FOURTH TRIAL

[beautifultomorrow]

[The usual scene plays of everyone going into the elevator after they finish up investigation. But when the elevator starts moving, they will hear John’s voice instead of The Narrator’s. It clearly sounds like he’s reading from some sort of script.]

Picture of Belle, a book lover born well before her time. She desperately wanted society to treat her like a human being, and to respect her love of books. Belle had made many friends and many enemies because of her personality, and now… Her final resting place will be in a book simply titled… The Twilight Zone.

[... Strangely, however, the elevator doesn’t drop this time, the doors instead open as soon as John finishes his speech, leading once again to The Tip Top Club. Now Reyna and Belle’s pictures are in grayscale and, instead of Rod sitting on stage, John is there, looking at some papers. He offers the guests a comforting smile when they enter.]

I shouldn’t complain that Rod’s doing something creative with his time, but I have to admit, I don’t get what he sees appealing about writing something like this. Don’t know why he had the elevator set to “ride” mode either.

I, uh...made some old fashioned lemonade for you guys. [He motions to the lemonade pitcher and cups on the counter.] Feel free to help yourself.

[He’s… really trying to attempt to lighten the mood of this situation. Please humor him.]

Comments

[theduck]

But... Oswald said she was stabbed? If she was already poisoned, too, that seems like... overkill.

[nocasetoobig]

...Sally. Um. How fast is...cyanide?

[darnsitall]

With a big enough dose? A matter of hours.

[nocasetoobig]

And...is it painful?

[darnsitall]

Oh, yes! You can end up ill, dizzy, unable to breathe... it's very unpleasant.

[nocasetoobig]

Oh.

[He...doesn't want to continue this thought process. But something's clearly bothering him.]

[nocasetoobig]

[oh hey he has another question]

How long does the smell linger?

[geomanctic]

What if.... the tea wasn't enough to completely kill her?

[darnsitall]

That's possible, if they wanted to weaken her so she couldn't fight back.

[geomanctic]

So, she drank the tea, and it weakened her enough that she wouldn't fight back. And then they took my ice skates and-- [She still can't say it.]

[anasty]

I don't know why you're all so set on poison. That fool took a taste of it and all it's done is make him want to sleep.

[ A mild gesture to Donald. ]

[stenchus_rodentus]

I wouldn't rule out two separate attempts.

She was quite popular.

[forgottenfounder]

...Not to mention, I think she was strangled too.

[theduck]

Was there hand marks?

[he's not like. suggesting they bring her corpse up here as evidence or anything. but if Oswald has a general idea of the hand size of whoever strangled her-]