foolishmortals | first trial

[Once you make your way to the portrait gallery, Facilier's snarky voice chimes in as per usual.]

One of you folks actually went and did it. Not surprised: they always do. Besides, if you were gonna kill someone, the grandma ain't a bad start. Figure it this way: how many of you actually liked her?

[Suddenly, the whole room seems to move downwards. The walls get longer, and the ceiling grows further away from you. The portraits themselves seem to extend, as the room moves downwards at a startling pace.]

Things are not always as they seem, gentlemen. Can it be this room is actually stretching? And notice this: this chamber has no windows and no doors, which offers you this chilling challenge… to find a way out. Of course, there’s always our way.

[Suddenly, the floor stops. A new door opens at the side of the room.

Inside is what appears to be an old voodoo shop, covered in various artifacts and an unsettling large voodoo head at the back of the room. There is a summoning circle painted into the floor with a deep red paint. Each of you has a place within this circle, with a wooden podium marked with your room number waiting for you there. Podium 26 has a single candle lit aflame, as well as what appears to be a voodoo doll of Madame Mim stuck to the top of it.

Light music plays in the background.

Once you all take your place, Facilier himself appears within the middle of the circle, out of a cloud of smoke.]

You're here to figure out who did this. Once you have a hunch, you can feel free to write it down on the podium in front of you, but there are no takebacks. Majority rules, and your participation is mandatory.

'Course, you have all the time you need, if you want it.

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Then I...

[Mmmm. He hates this. But a woman is dead. So he has to... he has to do something.]

Who had a curse they really would have wanted to fix?

[She glances around doubtfully.]

Does anyone remember if there was someone who seemed unhappier than normal with their curse?

Mine was... bearable.

[It was fucking awful. But he tried to fix it in a reasonable way, with magic he barely understood.]

You were...turned into some kind of strange beast, weren't you?

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holdthetrumpet - 2018-01-20 17:52 (UTC) - Expand

Okay, I admit I was pretty unhappy about mine, but not to the point I'd have tried to kill someone.

Miss Facilier didn't realize she was cursed.

Less reason to motivate her, then.

I think the same was for me and Jane. We both seemed normal, just...weirded out by everyone else.

Yeah, I was perfectly content 'til this morning.

[THIS MORNING SUCKED]

tanukey - 2018-01-20 19:01 (UTC) - Expand

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tanukey - 2018-01-20 19:23 (UTC) - Expand

...not Arrow. I hardly heard a peep out of him all week.

[Rocket please]

hasit - 2018-01-20 17:49 (UTC) - Expand

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used_realtears - 2018-01-21 00:13 (UTC) - Expand

I was annoyed, but...I could deal with it.

Ugh. Mine was terrible in that I could barely move an inch an hour.

Not that I know of. I'm glad to be back in my normal body, but uh, can't imagine going and killing anyone over that.

Mine kept me from doing much of anything.

...Mine kinda got real bad, after a while. But I wouldn’t hurt anybody to fix it.

[Hers was pretty terrible by her standards. However she was tub bound so she has a pretty good alibi.]

It wasn't bad enough to kill someone over.

[D i s c o m f o r t.]

I'm sure you're aware my curse was particularly unpleasant to be exposed to, General. [He may not have been in control when they met but he certainly remembers.]

hasit - 2018-01-20 18:02 (UTC) - Expand

downtonabbeast - 2018-01-20 18:15 (UTC) - Expand

...I couldn't remember what was wrong, so I wouldn't have a reason to...

Mine was annoying, but I still had all my limbs attached.

[She rubs her neck.]

Honestly, I was freaking the heck out. Not being part-squirrel just felt... wrong.

hasit - 2018-01-20 18:30 (UTC) - Expand

Mine was aggravating, but I believe I may have been growing accustomed to it.

[ Might be... low-key still looking around for that ghost. ]

[Your boyfriend's gone and you just have to come to terms with that, Basil]

not_over_yet - 2018-01-20 18:48 (UTC) - Expand

Mine was..... terrible.

[Slowly losing the memory of your best friend is Not Fun. Would not reccomend.]

But I wouldn't kill someone over it, either!

. . . Start with the ones that other people couldn't see.

[Because if they were anything like his, he could see why you'd want to cure them.]