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]

We've got some pretty wide variety as far as sizes go, here. [like... Ratigan and Chip, for example.] It'd probably be helpful.

[tadaishi]

I think we can rule out the two smallest right away.

[forgottenfounder]

It's it's any help at all, I have four fingers?

[His hands are also too small to be an adult man's.]

[theduck]

[Donald’s in the exact same boat as Oswald- so his hands aren’t a match.]

[darnsitall]

[Sally may have five fingers, but her hands are pretty small.]

[hallotween]

[marnies a fucking child with child hands]

What about your own hands?

[tadaishi]

[He holds them up; one is still bandaged, but his hands are certainly bigger than everyone else's so far and likely match the bruises.]

[theduck]

[y’know how Donald said he wasn’t going to point fingers this trial]

...You do seem to know a lot about poisoning someone.

[just saying]

[tadaishi]

Cyanide poisoning is pretty well-known and...not common, but relatively easy to achieve. A lot of assassins and spies use cyanide pills.

Sally does too, you know.

[theduck]

Her hands aren’t a match. Just saying it’s something we might have to keep in mind.

[darthfanboy]

[while his hands are a perfect fit to how the bruises would be made, they are clear of marks.

and yes, he does take his gloves off to show this.]

[darnsitall]

[gosh that's a pretty good match.]

...I know you couldn't have done it.

[geomanctic]

We can't say that for sure, Sally. We can't trust anyone anymore.

[darnsitall]

But he cares for her! He would never do this to his dear friend, I'm sure of it.

[darthfanboy]

...thank you.

[geomanctic]

[Cornelia holds out her hands for examination. They're not a match.]

[lusito]

[Josh's hands may look like yaoi hands in some of these icons, but they don't match the bruising, thankfully.]

[anasty]

[ Ursula presents her hand palm down, much as a lady does when she expects it to be kissed. All things considered it's actually quite a dainty thing compared to the rest of her.

It isn't a match. ]

My grip would leave a little extra.

[ She chuckles a bit, flexing her red nails demonstratively. ]