fifth trial

[stagemanagers]

[When the investigation finishes, the lights begin to flicker on and off as that low, gentle rumble echoes through the opera house.

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

The court room looks just as it always has for you: the grand chandelier glittering above your heads, the dusty red velvet seats. In the orchestra pit your circle of wooden podiums are waiting. Jeremy and Steven's podiums are draped in black crepe with their grey scale 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. His tone is even, with none of the distraction or terse notes in the weeks before. He almost sounds curious for how this all will play out.]

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

[Gather your evidence and let's begin.]

Comments

[heathencall]

Hard enough to send him flying back and disrupt the angel.

[The fuck.]

Is he... invisible? [Magic? Wtf.]

[inside_yourmind]

I'm sorry to inform you that you did not break an entire granite statue with the force of your mighty blow.

[seriously]

Invisible? [...hm. Well.] Perhaps it is more like being present, without being physically present. Here, without being here in person.

[madgiganticfeelings]

...He's a ghost, then. Is he o-one of the people who died before?

[inside_yourmind]

...what?

[madgiganticfeelings]

The ghosts are here, probably! But their bodies aren't. So they're present, but not physically. Am, am I that off base?

[inside_yourmind]

There has never been evidence of ghost activity in this area of the opera house. I believe it may only occur outside of this space, though I haven't yet formed a theory as to the reason.

[musacal]

...Like a god or something?

[ IS HE A KAMI ]

[inside_yourmind]

[THAT...IS...a big ol' shrug from him, honestly!]

I find it very unclear at times.