh, don't make us do a trial inside a trial.
37773972: (i'll escape)

[personal profile] 37773972 2020-08-01 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
There's a reason I asked you to turn it over. [Blunt edge only!

...now it's his turn to feel creeped out. He looks at it, takes a breath, and then- ok, if he was gonna stab someone- he'd do it like this, maybe?

Tap.]
garbageface: (watch)

[personal profile] garbageface 2020-08-01 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
So do we all take a turn to see if we’re the right height to stab someone?

[ ugh what a weird sentence ]
heathencall: (Default)

[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-01 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
It can't hurt.

[Unless someone uses the wrong end.

... Maybe it can hurt a little.]
madgiganticfeelings: (call time)

[personal profile] madgiganticfeelings 2020-08-01 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you think I'm close enough to her height to be a good match?
37773972: (i'll escape)

[personal profile] 37773972 2020-08-01 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know. The fact this thing's so big- it's hard to get an idea on how they held it. I'm not sure this was such a useful idea, after all.
madgiganticfeelings: (call time)

[personal profile] madgiganticfeelings 2020-08-01 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
...I'm sorry, Stephen. I wish I could have thought of something.

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justmeheere: (and there are voices all around)

[personal profile] justmeheere 2020-08-01 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, but like. I still think that's. That's making a really weird assumption about how, uh. [He gestures vaguely.] How you even make wounds with that thing.
garbageface: (nail file)

[personal profile] garbageface 2020-08-01 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, how would you make a wound with that thing?
justmeheere: (and there are voices in my head)

[personal profile] justmeheere 2020-08-01 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
It's bent. You'd have to swing it sideways to make. To hit someone's back? And it's so long, like. They would absolutely see you? Even from behind?

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musacal: (19)

[personal profile] musacal 2020-08-01 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
It is a rather strange murder weapon, isn't it?

[ Hmmm... ]

Wait, there was an area in the barn cleaned right? Meaning the murder probably happened there, yes?
madgiganticfeelings: (frozen)

[personal profile] madgiganticfeelings 2020-08-01 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd assume that that would have been where the murder was... what with them cleaning up the blood.

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heathencall: (Default)

[personal profile] heathencall 2020-08-01 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
You are correct, yes.

[He has a horrible feeling he knows where this is going]

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justmeheere: (and there are voices in my head)

[personal profile] justmeheere 2020-08-01 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
.......... Wait. What way were the two, uh, wounds? Oriented.