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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2021-07-10 12:07 pm
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fifth trial

[As the investigation ends, you'll hear the Wizard'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. Discord, Elle, Orpheus and Eurydice now have theirs draped in black crepe and with a framed monochrome photo of them on top. At Maya's podium is a stool with a fresh amaryllis flower carefully set on it.

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. She's still in her pretty pink prom dress, her hair restyled and make-up freshened to not be so messy from sleep. It's also worth noting the blood on her skirt from when she assisted in helping Maya with her injury is gone.

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 fifth trial, everyone. It's time to determine who was responsible for the murder of Elle, Orpheus and Eurydice. Feel free to talk amongst yourselves and work together - you'll have to show teamwork if you want to leave this room alive.
feudalladyshandmaid: (Hope)

[personal profile] feudalladyshandmaid 2021-07-10 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh. LSP is right. That's so fucking romantic what the fuck.]

She must've been holding onto it then...

[Before it happened.]
defyingfrigidity: (pic#7136540)

[personal profile] defyingfrigidity 2021-07-10 07:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah... he probably made a new one for her. If they were singing together...

[God. They must have been having such a sweet night right up until all of this happened.]

They might not have noticed anything was wrong until it was too late.
feudalladyshandmaid: (Hope)

[personal profile] feudalladyshandmaid 2021-07-10 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[...]

I'm starting to miss last night when it was just everyone having fun together.
defyingfrigidity: (too late for second guessing)

[personal profile] defyingfrigidity 2021-07-10 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been missing those nights every day since all this horror started.
employeeoftheyear: (Then I can finally say I've done it)

[personal profile] employeeoftheyear 2021-07-10 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
...Me too.

[He’s silent, anxious.]

We... we gotta make sure that whoever did it, it’s still the Wizards fault. He’s the one who made us sick!
feudalladyshandmaid: (Distrust)

[personal profile] feudalladyshandmaid 2021-07-10 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Too bad the Wizard doesn't like to play by his own rules.

[Pointed look.]
comeandfindme: (where you went and put your faith)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-07-10 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Were— were there any like...trails, or...anything that coulda looked like...who went where? Just, to give us an idea?
feudalladyshandmaid: (Doubt)

[personal profile] feudalladyshandmaid 2021-07-10 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I couldn't find any. The room was an absolute mess. Like there was a fight happening in there... Except, besides the wound on her throat, Eurydice looked fine.
comeandfindme: (🦌 dead reckoning)

[personal profile] comeandfindme 2021-07-10 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe...that's where Maya fought...whoever else it was. I know— I know we were talking about her sword being...broken and all, but it didn't sound like there was a confrontation upstairs at the pool either, right?