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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2021-06-12 12:00 pm
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First Trial

[As the investigation ends, you'll hear Hester's voice inviting you to the auditorium. As this happens, the twin doors on either side of the concession stand, across from the gym, will click open. You can enter on either side; both go to the same place.

When you enter the auditorium, it's dark. There's only the small lights along the walkway behind all the seats, just enough to illuminate where you're going. There's a central path between the seats, down towards where you know the stage must be. That's where you must be going, right? As you pass each row of seats, the lights at their ends flick on, marking your procession and slowly making more and more of the room visible. Shortly, you can see your destination: a circle of podiums stationed in the orchestra pit, below the lip of the darkened, curtained stage. They're all identical, labeled with a cast member's name, save for Mumble's, which is draped in black crepe and has a framed monochrome photo of him - Elijah Wood him - on top.

When you reach the podiums, the lights above the stage finally come on. It's time to meet the Wizard.

The mechanical head, with glowing green eyes, is installed above the stage and the still-closed curtain. Even if you were standing on the stage, it'd be well out of reach. It peers down at all of you, its motions fluid, and speaks with a booming, artificial-sounding voice:]


Welcome to your first trial, everyone. I am the Wizard. It's time to determine who was responsible for the murder of Mumble. Feel free to talk amongst yourselves and work together - you'll have to show teamwork if you want to leave this room alive.
alchemistake: (Plutonium)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-12 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, well that's good to know at least.]

So there was a half eaten frozen fish, which I assume Mumble was probably eating...and a lot of boxes tossed onto the floor.

[Which could indicate a struggle, but it could have been Mumble having trouble finding what he wanted. If he thinks himself to be a penguin, Varian would believe him struggling with hands...but after this long?

Hm.]


You had to go through the kitchen to get to the freezer, right? Did you see anything else?
sugarlumps: (Default)

[personal profile] sugarlumps 2021-06-12 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh, yeah. Someone just left, like, a bowl of melty ice-cream sitting in the sink or something. Like at least rinse that junk? They dropped a cup of tea or something too and didn't clean it up either.

[Nor did she actually clean it up, she's not a maid.]

They even, like, bled on the floor. In the kitchen. That's like a health code violation, I'm pretty sure.
themuseabandonsyou: (profile)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-12 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait, there was blood on the floor? Did it look like there'd been a fight?

[ Orpheus looks around at the rest of the people who showed up when the body was found. ]

Mumble didn't have any blood or wounds on him, did he?
mcfife: somber (☀️riding on the astral fire)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-12 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
No. He was...pale. Sweaty.

[He tried so hard and found nothing.]

His fingers...the tips of this fingers were blue.
themuseabandonsyou: (shattered)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-12 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you think... he froze to death? If - Lumpy Space Princess? [ oh, gods, is that really her name? ] found something in the freezer, then maybe--

[ Orpheus cuts himself off, shaking his head. No. No, no, no. ]
employeeoftheyear: (Give me a chance)

[personal profile] employeeoftheyear 2021-06-12 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[A thought pops up in Spongebob's mind. He's not sure if he wants to articulate this, but...]

Wait, if he froze to death

Does that even count as a murder?
samefacesyndrome: (46)

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-06-12 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
...If someone...

[ god wait no she doesn't actually want to finish this thought.

...

crap, okay, no she has to say it. ]


If s-someone... locked him in there on p-purpose... then it would.... p-probably...
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mayavericks: (The Star Soaring Down is But One)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-12 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Or.... Perhaps in his attempts to warm himself, he went too quickly and induced heart failure?
sugarlumps: (that sounds lame)

[personal profile] sugarlumps 2021-06-12 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Well that'd be dumb, why wouldn't he just leave the freezer.

[She did, it was super easy.]
employeeoftheyear: (Then I can finally say I've done it)

[personal profile] employeeoftheyear 2021-06-12 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[His face freezes in horror.]

W-what if.

What if someone was forcing the door closed?

