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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! ]
diebartdie: (And our saucy ship's a beauty)

[personal profile] diebartdie 2020-07-04 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[His feet are gargantuan. Imagine clown shoes but that’s just his feet. This is a very very canon fact in a world that has oft-changing lore. I am not linking reference because I would like to avoid typing "Sideshow Bob feet" into Google.

They are certainly comparable in shape, but it’d be very very hard for those to be his prints.]
primafacie: (i like you a lot lot)

[personal profile] primafacie 2020-07-04 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Thank for making me read that. Wow. What a true friend.]

You're clear.
diebartdie: (No never!)

[personal profile] diebartdie 2020-07-04 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[r i imagine not much of our cast has seen a lot of the simpsons, i know there are certain people on the modteam just learned he is voiced by kelsey grammar. i would like to establish this very very early on as a major character feature so i do not have to keep bringing it up single trial from here on on.]

I would certainly hope so.
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[personal profile] primafacie 2020-07-04 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[i still hate it lepo. i fucking hate it and it's cursed.]

I suppose you can rest easy knowing nobody tried to frame you this time.