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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.
comeandfindme: (drop down into the beast that you become)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-12 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I know how hypothermia works!! [ She snaps at him. The calm voice isn't helping much. ]
voicerights: (you don't know where it came from)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Intimately, by your behavior.

[Don't mind it staring straight at her]
voicerights: (but then your need turns dire)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
You are defensive. [Matter-of-fact] Which is in line with your standard towards me - but are you upset from personal experience, or something else?

[Rhetorical question. By all appearances? It already knows the answer. It may just want her to say as much, herself.]
comeandfindme: (why did i trust her?)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-12 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Just what are you implying?

[ Peregrine growls through her teeth. ]
voicerights: (where do you think this will lead?)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[no response. thank Angus?]
mayavericks: (Is a Step Closer to my Dream)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-12 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Enough.

[Wow, someone managed to draw her attention away from the wizard!]

This is not the time to pick at one another. Our lives are on the line. And if we know anything, we know that Mumble would want us to carry on.
voicerights: (where do you think this will lead?)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
How else am I to procure the data required? [It blinks serenely at Maya]
mayavericks: (Do Not Be At The Mercy)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-12 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
If your data is so integral, at least wait until the opportune moment.
mcfife: (🦄 of an ancient and powerful wizard)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-12 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
This does not serve Jeremy, nor does it lead us closer to Mumble's killer.

[No emotion, he's simply speaking a command to a robot.]
voicerights: (it starts with almost nothing)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[See, that...that catches its attention. It looks at Angus for a long moment...then back forwards, away from Peregrine]
disharmonizes: (063)

[personal profile] disharmonizes 2021-06-12 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[A paper airplane's just gonna fly at the SQUIP, then. Heads up.]

Later.

[he sounds kind of legit annoyed]
violentenvies: (96)

[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-12 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
For once, I'm inclined to agree. This is incredibly uncouth and unnecessary.
sugarlumps: (judging you)

I'm so sorry

[personal profile] sugarlumps 2021-06-12 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Ew, don't make this a lumping sex thing, that's creepy.
voicerights: (but then you feel the fire)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hey, look, everyone, the SQUIP is showing emotion!

It's disgust.]