FIFTH TRIAL

[splitaseam]

[As the Stretching Room descends, there is a long pause before Oogie says anything.]

What? You wanna 'nother speech? You ain't getting one!

[New day, brand new epitaphs for our dearly departed awaiting in this graveyard.

Here lies Demyx
All he wanted was a heart
But he ended up torn apart

Here lies Kiara
Our most beloved kitty
Now ready to sit pretty

Here lies Tip
She wanted to think ahead
And ended up torn to shreds

Only a dozen of you guys left, think you can figure out whodunit?]

Come on, I ain't gettin any younger here!

Comments

[terribibble]

Four.

[Which... isn't much better.]

[aboyandhiscar]

We'll just narrow it down further or--figure out what kinda magic bs the bugsack's pulling.

[outsidethecircle]

Um--do we know how Kiara died?

[aboyandhiscar]

[--! Mike blinks, surprised. He hadn't fukkin thought of that.]

Thaaat's a good question. Did someone skin her and dump the body so we couldn't figure out the murder weapon?

[terribibble]

There wasn't anythin' on her that looked like a stab wound. None of the marks were deep or nothin', and neither was that bite.

But with her skinned... hard to tell. That might've been why they did it, I think you're right.

[aboyandhiscar]

If we can figure out what axed her, we could really move somewhere--and figure out why someone decided to chuck Tip's head. Was no point in leaving it out in the open after all.

We just gotta figure out why the extremes were used.

[toogoodforhim]

...The bite wouldn't have had to be deep if it snapped her neck.

[aboyandhiscar]

--you think the piano snapped Kiara's neck? But it bit of Tip's. I know Kiara's a lot tougher than a kid, but shouldn't she have lost her head, too?