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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.
employeeoftheyear: (Then I can finally say I've done it)

[personal profile] employeeoftheyear 2021-07-11 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He just stands there, crying, for a few moments. He wants to convince her to stop this, to seek another option.

Why was he so bad at helping his sisters?

Eventually, he finds his words again.]


I... I'll find a way to bring you back, Maya, I promise. I don't care if it takes me the rest of my life. I'll bring you back, and everyone else. And then we're going to be happy together.

I don't care if you don't think you're worth saving, I'm gonna do it anyway.
mayavericks: (The Call of the Goddesses)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-07-11 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
I hope you are right, Oniisan. I hope you are.
employeeoftheyear: (Then I can finally say I've done it)

[personal profile] employeeoftheyear 2021-07-11 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
I am right! I know I am! You and I both know that there's a chance! And I'm gonna devote the rest of my life to making that chance work!
Edited 2021-07-11 00:49 (UTC)
mayavericks: <user name=pins-pin site=tumblr> (Hidden Deep Within)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-07-11 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
I could not have asked for a better brother.
employeeoftheyear: (But there is more to me)

[personal profile] employeeoftheyear 2021-07-11 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[That earns here a weak, sad smile.]

C...can I hug you one last time?
mayavericks: <user name=fio_szm site=twitter> (When I Whispered the Secret)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-07-11 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Honestly... That's what she wants more than anything right now.]

Do you promise you won't try to stop me?
employeeoftheyear: (Then I can finally say I've done it)

[personal profile] employeeoftheyear 2021-07-11 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
... I promise that I'll try not to try.

[Because honestly.

He's not sure how likely it'll be that he'll just end up grabbing Maya and trying to run out of the building.]
mayavericks: (Come Climb Up Here)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-07-11 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ugh, she can't help her broken little laugh.

She opens her arms for him, though.]
employeeoftheyear: (Then I can finally say I've done it)

[personal profile] employeeoftheyear 2021-07-11 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Spongebob doesn't hesitates and pulls Maya into an tight one armed hug.

His broken arm is screaming in pain, begging for him to stop, but he doesn't listen.

He can't let go of his sister. He hoped in vain if he just held on to her that the Wizard couldn't take her from him.]
mayavericks: <user name=fio_szm site=twitter> (Furious Sparks Fly)

[personal profile] mayavericks 2021-07-11 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Sorry, buddy, but you are getting clung to in kind. Somewhere in the mess, Maya drops the razor. She's made her point, she thinks.]