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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.
mcfife: thoughtful (☀️to realms beyond space)

cw: suicide note

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-19 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Angus arrives with a bundle of clothing in his arms, which he solemnly rests on the podium. From his pocket, he retrieves a pill bottle.]

These were in one of the lockers. Connor's clothes from yesterday, this bottle, and this. [He slides out a folded piece of paper and opens it up, revealing a typed note.] It's a suicide note addressed to Evan Hansen.

[At this, Angus furrows his brow.]

But from what I heard, Connor did not remember having him as a friend yet.
brokeforgood: (farrah18)

[personal profile] brokeforgood 2021-06-19 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I think it's safe to say
And we can probably all agree
That anybody who met Connor feared this
Lethality
samefacesyndrome: (4)

[personal profile] samefacesyndrome 2021-06-19 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Rina has not stopped holding Varian's hand once since he grabbed it earlier this morning and she... does not want to stop now that's for sure.

She stares at where her podium is and where Varian's is... ]


...I don't wanna.
comeandfindme: (🦌 dead reckoning)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Connor only had one friend.

[ Peregrine speaks and her voice is rough. It's angry and it's wavering and it's pained. She, it seems, had enough sense to go back to her dorm, because she's wearing the cloak Connor embellished for her...complete with the lovely white deer skin she'd been drying at the party as the liner. ]

It wasn't whoever the fuck Evan Hansen is. Everyone else treated him like garbage.
Edited 2021-06-19 16:19 (UTC)
violentenvies: (96)

Mods

[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-19 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Salieri is going to be pausing briefly by Sissi's podium, looking at it for a moment and resting on the edge of the railing before looking up to where Hester sits, assessing once again, trying to meet her gaze]
Edited 2021-06-19 16:22 (UTC)
mayavericks: (Of the Beast That Lies Within You)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-06-19 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Maya's here, of course. She has her sword out in one hand, maintaining a defensive posture. The other arm is wrapped equally as defensively around Peregrine. She walks with confidence to Per's podium, gaze never once leaving the stage and the Wizard above. When she settles, it's beside Peregrine's station, rather than her own.

She does cast a quick glance to Janis, of course, but... other than that, she's deadstill and waiting. She has nothing to offer yet for the trial so... she's just on guard for now.]
Edited 2021-06-19 16:21 (UTC)
themuseabandonsyou: (Default)

cw: suicide imagery, injury to the wrists

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-19 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Orpheus breathes out slowly before taking his face out of his hands and leaning on the podium heavily ]

I guess... we should go over what we know. [ he says, hollowly. ] When I was looking over - the body, after everyone had left - it didn't look like there was a fight, or that he was taken by surprise. His wrists were cut, in a really deliberate way, and there was a paring knife on the floor. It looked like he'd dropped it? I think... I think between this and the note? We might have to consider if it's possible that Connor took his own life.

[ Orpheus swallows, hard, going quiet for a moment before continuing. ]

But it's strange. There was barely any blood on him or on the floor or the bench, and, um. Wrists bleed a lot. If he bled out, where's... where's the blood? One of the showers had been used, before any of us got there, and his hair was damp, and there were two wet towels in the hamper? I think someone must've found him before Peregrine, and cleaned up his body before we got there.
alchemistake: (Querite)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-19 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Varian blinks when Rina suddenly speaks up, looking from her to where his podium is, waaay across the room. He's only just now realizing...

Rina's podium is right next to Connor's.

His brows furrow, his hand still keeping it's tight but gentle grip on Rina's. He knows people moved around quite a bit before, but...

He'll look to the Wizard anyway, his expression grim.]


Rina's standing with me for the trial.

[It's a statement, not a request.]
sugarlumps: (why would you say that)

[personal profile] sugarlumps 2021-06-19 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Everyone else is lumping garbage who should've died instead of him!
comeandfindme: (never gonna stop until we)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Against all odds, Maya's here.

Peregrine doesn't seem to...react much, but she's stopped crying at least. From the small glance she gives Maya, one could assume she's grateful. ]
voicerights: (where do you think this will lead?)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
There was a paring knife missing from the kitchen. That would fit.

As for the blood- are you suggesting they found him when he was already dead?
alchemistake: (Radon)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-19 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[...a bottle?]

Angus, what is that bottle, exactly? Can I see it?
comeandfindme: (strike!)

cw: suicide discussion

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
No.

[ ...No? ]

No, he said— [ ... ] He didn't kill himself. He said... He told me he'd try. He wasn't... He wouldn't...

[ She pulls the cloak around herself just a little more. ]
themuseabandonsyou: (looking down)

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-19 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't really know. I can't - it's hard to think, about what must've happened. But someone had to have found him and cleaned up, because he wouldn't have been able to do it himself with. With his wrists like that.
fourbutts: (50)

[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-19 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
But... if someone just happened to find his body, cleaning it up and leaving like that doesn't make any sense.
mcfife: (🦄 darkness enfolds)

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-19 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Melatonin. It's been used before.

[He'll shake if a few times before walking over and handing it to Varian.]
defyingfrigidity: (I hope you're happy)

cw: suicide, suicidal ideation

[personal profile] defyingfrigidity 2021-06-19 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Elsa has been oddly silent and withdrawn ever since Connor's body was found. All of this is... it hits close to home in a way the last trial did, but on a much more personal level. The way everything looks, that Connor killed himself...

It reminds her of the bad days of her isolation. When the darkness loomed too heavily over her, and she was so desperate to make the magic in her hands stop...

But still she speaks. She... she has to, to try and help.]


Do you think... [Her voice is quiet, shaky.] Do you think someone did that to him, then took him to the showers to clean him?
comeandfindme: (🌲 i'm willing to take the fall)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hands balled into fists on the podium, she nods. ]

Yeah. Yeah they should've.
voicerights: (all I would need is certainty.)

[personal profile] voicerights 2021-06-19 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
All evidence points towards a suicide, and if someone found him, it was when he had already taken his life. Or was otherwise too weak to be saved.

In either case, if there was another party involved, it does not appear they had a hand in his death.
mcfife: somber (☀️riding on the astral fire)

cw: suicide discussion

[personal profile] mcfife 2021-06-19 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Earlier this week...

[But many things can happen in a few days. The photos Hester gave out could have changed everything.]

He made a vow to stand strong. Could he have done such a thing after all that? After our gathering?
fourbutts: (04)

[personal profile] fourbutts 2021-06-19 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Janis looks over at Maya and Peregrine, then nods. ]

If she needs one of us to... you know; we can handle that.
themuseabandonsyou: (looking down)

cw: suicide discussion

[personal profile] themuseabandonsyou 2021-06-19 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Orpheus nods slowly, worrying his lip. ]

I think you knew him better than most of us. If you don't think he would've done this - I think that's worth considering.
alchemistake: (Xenon)

[personal profile] alchemistake 2021-06-19 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Melatonin.

[He takes the bottle, carefully turning it over in his hand. Luckily, that word is currently burned into his brain.]

I went back to the Nurse's Office, and it looked like someone had been there. There wasn't any blood or anything like that, but the pill bottles and pain killers had been rifled through. It didn't look like anything was missing...

But I checked the supply list. A bottle of melatonin was missing from it.
violentenvies: (17)

[personal profile] violentenvies 2021-06-19 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
The question is why. Why bother washing it all off? And if the action happened elsewhere before the shower, would we not have found blood somewhere else?
comeandfindme: (press the pain and make it numb)

cw: suicide discussion

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-06-19 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
He wouldn't! [ A little more firm. ...But— ] He... He had people here who actually cared. If— if he was feeling like that, I... He knew he could come to...to...one of us.

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