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

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Human minds are unreliable. There could have been a failure of neurotransmitters.
alchemistake: (Cadmium)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-19 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
...Thank you.

[He genuinely means that.]
brokeforgood: (farrah23)

[personal profile] brokeforgood 2021-06-19 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeaaaaahhhhhhhh, so about Evan Hansen....
comeandfindme: (take every weakness down to the floor)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
You're just going to dismiss it like that? You don't have all the data.
themuseabandonsyou: (looking down)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-19 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't. Why do that, instead of telling the rest of us? Why not try to treat his wounds? I don't really understand it, but something feels wrong here.
feudalladyshandmaid: (Drawn)

[personal profile] feudalladyshandmaid 2021-06-19 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Huh........ Interesting.]

Not even he should be petty enough to deny that.
comeandfindme: (🌲 i'm climbing up every wall)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Fuck you. Shut up.
comeandfindme: (Default)

cw: suicide discussion

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She breathes out. ]

...Thank you.
fourbutts: (25)

[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-19 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A very somber thumbs up. ]
howtheworldwas: (Default)

[personal profile] howtheworldwas 2021-06-19 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ that’s a lot. eurydice joins orpheus behind his podium, offering her hand and pressing a shoulder against his. it’s not much, but it’s what she can do right now. ]
disharmonizes: (111)

[personal profile] disharmonizes 2021-06-19 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, yes, that note. That one was typed up in the computer lab.
voicerights: (do you see the confusion?)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
No, but there is ample amount to analyze probabilities. Unless there is information being withheld at this point - which I will not dismiss - I cannot ignore the possibility of it being a suicide.
comeandfindme: (🌲 shatter it all)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
...It's used to sleep. [ ... ] Melatonin's used to sleep. Not anything else.

[ ... ]

He just...wanted to sleep.
brokeforgood: (farrah33)

cw: suicide discussion

[personal profile] brokeforgood 2021-06-19 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
The note was on the computer, in the computer lab too.

I don’t think— it didn’t sound like him.
mcfife: (🦄 cross the mighty river Tay)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-19 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
That is the chemical potion one takes to fall asleep, is it not? [They got medicine in Fantasy Scotland. They just have medical wizards.] It could have helped him to...relax.

[Angus doesn't like this line of thinking.]
comeandfindme: (barriers beware you're gonna shatter)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
You know him? ...Connor never talked about him.
fourbutts: (14)

[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-19 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Which is why they're chomping at the bit to come forward right now, right? Because they feel super safe in the knowledge that they totally didn't kill him?
feudalladyshandmaid: (Drawn)

[personal profile] feudalladyshandmaid 2021-06-19 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Cassandra's here at her podium, sword clutched tightly in one hand, her eyes adrift. From the others in here, to the floating wizard head, to Hester hanging above them.

Then, the pictures set up around them. Hm.

She has no evidence to present, but she's here. And she'll be here for the rest of the trial, standing guard.
]
alchemistake: (Silver)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-19 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
There was a half drunk bottle of water left behind in there too.

Do you think he might have stayed there a while? Instead of coming back to the dorm to sleep?
samefacesyndrome: (23)

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-06-19 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Rina looks up for a moment, over at Janis. Her face is... well, it's Rina's face. It's as blank as ever. But there's something in her eyes that makes it feel very different. Less light than usual.

She nods. ]


Thank you, Janis-san...
voicerights: (do you feel the commotion?)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
If you insist.

[It'll just casually lean on its podium, then, and observe]
comeandfindme: (push into the fear until it shatters)

mods

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Would we even be here if it was?! [ She turns to the Wizard. ] Hey, asshole! Would we?!
mcfife: side eye (☀️no return forevermore)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-19 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you uncover something?
themuseabandonsyou: (shattered)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-19 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Orpheus slides his hand into Eurydice's and squeezes it gently. His own hands are a bit raw. He spent a lot of time washing them after... everything. ]
violentenvies: pixiv user 23494201 (95)

[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-19 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Then why not come out and say it? And why bother washing away the blood, then simply leaving him?

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