THIRD TRIAL

[keyofimagination]

[This is all becoming routine now, to the point that maybe the thought of the elevator dropping suddenly doesn’t bother you. Or maybe you’re just so numb to four people dying already that the thought of dropping isn’t as bad.

Or heck, maybe you’re still dreading the drop, who knows?]

Submitted for your approval, Amanda and Thalia. Two girls who deal daily outside the normal world. They’ve dealt daily with fighting dangerous beings, only to have been struck down suddenly by the mortal coil. For even experience with these terrors couldn’t prepare these two young warriors for the kind of terror one finds… The Twilight Zone.

[And there’s the drop again. At least this is the norm now, and at least once it’s finally done you get access to that sweet open bar.

The Tip Top Club, is, like, usual, the same except the new grayscale pictures of Goofy, Roxanne, Stitch, Amanda, and Thalia. The Narrator is in his usual spot, but it seems like he’s spacing out a little. He does acknowledge the guests once they enter, at least.]

Take as much time as you need. I’ll be quiet this week.

[Have fun, everyone.]

Comments

[greatwidesomewhere]

[Belle finds it hard to muster any enthusiasm, even though she's determined to find the person who killed her friend. It hurts, knowing Thalia is gone, seeing Amanda's empty seat across from her...which is why she goes over and sits in Thalia's seat near Reyna instead. At least they can be sad together.

She sets Dipper's bload-soaked hat and the knife on the table, wrapped in a cloth napkin, and unfolds the cloth to reveal both.]

I found these by Thalia. [She refuses to say 'body'.] The knife...it seems to be what killed her. And the hat is completely soaked in blood.

[darnsitall]

There was a knife missing from the kitchen. I found a box of matches too!

[theduck]

Lantern oil and matches? Was anything set on fire?

[darnsitall]

Someone tried to light a sandwich on fire... I don't have the faintest idea why.

[theduck]

Um... some kind of ritual, maybe? Like a sacrifice? I dunno.

[darnsitall]

Thalia did a little ritual for everyone who died. Maybe it was her?

[coulombslaw]

I...don't think the ancient Greek had rituals that involved burning sandwiches.

[Or maybe they did, Virgil is no expert in the ancient Greek]

Hey, Reyna, you know anything about burning sandwiches?

[theduck]

Maybe we should think about trying to place a suspect at the scene of the crime. Was there anything on or around the bodies that we could check everyone here for?

[greatwidesomewhere]

Perhaps...if there was oil missing, we could check for the scent of oil on everyone. Thalia smelled a bit like it, I think.

[theduck]

I guess it’s a good place to start.

[He doesn’t particularly want to have to duck sniff (woo-oo) everyone again but if it helps, it helps.]

SMELL CHECK

[greatwidesomewhere]

I can do it this time, if you like...

Could I please just...get of a whiff of everyone quickly?

[nocasetoobig]

She did smell, yeah.

[But Chip doesn't. Other than what he would have after a brush with it and a wash?]

I know human noses aren't very good. Do you want some help?

[greatwidesomewhere]

I'd appreciate that very much, Chip.

[She gives him a grateful little nod, and bends down to scoop him up in her hands so he can get a better angle with which to Sniff.]

[darthfanboy]

...

[SHOULDER SHRUG]

[greatwidesomewhere]

Are you going to let me sniff you, or not?

[anasty]

[ Have fun with that smell of lightly rotten fish fillets, Belle.

If you can get over that, there is the smell of blood, oil, and... a whiff of shampoo?

Yikes. ]

[greatwidesomewhere]

You smell of...

[She wrinkles her nose, and turns to Chip.]

I can't quite make it out, help me.

[coulombslaw]

Okaaaay...

[Well alright. Whoever is doing the exam right now will find...absolutely nothing]

[darnsitall]

[Still smells like a pile of old leaves!]

[theduck]

Thanks. Appreciate it.

[In any case, Donald's all clear. The only thing he smells like is depression.]

[stenchus_rodentus]

It seems like someone has some sensory organ where it shouldn't be every one of these trials.

[Ratigan smells like a grand cocktail of liquor, smoke, city filth, and sin.]

[lusito]

[Joshua is the same as ever, the usual scent of a prissy guy who thinks he's better than you are.]

[forgottenfounder]

I don't see why not?

[Oswald smells...idk how Toons smell ok. He probably smells fine, with like, a hint of ink or paint.]

[tadaishi]

[The only thing remarkable about Tadashi is that he might smell slightly like rubbing alcohol]

[audentiae]

[ Reyna smells like... I mean she does smell very clean but she always does? Girl takes showers on the regs, yo. ]