fourth trial

[stagemanagers]

[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.]

Comments

[holyspit]

Phantom. You- you keep saying you're doing this to fix things, to stop what happened to us happening to other people- does this actually look like it's fixing anything to you?! You're so focused on fixing the world or whatever, you're not trying to actually help people!

[inside_yourmind]

I've tried helping people before. There was a time when I would have never allowed this to happen.

I've learned better now.

[holyspit]

No you haven't! You've been hurt, you said you were! You're just letting that pain keep hurting you and others!

[Dude. Spinel liked you? That's got to mean something, he has to believe that. Maybe her message through Mephisto wasn't just for him...]

You can make a difference,
you can make things right.
You can make this better,
we don't have to fight!

[inside_yourmind]

Here in the Opera
Is that your game?
Offering false kindness

Here in the Opera
I know better
This won't be like before

[holyspit]

I've never lied,
That's not what I'm after!
Please open your eyes,
and start a new chapter!

Just try to listen,
just try to change,
don't let this chance slip away!

[inside_yourmind]

No one ever thought I was good enough, even when I tried to help people individually. Why would you be any kinder to me now?

[musacal]

What do you even mean by that?

[inside_yourmind]

I am not discussing this with you here.

[musacal]

...Fine.



































[ bitch. ]