Third Trial

[stagemanagers]

[Once again, the sound of opening doors echoes through the opera house as the investigation draws to a close.

Time for your third trial.

The courtroom looks the same as ever, save that Darla and Eliza's podiums are now arranged in the same funerary fashion as the other deceased cast members. The lights from the bulbs standing in their places seem to cast the rest of the house even more in shadow, even as the crystal chandeliers still glitter dimly above. The Balladeer is hidden backstage once more, somewhere behind the red curtain drawn shut across the stage. Once everyone's taken their places, he speaks up.]

Alright. Let's do this.

Comments

[sunshineprincess]

She was always made up. I don't think I've ever seen her without a ton of makeup on.

[dechagny]

I don't think I've ever looked that closely at her to tell.

[And now the little girl who tried to drown cats is dead.]

[sunshineprincess]

Well, you're not a girl. Only another girl or a guy who wears makeup can tell just by looking if someone is using it or not.

[dechagny]

[Huh! This is new information that Raoul has learned.]

Is it really so noticeable?

[sunshineprincess]

Well, yeah. Little girls don't need to wear makeup. She was an actress, so she has to look perfect all the time, right? And makeup hides things like wrinkles, too.

[dechagny]

But how in the world would a little girl have...

[On second thought, he doesn't really want to ask why.]

[sunshineprincess]

What color was the smear again?

[Because that might considerably narrow down the suspects again, and she for the life of her wasn't paying attention to that part.]

MODS A LITTLE HELP S'IL VOUS PLAIT

[dechagny]

Let us take a look at the bottle...

[Alright, so what shade of makeup smear is on the bottle?]

[stagemanagers]

[It's sort of generically white-person colored, I guess? It's the same shade as the stuff everyone received in Week One.]

[sunshineprincess]

[That doesn't absolve anyone now.]

Everyone got that... I tossed mine out.

[dechagny]

[Y'all could've said "peachy" and I would've died laughing]

It seems...that it would blend with most of our skintones. I placed what I received in the costume shop.

[solomonjihad]

I don't even remember where mine went. Its probably somewhere in my room.

[It probably doesn't surprise anyone that she wouldn't wear make up. That and Anna can attest to the, um, messiness of her room]