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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.
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...
Edited 2021-06-12 17:30 (UTC)
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?
mcfife: angry (☀️with speed of light I'm to rise)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-12 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Then it's murder. One of us killed Mumble knowingly.
wanderlusttitania: (what has haPpEnEd)

[personal profile] wanderlusttitania 2021-06-12 05:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh God, who would do that!?
sugarlumps: (judging you)

[personal profile] sugarlumps 2021-06-12 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably a murderer.
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. ]