first trial

[notreadyatall]

[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.

Comments

[soplaynice]

I don’t think that’s a part of my outfit that moves. Stuck to my shirt.

[...he might be bluffing.]

[holdthetrumpet]

Humor me and try.

[HE DOESN'T WANNA HAVE TO LIKE... MANHANDLE THIS DOLL MAN...]

[soplaynice]

...No. It's physically impossible.

Look, I'm for proper justice, but you're on a witch hunt here, and I'm not looking to be burned. So, unless you've got something more concrete on me, I don't really think I've gotta listen to any kinda slander you're trying to put out there.

You wanna come after me, partner? Then come back when you've got some better evidence, because right now, I'm far from where you're looking.

[MACHINE GUN TALK BATTLE
START]

[kickbuttseatnuts]

Uh, well, first off, awesome metaphor use. Big fan of that.

Second, we already had a witch hunt? And now a witch is dead. Which we're trying to solve. So I think this is really more of an anti-witch hunt.

[soplaynice]

Okay, fine. Bad metaphor. But you get the idea.

[stanbyme]

...You're kiddin' me.

[soplaynice]

No, I'm not! I want to defend myself the same as anyone else!

[stanbyme]

I thought toys were supposed to be kid-friendly.

[soplaynice]

We are!

[faciliheir]

He didn't kill a kid.

[sharpasanarrow]

Our culprit would have had to be strong enough to bludgeon her under the curse's influence, but too weak to move the body after it had been lifted.

Is there anyone else that this would apply to?

[soplaynice]

Maybe she tried to move herself?

[holdthetrumpet]

But wasn't her leg at an odd angle? Like someone else was pulling on it?

[upgradeit]

I don't think the blood trails match up to that.

[holdthetrumpet]

If you don't remove it I'm going to have to grab you and do it myself.

[And it'll be very rude but not difficult. Woody's fuckin tiny.]

[bayoublues]

This is a matter of life and death--w-we need to make sure.

Do...do you want me to threaten to bite him.

[holdthetrumpet]

That... shouldn't be necessary. But if you could help me grab him--?

[soplaynice]

Really, you aren't going to make the murderous duck strip, but the inches-tall cowboy doll? Yeah, he's who we're going to lay our accusations on.

[holdthetrumpet]

We have to be thorough! I don't like it but it's just good sense.

[negaverse]

[;)]

[not_over_yet]

The murderous duck is acting far less suspicious. That shouldn't be possible, and yet...

[nachosquire]

....you know. This is like, really serious and all but it's kind of weird to watch everyone interrogate a talking doll.

[heres comments from the peanut gallery]

[faciliheir]

Just wait 'til you see how weird executing a doll is.

[bestchefinparis]

It's even weird to think the toy was once a human...

[Maybe all the animals in this room should be glad their curse wasn't something like that]

[nachosquire]

[That gets a small laugh out of Marco.]

Are they gonna wheel out a tiny toy guillotine?

[doNT JOKE ABOUT THIS GUYS]