foolishmortals | MOCK TRIAL

"Alright, mooks, everybody make youse way down to the trial room, pronto!"

[There's certainly no trial room on the map. No trial soundstage, no trial room, where oh where could they be talking about. You might spend a long time looking for it, or only be thinking about it for a single second before it comes over you.

Whenever you close your ears, or even blink, you find yourself there.

The room is a cartoony laboratory, filled to the brims with scientific equipment and beakers beyond wondrous, almost impossible to imagine being utilized in any sort of actual scientific context. A large monitor is mounted on the ceiling, playing a single clip on repeat along with the words "IMAGINEER THINK TANK". There is a large stage underneath that television, which your two hosts take their places at quite readily.

A circle of metal podiums is set up on the ground floor, 26 in total. Each is marked with a name and a photograph of the individual who's supposed to take their place there, as well as a keyboard for inputting...something. The 26th podium is marked with a grayscale photograph of Gwenpool.

Your fellow participants appear in the room one-by-one, seeming to "digitize" out of nowhere. Once everyone has appeared in the room and taken their place, the air around them seems to go deathly still.

Mugsi holds a cigar between her lips, lighting it from a stick of dynamite lit by Kate. With Mugsi taking a deep inhale, Kate speaks, the dynamite somehow fizzling out.]

Each of you has a place you oughta be sitting, and your job is to solve the mystery that's been put before ya. Once you think you know who did it, input their name on the keyboard in front of you. Majority rules, participation is mandatory, and if ya vote wrong you're not gonna see the light of day ever again!

So, get on with it!

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You're not enjoyin this, frootloops?

I'm afraid if you're relying on our being willing to all die for fun... Well, there was a reason I asked about our incentive.

...You do realize I was asking after our incentive and not yours, correct?

...Would you consider this a thrilling attraction, then.

[She seems to be ignoring the question entirely.]

[ That's a very odd response.

..... ]

No.

Pointless, rather dull once the initial shouting quieted down again.

[There's an eyetwitch.]

...On a scale of one-to-ten, how much have you enjoyed your stay here at EPCOT?

EPCOT? [No, hang on hang on -] Oh you've got to be kidding me - we're at Disney World?

[Raises a hand for all us people from the past]

"EPCOT"?

Experimental . . . Prototype? City of Tomorrow. It's - it was supposed to be this perfect utopia, but mostly it's a theme park. [A beat.] Like a never-ending festival.

And that is where we are currently located.

...Why is it experimental prototypes always seem to go horribly awry?

That's the thing, though - it's just a theme park. There was no city, they just built a giant disco ball and called it a day.

I think I know a city when I see one, kid.

No, Walt Disney died and they scrapped the city part for a cultural plaza where you can learn about different countries. There is no "City of Tomorrow."

Look, kid. I saw my boss this morning. I don't get what you're tryna say to me here.

You mean "Walt Disney"?

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hijackers - 2017-12-09 21:38 (UTC) - Expand

...What the Hell is a Disney World?

The place we are. That's what Kermit [ nods to the frog ] said, he recognized this place...or that this is a recreation.

Never heard of it.

Or Hollywood Studios?

...This ain't a movie studio, though I guess they are filmin' that one movie in the Tower right now.

...Are negative numbers a valid rating?

[just cuuuutttsss in real quick.]

We can do all the customer survey stuff after you figure this thing out.

Absolutely not, I demand a refund.

THERE ARE NO REFUNDS!

That is simply unacceptable! I--

[ Oh. Apparently this will have to wait. Damn. ]

What the hey is an EPCOT?