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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.
comeandfindme: (🌲 barriers beware you're gonna shatter)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oops missed this—

She shakes her head frantically. ]


No!! N-no, I didn’t—! I didn’t kill him!
voicerights: (all I would need is certainty.)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
She is telling the truth.

[Quietly]
feudalladyshandmaid: (Unsure)

[personal profile] feudalladyshandmaid 2021-06-19 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[She hears it, over the crying and the fraying emotion.]

You can tell?

[She wants to believe it. Peregrine doesn't deserve this.]
mayavericks: (Of the Beast That Lies Within You)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-19 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Strange, for a unit as bent on logic as you.

[She's just going to focus on... hugging Peregrine for real this time, but --]

Why are you so certain?
voicerights: (where do you think this will lead?)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
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: (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.]
defyingfrigidity: (too late to go back to sleep)

[personal profile] defyingfrigidity 2021-06-19 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Elsa is quick to put a hand on Peregrine's shoulder, as a comforting gesture rather than anything firm. She's not trying to shake Peregrine out of it, just. Support her.]

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you did! But perhaps you saw something that you can't remember? Something that someone else did?
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. ]