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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2021-06-19 11:34 am
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second 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. Elisabeth and Connor have joined Mumble in having theirs draped in black crepe and with a framed monochrome photo of them on top.

When you reach the podiums, the lights above the stage finally come on. the Wizard is once again waiting for you. Beside it Hester is slowly lowers in on her bubble. Her dress this week is a purple monstrosity, more akin to a voluminous prom dress than the simple outfits she usually wears.

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 second trial, everyone. It's time to determine who was responsible for the murder of Connor. Feel free to talk amongst yourselves and work together - you'll have to show teamwork if you want to leave this room alive.
employeeoftheyear: (Then I can finally say I've done it)

cw suicide dicussion

[personal profile] employeeoftheyear 2021-06-19 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
W-well, if Connor didn't know Evan, I have a hard time believing he'd make a suicide note to him, and not one of us... I... I guess that would mean he didn't ill himself, but someone else wanted it to look like one.

So I can only assume that whoever did this would be up for killing someone and making it look like a suicide as best as possible. Maybe someone who knew he killed himself earlier?

[He looks like he's going to cry explaining this why is he doing this.]
violentenvies: pixiv user 23494201 (95)

[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-19 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Then in that case, I'll ask you directly, and I expect a truthful answer.

Is this dried blood under your fingernails, and if so, where did it come from?
voicerights: (certainty. certainty.)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Melatonin takes time to act. Approximately 30 to 60 minutes.
mayavericks: (The Cogwheels Have Started to Turn)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-19 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
... You are right. My apologies.
mcfife: (🦄 of an ancient and powerful wizard)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-19 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
The nurse's office. He had to rest there. That's where Varian and LSP found the bottle.

[...]

It's because you have no faith in Jeremy, is it?
howtheworldwas: (thin lipped)

[personal profile] howtheworldwas 2021-06-19 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ yeah those suck ]

Yeah? Which options?
samefacesyndrome: (19)

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-06-19 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
If it was dissolved in water and given to him in a water bottle then he wouldn't know what he was being drugged.
voicerights: (where do you think this will lead?)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
You are not my human. But you may assume it is Connor's blood.
Edited 2021-06-19 19:09 (UTC)
samefacesyndrome: (76)

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-06-19 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ GO RIGHT AHEAD FARRAH GO GO GO ]
sugarlumps: (that sounds lame)

[personal profile] sugarlumps 2021-06-19 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
The SQUIP's super creepy though, don't sink to his level. You're a hot lady knight princess, you're supposed to be better than that.
comeandfindme: (🌲 barriers beware you're gonna shatter)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Peregrine’s just gonna cry into Maya’s arms, nbd. ]
mayavericks: (Going Higher)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-19 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Or... Perhaps someone who did not fully understand friendship, and made the mistake of assuming that Evan and Connor were close?
comeandfindme: (🌲 shatter it all)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She keeps shaking her head. She’s thrown the shirt with Connor’s blood on it away, horrified to even touch it. ]
mayavericks: (Of the Beast That Lies Within You)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-19 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's okay, Per. She's got you.]
voicerights: (do you see the confusion?)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[...]

Of breaking the system.
voicerights: (you don't know what will happen)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
No, and no.
voicerights: (and you don't know if you care)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[...]
violentenvies: vicious-mongrel @ tumblr (11 Or have you go)

[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-19 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I may assume. Then fine, I shall.

Shall I also assume, that, seeing Madame Elisabeth's situation last week, you sought to recreate the same kind of situation? It would be an easy way to cause several of us to make an assumption that it was Mademoiselle Peregrine that performed the act, and then forgot it due to the--ah, forgive me, I'm not quite as current on my terms, what did you call it? The trauma of it all?
howtheworldwas: (Default)

[personal profile] howtheworldwas 2021-06-19 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ……… ]

You owe me a favor, remember?
tellthestory: (♪ requiem ♫)

[personal profile] tellthestory 2021-06-19 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh, no. That seems totally fine with the Balladeer; he lets out a big relieved breath and closes his eyes, leaning heavily on the podium.

...which makes it odd, perhaps, when he continues the melody himself.]


If you try.
That's all you have to do.
brokeforgood: (farrah14)

[personal profile] brokeforgood 2021-06-19 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
It’s water. [She puts the cap back on and sets it down.]

Too bad, because I need a drink.
voicerights: (where do you think this will lead?)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I am bringing your attention to what matters. If you cannot prove without a doubt I did it, how can you be certain that you are not signing the death warrant of yourself and all your friends?
employeeoftheyear: (Give me a chance)

[personal profile] employeeoftheyear 2021-06-19 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
But he would have to have known about the letters still, right? There'd be no reason to print out a letter and not just leave it up on the computer if they didn't know about the letters.

... Right?

[HE'S STILL NEW TO THIS.]
voicerights: (do you see the confusion?)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Dissociative shock.

And were that the case, why would I have confirmed her innocence?

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