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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2016-10-22 12:25 pm
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First Trial

[Just as everyone is starting to finish their investigations, there's a slow ominous sound from the lobby.

The gilded doors on the northern wall have opened.

This time, the space behind them is lit; you're free to enter. There's one more set of doors to pass through, and then you're all, finally, in the House. There's one grand chandelier above, glittering crystal, and the seats around you are made of fine red velvet. Those don't seem to be for you, though - all the way down in front of the stage, where the orchestra might sit, there's a circle of wooden podiums. They're arranged so that everyone can face each other, and are fixed into place. Each one bears a metal plaque with a cast member's name engraved on it. There's also a metal panel on top, with twenty ivory buttons paired to everyone's name.

Among these, only Jean Valjean's podium is different - that one is draped in black crepe, with a larger greyscale version of his headshot from the playbill framed and sitting at its foot like a funerary portrait. Standing where he might have stood, a bare lightbulb glows faintly atop a metal pole.

Right here, you're very close to the stage. But the curtain is closed, and it's a little too high to easily clamber up. You may not want to try. You've got more important business right now, after all.

As everyone is finding their places, the Balladeer's voice suddenly sounds loud and clear throughout the space.]


Okay, guys, here's how we do trial. I've...never actually been involved in something like this before, but you can do it. Just take all the time you need to talk it out - I'll be right here the whole time. You don't need a unanimous vote, we go by majority rule.

Oh, and don't mess with those buttons until you're really ready to vote. You won't be able to take it back.

...good luck.
irreprochable: (sept)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-22 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[convenient..........

but sad]


I see.
solomonjihad: (Default)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-22 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Her red eyes are natural!!!]

1960, 2001, and 2009. We all would fit.
Edited 2016-10-22 18:32 (UTC)
irreprochable: (quatre)

[personal profile] irreprochable 2016-10-22 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
But you aren't the only ones, I'm sure. Billy gave us the history, after all.
solomonjihad: (☥ the mother and the goddess)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-22 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
True. So that make four possible suspects at the least.
Edited 2016-10-22 18:34 (UTC)
sunshineprincess: (♥ It's just a matter of time)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-22 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
What about Natalie and Gabe?
solomonjihad: (☥/★ The sword of samael)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-22 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Their years I'm unaware of. Do you know?

[S t a r e.]
sunshineprincess: (♥ You can't deny)

[personal profile] sunshineprincess 2016-10-22 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
No, but they are from the future. I know that because of the way they both spoke and the things they mentioned.
solomonjihad: (☥ that's right. I have a god's power.)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-22 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Very well.

[Goes to dramatically toss her cape--except she is in...a nightgown with no cape.

..

Aw poo]


Then if we search for injuries, we search those people.
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (but you just can't see)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-22 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think anyone should be excluded, Astarte-san. That seems...like an oversight.
inforapenny: (anyways)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-22 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree- we don't have any way to prove that someone didn't just lose their contact last night before the- the m-murder.

[...Even if it means he has to strip too]
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (i don't care‚ i am obsolete)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-22 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[She nods.] Harris-san is right. The placement could, ah...be coincidental, in that case. We've just as much evidence that points to someone unaware of how to work the washers, isn't that right? Everyone should be checked for wounds.
inforapenny: (like a fool)

[personal profile] inforapenny 2016-10-22 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[He jolts in surprise to hear his name connected with "is right."

He's still in shock that not only is he contributing, but he's actually helping and people aren't just laughing at him and calling him "Einstein" or ignoring him.]
Edited 2016-10-22 19:00 (UTC)
solomonjihad: (☥/★ The sword of samael)

[personal profile] solomonjihad 2016-10-22 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Very well. We all get checked, then.
robitussin: (for just another day)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-22 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
2009 for me, but I don't wear contacts.
Edited 2016-10-22 18:54 (UTC)