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The Genie ([personal profile] neverhadafriend) wrote in [community profile] adventurersclub2020-07-04 12:00 pm
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FIRST TRIAL

[Once the investigation begins to wrap up, there's a loud feedback noise as a blue speaker appears from thin air. In a tinny, warbled voice not unlike an announcer in a strip mall:]

Will, uh, the people who've been kidnapped against their will and brought to this terrible place please report to the lobby?

[As you approach the lobby, Genie can be found floating overhead, looking...well, nervous. Once everyone has gathered, he waves his hand, and the floor begins to rumble and shake. Slowly, the compass pattern on the ground begins to come apart, reforming and arranging themselves into a spiral staircase descending down into the ground. It's difficult to tell where it leads just by peering down--it looks like you're going to have to walk down there, yourselves.]

See you all downstairs.

[Genie disappears in a puff of smoke. As you descend the staircase, you'll notice the air growing colder and colder, the club disappearing far above you. Eventually, you reach a pair of metal double doors, each of which has a porthole to allow you to look into the room--although it's difficult to make out many details.

As you push open the doors, a blast of warm air greets you as the bright lights overhead practically blind you. After your eyes adjust, you'll notice that the entire perimeter of the room has been decorated in bamboo or thatch, as if someone had transported a beach-side attraction to an underground bunker. The room itself is circular, with a series of podiums set up in a ring. In the center of the podiums is what looks to be a stage. It looks like the numbers on the podiums correspond to your room numbers.]


So! I'm sure the audience at home knows how this works, but for those who are, um, new to this whole system, I'll lay out the rules. You've gathered the evidence, which means it's time to go over it all and figure out who killed poor Doctor D.

BOY, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHICH ONE OF THESE SUCKERS DESERVES TO BE EXECUTED!

[The new voice comes from above in the form of a metallic squawk, and if you look up, you'll notice that dozens upon dozens of swings and branches hang from the ceiling. Colorful, tropical birds perch above, staring expectantly down at the guests, but their movements seem stiff and inorganic. The bird that spoke up, an orange and yellow conure, leans forward on its perch and leers down at Genie.

Genie clears his throat, ignoring the bird.]


...Oh, yeah. And, um, if you don't vote for the correct culprit, my master said that he'd kill you all. So let's hope you sleuths are good at sniffing out murderers.

[He doesn't seem terribly enthused about it, and doesn't even whip out any funny pop culture references. To be fair, no one would, given the circumstances. The birds, however, begin jabbering among themselves, looking very excited about their newfound entertainment.]

[ TRIAL START! ]
primafacie: (Default)

mods?

[personal profile] primafacie 2020-07-04 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah. Hm.

Question: do Norm's feet look like the larger set of footprints?]
primafacie: (i know that you think you're special)

[personal profile] primafacie 2020-07-04 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Norm, did you bring the good doctor muffins last night after the explosion went off?
doofenshmirtz: (05)

[personal profile] doofenshmirtz 2020-07-04 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I certainly did! I was watching as the doctor was beginning to construct his new invention, but he looked stressed and told me to go and "make some baked goods or something!"

[He does air quotes to indicate exactly what Doofenshmirtz said.]

In fact, I was about to finish the muffins when I heard that explosion go off! But, because he explodes all the time, I finished taking them out of the oven before checking in on him.
primafacie: (boys boys boys)

[personal profile] primafacie 2020-07-04 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
You didn't happen to see anyone leaving when you did, did you? Perhaps from the trophy room?
doofenshmirtz: (Default)

[personal profile] doofenshmirtz 2020-07-04 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately, I did not! But when I entered the lounge room, I did notice those tracks in the glitter that most definitely did not come from Doctor Doofenshmirtz!
primafacie: (i know that you think you're special)

[personal profile] primafacie 2020-07-04 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Drat. Well, thank you anyway, Norm.
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[personal profile] doofenshmirtz 2020-07-04 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
You're welcome!

[A panel in the front of his chest opens up, and he pulls out several small bowls of oatmeal.]

If anyone has not yet eaten breakfast, I have assembled these bowls of nutritious oatmeal!
dannydorito: (why are you like this)

[personal profile] dannydorito 2020-07-04 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Well that proves it, oatmeal is the most evil and murdery of breakfast foods.
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[personal profile] primafacie 2020-07-04 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, no thank you. One of the humans might want food, though.

[Does Sugarplum need to eat? Probably not, actually.]
bottlerockets: (can you all not)

[personal profile] bottlerockets 2020-07-04 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh... thank you?

[But considering that someone just died, he doesn't really have an appetite right now and it's probably going to just sit here on his podium. Sorry Norm.]
diebartdie: (Though I could never tell why)

[personal profile] diebartdie 2020-07-04 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
...I suppose I need my caloric intake.

[Very casually eating his oatmeal.]
halloteen: (you might as well face the truth)

[personal profile] halloteen 2020-07-04 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Did you see anybody suspicious running by after the explosion? [well we might as well try]
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[personal profile] doofenshmirtz 2020-07-04 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately, my sensors are limited in their capacity, and Dr. Doof did not install eyes on the back of my head! So, no!
dannydorito: (why are you like this)

[personal profile] dannydorito 2020-07-04 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
So you set off the thingy and then went to finish your muffins, got it.
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[personal profile] doofenshmirtz 2020-07-04 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I certainly would never intentionally cause harm to my creator!
dannydorito: (let me explain u a thing)

[personal profile] dannydorito 2020-07-04 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course not! You just pressed a button, at which point the Wishysplosionboomboomnator did all the harm. Technically not you, right?