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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.
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[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-12 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[as Varian comes his way and bumps into him a little, Salieri will gently turn him back around towards the podium, and act willingly like a bumper if he continues pacing]

Poison could certainly have been a possibility....As for the scarf, could it have been something the other person was wearing first, perhaps?
Edited 2021-06-12 19:04 (UTC)
mcfife: blank (☀️so hail to you)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-12 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
They might have worn it to lure him into the freezer, if that is what you are implying.
violentenvies: (18)

[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-12 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed. Perhaps under the guise of going in there with him for something.
mcfife: (🦄 darkness enfolds)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-12 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Their hair would have had to have been at least shoulder-length to get caught, likely even longer than that.
alchemistake: (Xenon)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-12 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm wondering if the scattered boxes aren't evidence of a struggle instead of just someone leaving a mess behind. The- [Varian mimes fins with his hands, he will NOT say the f-word in front of Spongebob.] -was half-eaten, like Mumble was interrupted.

And like...I'm pretty sure none of us would have eaten that, right?
violentenvies: qu-r @ tumblr (08 Well if you wanted honesty)

[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-12 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
No one except him, as far as I know.

Then that would lead to a higher possibility that Mumble was attacked. Perhaps that's how the mug was smashed?
mayavericks: (With Your Pride On the Line)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-12 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
If it was a fight, then there is a chance the wounds that occurred did not happen on someone's hands. Rather -- perhaps their arms, legs, or feet?

[Is it time for our first strip search?]
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[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-12 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
That is true. They might have been cut elsewhere, if there was a struggle.
alchemistake: (Erbium)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-12 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought that could be, but wouldn't there be more blood if there was a fight of some kind? Maybe not if they didn't have any weapons, but...
sugarlumps: (that sounds lame)

[personal profile] sugarlumps 2021-06-12 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Why would they put their own scarf on a dead guy? That'd be super creepy.
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[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-12 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I would assume because they were in a hurry and could not find what they needed. That, and perhaps there wasn't enough warm-looking clothes for two.
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[personal profile] sugarlumps 2021-06-12 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
There's tons of clothes in that room though?
yourattention: (all you need is)

[personal profile] yourattention 2021-06-12 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[stops disassociating for two seconds]

Loop it around the neck to keep someone still.
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[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-12 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Salieri pales at that idea]

I...yes. That is certainly a possibility.
alchemistake: (Darmstadtium)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-12 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh that is a terrible thought.]

Do you think Mumble could have been bruised by something like that, though? I know scarves are soft, but I think he'd have struggled hard enough that someone would really need to pull it tight...
employeeoftheyear: (Then I can finally say I've done it)

[personal profile] employeeoftheyear 2021-06-12 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
W... what if he was already starting to suffer from hypothermia...?
yourattention: (re-in-ven-tion)

[personal profile] yourattention 2021-06-12 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
No, you're thinking strangling. I'm saying like, um. Janis? Can you. So I can demonstrate.

[we've showed up and we're getting cursed]
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[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-12 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Deadpan: ]

If you kill me in the middle of the trial for another murder, I'm haunting the shit out of you.

[ But anyway, she steps over. ]
yourattention: (thanks for every note you send)

[personal profile] yourattention 2021-06-12 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't wanna die that bad. But okay, so you loop and then hold but don't pull.

[He pretends to do so, holding fairly close to her neck.]

It won't strangle, but they can't move that much. Useful if you're trying to fight someone bigger than you.
alchemistake: (Caesium)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-12 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmh...I guess that's a real possibility, then. They wouldn't have been trying to kill him that way, but just to keep him still...

[But to do what after that? Something else had to have happened since he had no visible wounds on him.]