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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.
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[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-19 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[he frowns, considering this]

So washing away the blood could have been symbolic for them somehow, in some terrible way? A way to atone for what they'd done?
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[personal profile] defyingfrigidity 2021-06-19 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Possibly. Or perhaps it was simply a way to clean away the evidence.

[Elsa just shakes her head. She knows waffling like this is no help at all, but it's just... still hard to comprehend.]

It's terribly hard to get into the mind of someone who would do something like this. I could... I could understand last week. It was easy to see how that could be an accident. But if someone was involved with this, I can't see it being other than intentional.
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[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-19 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree. There are too many pieces here that don't add up to a deliberate choice on Monsieur Connor's part.