Third Trial (for real this time)

[rech]

[You're starting to get used to this routine, even if the deaths still might be taking a toll on you.

The floor descends once more as Randall does his speech.]

Our tour begins here in this gallery where you gaze upon the sweet innocence of youth. Ah, but things are not always as they seem. 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 my way.

[The floor stops once more and opens to the trial room. As usual, Jane and Mr Arrow's podium now has a lit candle and a voodoo doll of themselves resting on top.

Randall is already standing in the middle circle, this time sans Facilier head.]

All good things must come to an end. I must say I'm going to miss that party.

[TRIAL START!]

Comments

[stanbyme]

[Stan still looks exhausted, but at least it was the cop who died this week and not another kid. He wasn’t anywhere visible during the investigation, he didn’t bother coming out of Leia’s room after Mabel got up and nobody came looking for him. And for the same reason, he’s the last one into the portrait gallery.]

Leia ain’t coming. Somebody- [He looks at Kit] slipped her a mickey and knocked her out cold. She’s been out since last night.

[doopdoll]

Slipped her a what?! [Looking at Minnie]

[pinkflip]

What?! O-oh my- is she going to be okay?

[holdthetrumpet]

Not on purpose!

[At least Stan can feel good at there is a real nice bruise on the poor kid's jaw.]

[truecalling]

Is... is she okay?

[WHATEVER THAT IS, IT SOUNDS CONCERNING.]

[downtonabbeast]

He did what?!

[what the fuck, kit]

[truecalling]

[Yeah this is-- she hates it.]

I... I found Mr. Arrow's body.

...he was trying to secure the mansion. But he couldn't finish making his rounds. When he got to the third floor he got caught up in some trap. It looks like he tripped. It must have set off the chainsaw...

I have the list of rooms he was checking off.

If... you have questions about the body... you can ask me...

[bestchefinparis]

Where did someone get a chainsaw in the first place?

[Rémy doesn't remember seeing anything like a chainsaw in the mansion, but he wouldn't be surprised if he simply didn't see it. It's the kind of weapon Randall would leave around, he guesses]

[doopdoll]

[There, there, neighbor. Molly reaches out to try and pat Moana on the arm.]

Then...he was trying to protect everyone. [Mr. Arrow was a hero.]

[psychopinesis]

Marco and I found a pair of scissors hanging near the chainsaw. If he tripped on something, there must have been a trip wire connected to those.

[madeofpine]

[He may not have seen a lot of the scene, but he does know there was blood on the ground. He's... not sure it matters much to anyone else but he's kinda super curious about that?]

How come he has blood and I don't? We're both puppets.

[it's not fair why does everybody get blood except for him]

[faciliheir]

[leans against her podium like a girl with a grievance.]

I know we've got a whole trial to do and everything? But you guys will not believe what Prince Charming put me through the other day!

[holdthetrumpet]

[please save him this is how he dies]

[rech]

[One might notice Randall, from his place on the stage, turn from the group and take out what...appears to be a cellphone. He holds it up to his face, angling it so that the group behind him is visible in the shot.

Is he...taking a selfie?]

[angelgoatdemon]

AAA-AAAA-AAAA

[WHAT ARE YOU DOING, KIND SIR]

...

[Actually, he has a question. He's gonna tap Randy's shoulder when he's done with the selfies.]

[pinkflip]

...What are you doing.

[ ...THIS ISN'T JUST AN INCREDULOUS QUESTION, SHE GENUINELY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT A SELFIE IS. ]

[nachosquire]

[you know what


marco's just gonna throw a peace sign for this but an angry one bc now is really not even the time but also he doesnt want to look dumb you feel me]

[psychopinesis]

[This reminds him of someone he knows.]

[negaverse]

Hey, Randy? Make sure you use the ugliest filter.

[angelgoatdemon]

[There's a loud, heavy banging from Lekmet's podium and a yell of what sounds like "HEY."

Now that he has your attention, he begins to speak.

Unfortunately, only a select few who can translate him will understand his bleating.]

