FOURTH TRIAL

[splitaseam]

[To what I'm sure is everyone's joy after a sad investigation like that, after everyone reaches the Stretching Room, Oogie's voice can be heard.]

Is this haunted room actually stretching? Or is it just your imagination?

[Well at least he's honoring Ghostave's memory, except he starts laughing, almost tauntingly, after he says that.

In the very least the graveyard seems identical, with three new epitaphs for our dearly departed.

Here lies Lea
Slaying bugs he made a name
And got sent to the deadliest game

Here lies WALL-E
They were our dearest friend
But that didn’t help them in the end

Here lies Tarzan?
????
?????


... Ok then.

Oogie speaks before everyone can get to their tombstones.]

Don't keep me waiting!

Comments

SMELL CHECK

[capulion]

I have a pretty good nose, you know. Lefou found the soap. His paws still smell like it.

I could see if there's a small trace on, you know, the possible hands?

[SHE DOESN'T LIKE THIS BUT SHE NEEDS JUSTICE FOR WALLY.]

[sixfingeredstan]

Excellent idea. May as well put that sniffer to good use.

[terribibble]

[Well. Fiddleford's hands were a possible match, so he's just going to do the sensible thing and hold them out. He has nothing to hide it's fine it's fine.

They do not smell like the soap. They do smell like grease and dirt and metal, but that's because he had his hands all up inside the dead robot, that's easy to explain.

There's also a lingering smell of alcohol on him but that's not much of a mystery either.]

[capulion]

[She wrinkles her nose a bit. Not nice smelling hands, there, buddy.]

No he just smells like... tang and burning.

[arpeggiositar]

[Demyx pauses for a moment before taking his hands out of his pockets and extends one to Kiara.

There's a smell of soap there, yeah]

I was at the laundry room during the investigation, you know. Touched the soaps and all. Lefou saw me.

[capulion]

I guess that explains it then. Cause you do smell the same.

[Just to be sure, she glances at Lefou for confirmation.]

[aboyandhiscar]

Yep. That means you and Lefou are the main suspects.

[Mike huffs, rubbing his head.]

Didn't wanna say anything, but now that I know we all kick if you guys go free--dude, straight up in your video feed, that's how you fight. Smashing with instruments. I thought you calmed down.

[sixfingeredstan]

...Mike has a point. And even if Lefou saw you touching the soap...who's to say you didn't do it on purpose to throw off the trail?

[aboyandhiscar]

Don't count out LeFou yet either; I want Demyx to make his case first. Got it?

[sixfingeredstan]

Alright, alright. Fair enough.

[Even if Ford is fairly certain Lefou wouldn't do something like this...he needs to stay impartial.]

[arpeggiositar]

[Demyx shrugs]

Eh, not really, I use magic. And I have no magic here. I can't use water to do anything here.

My instrument is just a way to channel the magic, nothing more.

[Even though he did hit the foes in those videos a few times with the sitar, he says]

[aboyandhiscar]

I super wanna believe that, dude--me and you jammed in there, you know how old those instruments were. If it's a set up or you got anything else working for you, I wanna hear it now.

[arpeggiositar]

What do you want me to say? I was in my room, sleeping all the time. I don't know what someone would do if they want to set me up.

[Oh hey, now that he thinks about it]

Wait, I know. Look, those videos have been out there all this time, I bet anyone could hit someone with an instrument to make it look like I did it. It'd be easy, right? It doesn't mean I did it.

[aboyandhiscar]

Odor sleuth, huh? Yeah, go for it.

[use that ADORABLE KITTY NOSE!!! i mean

Mike's hand's smell very clean! For a supposed thug he is a very tidy dude. There are faint scents of coffee and metal though, probably.]

[capulion]

[She smiles crookedly at him. She doesn't want to think of you as a suspect, friend.

His hands smell nice and clean, especially after Fiddleford, but not that specific floral scent.]

Also kind of tangy, but clean. No flower soap.

[aboyandhiscar]

I probably should have used it, heh. Thanks, Kiara.

[sixfingeredstan]

...What do you mean, Mike?

[aboyandhiscar]

Iiif things were going a certain way, but you don't gotta worry about that now, Pops. It's cool.

I'll explain later.

[whistlenotchirp]

[For not having time to wash, he's reasonably clean. Kind of sweaty smelling, but clean.]

[capulion]

[How does a cricket bathe anyway?]

[whistlenotchirp]

[Sink.]

[capulion]

[Don't you like, breathe through your skin?]

[chainbroke]

[ While her hands are a little smudged with color from her pencils, they're scent-free. ]

[capulion]

[SHE WOULD NEVER SUSPECT YOU ANYWAY GENTLE CUBCHILD. YOU GET NUZZLES.]

[amadeusrockette]

[Julia's hands don't smell like the soap. Mainly because they very strongly smell of sauerkraut.

She sorta skipped out on investigating to eat breakfast.]