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

CROSS EXAMINE THE COCKROACH

[ilovepuppies]

[Star cups Chauncey in both hands and places it gently on her tombstone.]

I know this has to be really hard for you, little guy, but you think you can answer some questions?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[are we seriously doing this

there definitely has to be something missing here

okay. there's the cockroach! sup?]

[terribibble]

[LOOK it's one of the only leads they've got

Okay. Let's see. Well they were wondering about the music, so...]

Did this happen -- did this happen right before we all came upstairs?

[Just to confirm.]

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It bounces up and down. How to word this?

It shakes its head.]

[terribibble]

[Hmm.

God, he cannot believe he is talking to a goddamn bug. It's been a weird five weeks.]

So he was... WALL-E was layin' there for a good long while before we found him?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[yep! :)]

[terribibble]

So it... must've taken him a while to break down, if he was still playin' music.

[grimgrinningghosts]

[yea :)]

[terribibble]

[THOSE ARE BAD AND UPSETTING SMILEY FACES]

So between his motherboard bein' damaged and just plain runnin' out of charge...

I'm sorry. I'm sorry this happened to your friend.

[He is apologizing to a BUG and he can't even call it weird anymore because everything here is horrible and surreal]

M'sorry I couldn't fix him.

[grimgrinningghosts]

[its gonna hop on your nose and cuddle it fidds

it's okay :)]

[terribibble]

[jeSUS CHRIST

okay

this is happening]

A-ah. I'm glad you're not... angry? You can get down now.

[grimgrinningghosts]

[okay! :)

is down now]

[sixfingeredstan]

[Okay, sure. Let's do this.]

Ah—excuse me, sir. Is there anything you saw last night that might help us solve WALL-E's murder? For example, anything out of place?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[Like what?]

[outsidethecircle]

[Look, Anna is going to ask the thing:]

Can you point to whoever chased your friend?

[grimgrinningghosts]

[It cocks it's head at this. It doesn't know.]

[kindaruledatit]

...Hey, uh. How are you doing, little guy?

[Like, someone has to ask how the roach is feeling now that his owner is... gone. Right?]