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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 where it came from)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Say it, and I will allow you to strike once at me.
comeandfindme: (strike!)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-12 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... ]

I was not responsible for Mumble's death.

[ Her voice is even. She's angry...but to the SQUIP's keen sense of observation? She seems to be telling the truth. ]
voicerights: (do you feel the commotion?)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[To that? It nods, and to Maya-] I am satisfied. The rest of you should be as well. [Back to Pegerine] Now, or later?
Edited 2021-06-12 19:13 (UTC)
comeandfindme: (barriers beware you're gonna shatter)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-12 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her fists are balled and she starts to leave her podium, but— ]

...Later. We have a job to do here.
voicerights: (where do you think this will lead?)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Another nod. If it's worried or upset at all, it's impossible to tell - or if it's even capable of experiencing such emotion. For now it returns its attention to the rest of the group, as serene as it was before]
sugarlumps: (I'm the best)

[personal profile] sugarlumps 2021-06-12 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[An empty soda bottle sails through the air at the SQUIP's head from a few podiums away.]

I didn't kill him either.
voicerights: (it builds just from a feeling)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-12 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[BONK]

The agreement was not with you!
sugarlumps: (judging you)

[personal profile] sugarlumps 2021-06-12 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
You didn't say it wasn't, though.
brokeforgood: (Farrah32)

[personal profile] brokeforgood 2021-06-12 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
KOBE!