Mock Gaiden Trial

[superstarlineup]

[After everyone has finished investigating the horrendous death of a poor dog (and also a couple of disasters who somehow gotten themselves killed, everyone will hear a loud click from the direction of Superstar Studios. A few moments later, the Agent’s voice is heard.]

Ok that’s enough rehearsal there! Time for the show! Everyone break a leg okay?

[As everyone enters the Studio, the first thing that hits them is the blinding lights, making it impossible to see anything for the first few moments.

Once their eyes adjust, they’ll realize that they are definitely in a really tacky movie studios. There are some cheap cardboard cutouts of monsters and city skylines, cameras that look pretty out of date, and the whole place looks like it was built on a shoestring budget.

In the middle of the studio there are rows of directors chairs for every guest that woke up here, with Rod, Ghost Host, and Stan’s chairs just knocked over. In front of them stands the Agent, grinning in an extremely uncanny way.]

I’m impressed! Three bodies is impressive after that first week of nothin’! I’m gonna make sure that culprit gets an extra special reward if they manage to get away with it.

[A small pause, then:]

Okay, my shining stars. You all have to figure out who killed your fellow actors so they don’t get away with it! If they do, they get their reward while everyone else will be punished instead.

There’s no set time limit, but make sure you don’t make it borin’. The cameras are rolling and I ain’t going to let the people watch another boring average reality show!

Comments

[mostwantedfrog]

... What do you mean?

[awardnothawk]

. . . You're a puppet. You're made of fabric.

[It's said with an air of "duh," because unlike Troy or Ryan? Sharpay has no idea that everyone here isn't aware of this stuff. They're all actors, why wouldn't they know?]

And I admire your dedication to staying in character, but it's getting a little bit grating.

[dannydorito]

Boo, let Dr. Banner kin Kermit if he wants to!

[awardnothawk]

I'm just saying, it's a little bit misleading if we're going on about who's strong enough for this and we don't acknowledge that the poor man under the floor probably wants to go home.

[dannydorito]

He knew what he was signing up for when he shoved his hand up the Grinch's butt here.

[stinkypete]

Ew.

[dannydorito]

Puppeteering's a tough gig, but some loser's gotta do it for the amusement of those of us who actually matter.

[mostwantedfrog]

That... does not even make sense. I am speaking to you, right now. I am very much not a puppet. Do you see anyone controlling me?

[The puppeteer sweats.]

[awardnothawk]

Not literally. I assume the puppeter is under the floor - it wouldn't be a very good show if he was visible, unless we wanted to go full Lion King about it.

[mostwantedfrog]

How would man fit under floor in first place?

[Technically speaking, the puppeteer is actually kneeling on the ground in front of Sharpay. He's holding Constantine up above his head, so that the puppet is at least high enough off the ground for someone to speak to him and not have to lean over. The puppeteer doesn't need special stage tricks- he wouldn't be able to work on setting them up last-minute in here, anyway. All he needs is to not be seen.

It's working very well.]

[awardnothawk]

Do I look like I starred in Avenue Q? How would I know, I'm not a puppeteer.

[It's fine. She's just ignoring him because she respects his dedication to staying in character. It's very admirable.]

[mostwantedfrog]

And neither am I. Nor am I a puppet. Look- I move around, I talk, I walk, I do everything that normal anthropomorphic frogs do. Can you prove I am not fake puppet frog?