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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.
voicerights: (you don't know what will happen)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
You would not understand what you are seeing.

[But it opens it up. There is a bottle of red liquid pictured upon it.]
Edited 2021-06-12 18:30 (UTC)
mcfife: heroic (Now it's time to)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-12 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[HE SURE DOESN'T GET IT YET.]

Thank you. We have confirmation.
voicerights: (it starts with almost nothing)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[GIVE IT TIME

just gonna fold it back up and replace it in its chest pocket]
brokeforgood: (farrah65)

[personal profile] brokeforgood 2021-06-12 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
You must have been wearing all white. [Look. She's back to herself.]
voicerights: (do you feel the commotion?)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[oh are we doing this, girl it sighs, briefly glancing towards the ceiling in a very human-like gesture]

It is my deactivation trigger.
brokeforgood: (farrah62)

[personal profile] brokeforgood 2021-06-12 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
That sounds less catastrophic than red kool-aid on a pair of white pants.
voicerights: (but then your need turns dire)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[It narrows its eyes slightly.]

It would imply I am no longer necessary, or my user was somehow deceived. And considering it went out of mass production years ago, there is no logical way for him to have obtained it.