FINAL TRIAL

[grimgrinningghosts]

[When everyone is done investigation, they will hear a mechanical whir as the Doombuggies start back up again. (Best hurry before Heihei and Tarzan's corpse get away from you guys.) When they get back into the Doombuggies, they head back into a tunnel before they meet up again with both groups. Finally the Doombuggies roll to a stop once again and the guests will find themselves in the graveyard, just like every Friday when they had a trial.

The graveyard looks just as it has been, except now there is a knife chained to each tombstone in the circle. This is including the tombstones of your dearly departed, so don't worry if you wanted to have a different formation for the final trial.

And, as always, there is a new epitaph for Jiminy Cricket.

Here lies Jiminy Cricket
So deep in despair, he couldn't think
Got what he wanted and went out with a drink

And don't worry if you're not sure where to go from here. As everyone gets situated to their podium, they'll see someone familiar entering.

Oogie comes out from the shadows]

Well well well, what have we here? About time you showed up! I was wondering if you all died back there.

[How much luck do you guys have by your sides?]

Comments

[sixfingeredstan]

[Ford can't help but feel a large measure of relief when they hear the buggies begin to move again; their explorations were nothing short of disturbing and hadn't illuminated much beyond more questions begging to be answered. When they arrive in the graveyard again, he's disappointed—they'd meant to escape, after all, and now they're right back where they started. It's upsetting. But it's clear that they have some purpose left here, and even if the knives are a little more than faintly disturbing, he takes his place behind his tombstone with a grim set to his jaw that's trying hard not to belie the anger simmering under the surface.]

What the hell do you want with us now? Nobody else has died.

[Well, except for Tarzan, but he's going to very pointedly not bring that up for Julia's sake.]

[splitaseam]

Didn't you just watch a man get shot to death, Fordsy?

[amadeusrockette]

[Thanks, Science Grandpa.]

[kindaruledatit]

[The doombuggies movie again comes as sort a surprise, at least for Wendy. But it just means that she has to scramble back to the ride like everyone else. Their side of the investigation had been fairly simple, even straightforward if they wanted to say that. But now they're back, possibly for one final time, to put someone to death.

Lucky she already got souvenirs. As she steps into the graveyard with a... bundle slung over her back. On closer inspection, it looks like a bedsheet?]

Yo, guys. How'd the rest of the search go?

[amadeusrockette]

We, ah. Made some discoveries.

[That's the polite way to put it.]

[outsidethecircle]

It was something.

[But she guesses they have to talk about it.]

[aboyandhiscar]

[WHAT UP Mike's gesturing everyone over.]

Alright guys, lean in, time for a team huddle.

First up, we've all found some cool stuff yeah? Let's make sure we don't leave anything out. [He presents a notepad for everyone to add what they found to--

Model Home
Hollywood Tower Blueprints
Video Cassette
Dolls and Pins
Photo of Walt
Dart Board
Stolen bed sheet
Purple notebook (pages missing)
Receipt
Note

Photo of Ghostave and Wife(?)
A broken bottled ship
Cassette Player + Ghostave message
Tarzan]

Second--whaaaat the heck are we trying to figure out here? It can't be--[Light glance at Tarzan's body.] It's too soon, and there was no announcement about it. Something smells fishy.

Think they know that we even got backstage?

[sixfingeredstan]

We also found...Lawrence. His body. And his head. In one of the other prison cells.

[It was not a nice discovery, but it could be important.]

We need to figure out how this all fits together.

[amadeusrockette]

There wouldn't need to be. The four of us that were there - if we're meant to vote on that, there's no doubt who we're meant to be voting for.

[Because it's her.]

But I don't think - Man told us we needed to fight, didn't he? Wouldn't that mean we need to fight who's behind this?

[kindaruledatit]

....Oh, right!

[Wendy reaches into her back pocket and produces the rolled up hotel blueprints, spreading it out for the group to see.]

We found this too. It's blueprints for a "Hollywood Hotel".

[sixfingeredstan]

Hey, everyone. Perhaps we should consider not making a deal with any demons. Just...as a matter of personal experience.

[BECAUSE LITERALLY WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU]

[amadeusrockette]

We weren't!

[toogoodforhim]

[Hey I tried, Dad]

[sixfingeredstan]

[OKAY SO FORD IS HERE AND HE HAS A BANJO ON HIS BACK HELLO]

[terribibble]

[THANKS FOR NOT LEAVING BEHIND HIS BEAUTIFUL SECOND WIFE, GOD

OHANA MEANS FAMILY FORD]

[notreadyatall]

[Facilier takes his place alongside Oogie Boogie, tapping a cane against the ground. Unlike the bugman, he seems about ready to go down and mix and mingle, but first, there's something that needs to be down.]

So, before ya'll get goin, whats say we put on a little show? Give our audience what they want?

[From the shadows above them, five masks emerge - the same as in the voodoo room. Each of them seems...alive. The large one looks about the room, satisfied with the selection, and letting out a devious grin. He flickers, just a little bit. There's something off about it, especially. Something familiar.]

Time for the grand finale!

[ARE YA READY?[

[outsidethecircle]

[What the fuck. Anna just stares a bit.]

What audience?

[toogoodforhim]

Cute. What do you want, a round of applause?

[sixfingeredstan]

[He really doesn't like this. He really doesn't like this.]

What exactly are you planning, here?

[aboyandhiscar]

Before we get going?

[Aaand then the masks come alive, all eyeing them. Give him a sec, wheels are turning--]

You're trying to off all of us right now?! Dude!

[notreadyatall]

[This is something. Your three masterminds have been defeated, and the ground underneath them is opening up. Hell seems to open up beneath each of them, as the giant masks observe the scene with great pleasure.]

No...no!

[Oogie is the first to go, the bugs gradually swallowed by the earth, and an empty sack of burlap falls down slowly after. Facilier is next, falling downwards into the Earth, his hat slowly following and drifting downwards. Slim goes as well. The last thing they hear is a loud yell from him - "I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PRESSSSSIIIDDENNNTT" before they vanish completely.

The masks disappear.

There is a small amount of silence, broken up by the fact that despite the fact the masks disappearing, the mansion continues to slowly crumble all around you guys.

The Friends may not be doing not doing anything, but you should probably get out of there before this whole place caves in.]

[outsidethecircle]

[Okay, this was really freaky but time to lunge into a doom buggy. With the axe, sorry Wendy.]

[sixfingeredstan]

[Ford's relief at seeing the three of them gone down that hole only lasts long enough to realize that the rest of this place is sort of collapsing and starting to crumble. He doesn't drop the two teenage girls under his arms, just runs for the doom buggies.]

BACK TO THE CARRIAGES, QUICK!

[toogoodforhim]

[Lefou keeps dragging Namine behind him because armor is heavy and it's his fault she's wearing it. He's also clutching Maui's oar in his other hand and clutching Maui's doll and Heihei both close to his chest.]

Let's go!!

[defyingfrigidity]

[As much as the three of them deserved it, as much as Elsa wanted to do anything to protect the friends she had left... all of that was pretty horrifying. But she can't focus much on that right now, what with the mansion coming down around them. SO SHE'LL JUST FOLLOW THE OTHERS AND HOP RIGHT INTO ONE OF THE DOOM BUGGIES.]