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP. Let's get back to Mr. Arrow's murder.

[not_over_yet]

....Why is he bellowing at us? [ Is the goat having a crisis WTF DO YOUR NOISES MEAN, LEKMET ]

cathaired

[nachosquire]

Okay, so.. I mean, we all know who we think did it but before we vote I just wanna make extra sure.

[Marco picks up his notebook then, flipping back a page.]

He won't tell us about the hair so we'll just have to figure it out ourselves, and I have a couple of suspects for who it belongs to in mind.

Kit, who's still.. laying on the floor I see. Minnie, who honestly is only on this list to be fair even though I really doubt she had anything to do with this. And the last name I have on here is.....


[....that sure is a nice moment of hesitance there, and he looks to his right for a moment before he continues.]

Hiro, but I don't really think the hair has anything to do with the actual murder. Like Kim said, he probably just tried to frame someone else for this.

Re: cathaired

[not_over_yet]

Pinocchio has black hair as well.

But why frame someone and then also "cover for them"? What is...??

[ wtf is with this duck ]

VOTING

[rech]

...Now, we need to establish the facts here.

Negaduck conceptualized the trap. He drew up the schematics for the trap. He may have plotted the idea of the trap, but he didn't build the trap. Plotting a murder and actually going through with the act are completely different things, and this ultimately comes down to the individual who placed the trap there.

You know who you have to vote for, and voting is mandatory.

[c:]

[pinkflip]

Randall- [ Her voice cracks. ] Randall, come on. You- you said- you want to help your friends, right? Don't make us do this.

[lovelylilmouse]

[... Fine. Okay. She’ll listen to the rules, even though she doesn’t want to. Minnie pricks her finger with the needle and begins to write a name on her paper, but stops after making a single line. She contemplates writing Negaduck’s name instead, but stops herself as she pulls her hand away.]

... I- I cant.

[Someone has to finish her vote for her.]

[angelgoatdemon]

[He's all teary-eyed and can't see well, but he volunteers to write it for her.

Its probably Fine.]

EXECUTION: Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee

[rech]

[The scene is set, and it's fairly simple compared to the other presentations. This one is much less theatrical: a simple pool of water set down in the middle of the stage. Pinocchio appears, his hands tied up above his head, dangling over top of the pool. It's a simple presentation, and one almost hopes that it leads to the death being less brutal than the last.

Of course it will be. Nothing is more brutal than literally grinding Jane Darling to pieces.

But that doesn't really make fears any better when a large, mechanical tail appears from the water. The tail emerges and splashes, causing a large amount of water to pour down on to the audience. There's something in there. Something big. A whale of a whale, no doubt. And is it going to...chomp on him?

One might think of the idea of being swallowed as a cartoonish one. Surely, Pinocchio could just survive this whole ordeal! He'd just be swallowed whole and do something ridiculous like...make the whale sneeze or find some other sort of exit or...something, right?

Only, in distinctly unwhale like whale-like behavior, the animatronic whale doesn't swallow him whole. When it reaches up to Pinocchio, it only bothers to chomp down and take half of him.

Pinocchio screams in terror as his lower half is taken in swoop, the whale diving back down into the water. A large portion o the fabric from his overalls gets taken with it, and wood shavings fall uselessly into the water. It seems that even wooden, there's pretty solid evidence here that Pinocchio can still feel pain. The screams solidify it.

There is an uncomfortable pause, and one would think that the whale should just come back up and end his suffering. But it doesn't, not yet anyway. At last, however, all good things come to an end.

The clockwork whale once again emerges from the body, clinging to what's left of Pinoke. Pinocchio, even if he seems to be in some sort of shock, still struggles against the whale. His upper half thrashes wildly, along with the whale. But there's really an obvious end to that struggle, and the whale drags him down into the water with him.

A yellow hat bubbles to the top, eventually.

Having witnessed this, Randall turns back to the audience.]

[rech]

...But hey, just remember. Thhheeeeere's a great big somethingsomethingsomething, right?

[thanks randy]