neverhadafriend: (08)
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! ]
dannydorito: (why are you like this)

[personal profile] dannydorito 2020-07-04 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Right, cause even an innocent magic tutor would really want to admit to any part of this.
nobodylikesyouwhen: (28)

[personal profile] nobodylikesyouwhen 2020-07-04 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
If they didn't do it, they didn't do it. Their life in on the line just like the rest of us. You're the one who fits that and is trying hardest to point fingers and waste our time.
dannydorito: (why are you like this)

[personal profile] dannydorito 2020-07-04 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I am ONE incredibly handsome flesh person who MIGHT fit. Frankly, I am beginning to doubt your objectivity here.
nobodylikesyouwhen: (20)

[personal profile] nobodylikesyouwhen 2020-07-04 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ An eyebrow quirks. She picks up the note. ]

"My dear beloved human friends."
dannydorito: (what)

[personal profile] dannydorito 2020-07-04 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Right, the Doc was being really weirdly specific there, it's been pointed out how speciest that is.
nobodylikesyouwhen: (04)

[personal profile] nobodylikesyouwhen 2020-07-04 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean... unless the letter was forged by someone with a weird thing about humans.
dannydorito: (why are you like this)

[personal profile] dannydorito 2020-07-04 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Stabby, I am beginning to suspect there is something specific you're trying to get at here, and I hear you.

[Dot dot dot]

...I've been saying it was nerdbot all along, glad to see you're seeing the light here.
nobodylikesyouwhen: (29)

[personal profile] nobodylikesyouwhen 2020-07-04 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Rrgh-

[ She visibly... tries to calm herself a little, okay. ]

If you want me to just say it, I'll say it. You used magic to make his machine kill him, and you're so bad at pretending to be a person that you couldn't write a convincing fake letter.
dannydorito: (bp rising)

[personal profile] dannydorito 2020-07-04 09:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow. WOW. That is ENTIRELY circumstantial evidence, and I am HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED in such accusations.
nobodylikesyouwhen: (23)

[personal profile] nobodylikesyouwhen 2020-07-04 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
But you're not denying them, are you?
dannydorito: (bp rising)

[personal profile] dannydorito 2020-07-04 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Fine. You wanna hear me say it? I did not kill the Doc!
bottlerockets: (can you all not)

Mods, maybe?

[personal profile] bottlerockets 2020-07-04 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[... Hey, wait a second.

Chicken Little takes out the note from Genie on their first day here from his pants pocket, and flips it over, where Bill had made a fake autograph for him. He leaves his podium and comes over to X-23's side, quietly holding it our for her to look at.

Does the writing on this match the forged note?]
pleasureislanders: (Default)

[personal profile] pleasureislanders 2020-07-04 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Obviously since the suicide letter was written to match Doofenshmirtz's handwriting, it's not identical writing.

But it does look a little similar.]
nobodylikesyouwhen: (27)

[personal profile] nobodylikesyouwhen 2020-07-04 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ HM. Okay, time to try a slightly different tactic. ]

Wow. You are really bad at forgery.
dannydorito: (why are you like this)

[personal profile] dannydorito 2020-07-04 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
primafacie: (all i want is hot hot)

[personal profile] primafacie 2020-07-04 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
He called me a mortal the other day, which would have been flattering coming from anybody but him.
dannydorito: (let me explain u a thing)

[personal profile] dannydorito 2020-07-04 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
So you admit ulterior motive to physically assaulting my person.
primafacie: (think you're really hot hot)

[personal profile] primafacie 2020-07-04 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I wanted the blueprints. I thought that was obvious, William.
dannydorito: (why this)

[personal profile] dannydorito 2020-07-04 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
So you claim! But I think we all know how much your wounded ego played into the decision to escalate.
primafacie: (we love them! we love them!)

[personal profile] primafacie 2020-07-04 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I find you a petty man of little importance and therefore care very little what meaningless nonsense you say. I'm simply tired of playing nice when I don't have to.