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comeandfindme: (i'm giving control up)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-12 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Hypothermia confuses people. It makes you wander around in circles until you die.

[ Serious, firm, and almost distant. ]

He could’ve been locked in…and he wouldn’t know how to find a way out.
howtheworldwas: (pensive)

[personal profile] howtheworldwas 2021-06-12 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Eurydice is still next to Orpheus, holding his hand. He can probably feel her go very, very still. ]
defyingfrigidity: (too late to go back to sleep)

[personal profile] defyingfrigidity 2021-06-12 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Elsa looks... well. She's always pale, but she looks paler than usual at that.]

That's... how could he freeze to death in such a short time?
themuseabandonsyou: (looking down)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-12 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
If it's cold enough, it can take less than an hour. [ says Orpheus, hollowly. ] If he was in the freezer, then...
defyingfrigidity: (pic#7198551)

[personal profile] defyingfrigidity 2021-06-12 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Despite being a master at ice and snow magic, things like that are still a little hard for Elsa to understand. It makes a stone settle in her gut, too, thinking about how much she must have hurt everyone in the aftermath of her coronation...]

But he was bundled up, correct? Shouldn't that have helped?

[She didn't really think the freezer was that cold. Then again, she isn't really the best judge at that.]

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sugarlumps: (that sounds lame)

[personal profile] sugarlumps 2021-06-12 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah, pretty sure you can't, like, die from being frozen.

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comeandfindme: (press the pain and make it numb)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-12 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Next to Elsa, Peregrine has her hands balled on her podium.

They’re shaking. ]
themuseabandonsyou: (profile)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-12 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Orpheus is looking and sounding a little distant too, but as he looks over at Peregrine he seems to snap out of it, a bit, expression going concerned. ]

Um, are you - I know none of this is okay, but... [ He knows that look. ]

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I'm so sorry

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cw; more freezing stuff

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defyingfrigidity: (pic#13696048)

[personal profile] defyingfrigidity 2021-06-12 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[When Elsa starts feeling those old claws of anxiety digging into her chest, she's very aware of everything around her. All the movements, all the stares... she can feel all of it, so it only takes a moment for her to notice the way Peregrine's hands are shaking.

Slowly, enough so that Peregrine can see what Elsa is doing, the young woman reaches out and places her hand over Peregrine's.]


It's... it's going to be okay. [She doesn't really sound convinced, but... she has to say it. She has to help somehow.] I'm sorry if I brought up something that scared you.

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howtheworldwas: (pensive)

[personal profile] howtheworldwas 2021-06-12 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hollowly, not really looking at Elsa: ]

Depends on the conditions. How cold it is, how well you're dressed. At least they bundled him up.
defyingfrigidity: (pic#8859273)

[personal profile] defyingfrigidity 2021-06-12 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Why? To make it look like an accident?

[It makes sense, in a very morbid way, but Elsa's just... having a hard time processing all of this. The idea of murdering someone who's been a friend to them over these past few weeks? The idea of killing someone because of those pictures? She just. Doesn't get it.

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alchemistake: (Dubnium)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-12 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
There was blood?

[Oh thank god Varian didn't go in the kitchen, that would have been embarrassing.]

Was there a lot?
sugarlumps: (Default)

[personal profile] sugarlumps 2021-06-12 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Nah, just, like, a few drops? But whoever did it didn't try cleaning that up either, they just kinda rolled something through it.
samefacesyndrome: (7)

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-06-12 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
...Would the blood be from the murderer then?

Like maybe they knicked themselves or something and didn't notice...?
alchemistake: (Iodine)

Hand Check?

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-12 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
If there was only a few drops, then that sounds like it might be the case.

Do we want to check to see if anyone has any recent cuts on their hands? It couldn't hurt, at least.

[He's already pulling off his gloves to show that, well. They are cut, but none of the cuts are fresh. There are some scrapes and scratches from working, bruises from accidentally hammering his thumb, maybe an old burn scar or two.]

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Re: Hand Check?

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