second trial

[stagemanagers]

[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.

Comments

VOTING

[stagemanagers]

Instead of fighting amongst yourselves, why don't you vote for who's responsible for the death of Connor Murphy?

[write-in votes for Evan Hansen are acceptable]

[mayavericks]

[Well... since Peregrine is occupied and not with Maya, she'll head back to her podium. At least this time, she doesn't have to think. She can slam her hand down on the right button easily.]

>Most Likely to Make a Comeback

[Ominous name, all things considered.]

[samefacesyndrome]

[ Well she's still over here sandwiched between Varian and Farrah so uh. Yeah, Big Sis Squad you know what to do. ]

[fourbutts]

[ she's got u girl

Slams that SQUIP button!!! But gently. For Rina. ]

[samefacesyndrome]

[ bless u Janis ]

[mcfife]

[He can't shake off the terrible feeling that he's also responsible for this.

Angus presses in his answer slowly and carefully.]

The SQUIP

[fourbutts]

Shut up, boomer.

[ but she will slam that SQUIP button on her podium. ]

[mayavericks]

[Heart eyes. She's so hot when she's sassy.]

Re: VOTING

[employeeoftheyear]

[He lets go of Discord to go vote.

He didn't want to rely on others to do stuff for him again.]

>Most Likely to Make a Comeback

[brokeforgood]

[Farrah SLAMS that Squip button with her fist. Then pushes it a bunch more times.]

[alchemistake]

[Varian's like...still crying- not openly, but you know that crying you do when you're trying to hold it in and you're just breathing weird? yeah, that- because just. Damn.

He feels guilty for actually feeling bad for the SQUIP. He doesn't crave its death. He just wishes this never happened.

So instead of punching the button, he does so with silent resignation.]

>Most Likely to Make a Comeback

[howtheworldwas]

[ Eurydice’s podium is right next to the SQUIP’s. She’ll take a long, steely look at it before pressing the button. ]

Most Likely to Make a Comeback

[violentenvies]

[Once Salieri manages to extract himself from LSP, he'll walk back over to his podium as quickly as he can muster, and without hesitation, press down his button for The SQUIP]

[sugarlumps]

[Once she's peeled herself off Salieri and sufficiently dried her tears-]

>SQUIP
>SQUIP
>SQUIP
>SQUIP
>SQUIP
>SQUIP-

[LSP is just repeatedly slamming the button, even if there's only a response the first time. It's cathartic, in a really pathetic way.]

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Once Cassandra's guided Peregrine back to her podium, and returned to her own...]

If anyone needs me to vote for them, I will.

[As it stands, she's doing this one herself.

>Most Likely to Make a Comeback.

She's tired, righteously infuriated on top of that. It's that burst of adrenaline that's still keeping her going.]

[voicerights]

[Of note?

The SQUIP is not voting at all. Sorry, busy talking to the Wizard.]

[disharmonizes]

[Well, this is an extremely easy one, isn't it!]

>Most Likely to Make a Comeback

[comeandfindme]

[ Cassandra helps Peregrine back to her podium. She stands there, and with Rina’s empty she can quite easily look over to Connor’s, draped in black.

She shivers. Only now she remembers she’s still just in a sports bra and pants. Gathering up her cloak, she wraps it around herself. Connor’s blood has stained the deerskin liner, but she can barely think about that right now. All she thinks is it’s from him, it was a gift.

She slams down a button on her podium. ]

> Most Likely To Make A Comeback

[ And then she wraps her arms around herself. With the cloak, maybe she can pretend it’s Connor giving her a hug. She knows that’s a little silly, she doesn’t know if he’d do it— and later, that will plague her, thinking about others projecting onto Connor, the lies that apparently hurt him after death (death, oh, Connor)—

But right now, she’s selfish. Maybe…a lot of the time, she’s selfish. ]

[defyingfrigidity]

[This is.... it's less conflicting than what happened with Sissi and Mumble. This was intentional. Intentional in such a terrible way when someone needed help. It should be so easy to vote for the SQUIP...

... But she thinks of Sissi's "execution". That disgusting farce. She wouldn't wish that on ANYONE, not even a cold-blooded murderer. Is it really fair to the SQUIP, to put it through that sort of macabre show?

If she doesn't, though... everyone else will die. She can't let that happen. So with a heavy sigh, Elsa pushes the button.]

>The SQUIP

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[Cassandra thought about suggesting that she sit out voting again, that she handle it for her, just like the first time. It would be so easy to just... do it for everyone she cared about.

But... seems that Elsa decided to do it herself. Could she say something? Would it help?

Probably not now. Later, then.]