MOCK TRIAL

[mostwantedfrog]

[Once the house has been thoroughly investigated, Constantine appears again, his pet penguin following close behind him.]

You have found all that you have needed? Excellent. Now, you must come with me to the basement--it is time for a trial.

[He hops away, and if you follow him into the basement, you'll notice that the boarded-up hole in the wall has been cleared away to reveal a winding tunnel. It's not very big--the humans might have to crawl in order to get in. Once you've gotten through the tunnel, you'll find yourself in a massive cave, filled with stalactites and stalagmites. Boober might recognize it. The rocks here have been haphazardly rearranged to resemble a circular trial room. Constantine himself jumps up onto a very high stack of rocks off to the side, staying out of harm's reach.]

Now, your job is to find whoever killed--eugh, what was her name--Carolina or something. The chicken. If you find out who did it and vote for them, the murderer will be destroyed, and you will all go free. But if you get it wrong, which I am fully expecting....

[Constantine chuckles to himself.]

I will destroy you all, and finally take my revenge on all you Mappets.

[He sits back a little, waiting for the discussion to start.]

[TRIAL START!]

Comments

[its_not_fair]

[Her eyes widen]

No! Boober's too scared to have done it. I'm sure of it.

[asksforsolittle]

Yes. It did look a little generic, but I suppose it could've been you.

[tobeginwith]

That's exactly what he wants us to think.

[biggerbadge]

...Did you bring it with you?

[its_not_fair]

You know, you're so quick to accuse everyone else. Maybe you did it.

[tobeginwith]

You're right! Maybe I did!

[asksforsolittle]

I could go and get them quickly. They're not far.

[its_not_fair]

Then you admit it?

[tobeginwith]

What? No. Of course not. I don't have anything to admit.

[biggerbadge]

I don’t believe we’re allowed to leave the courtroom.

[biggerbadge]

Stop playing coy and confess!

[its_not_fair]

He just did!

[biggerbadge]

He just said he didn’t admit it! Does he or does he not?

[mostwantedfrog]

Not allowed, fashionable twink man. You stay here until the culprit is found or you all die miserably.

[vicholas]

Oh no sir, name's Lew Zealand!

[Silly king.]

When looking at the chicken's body, I found a small stab wound in the side of the body. Buuut that's not all! I also found oddly-shaped bruise under all those feathers. Weird isn't it? More than one wound!

[asksforsolittle]

.... [it's a good thing he doesn't know what that means or there'd be another murder right here in this courtroom]

[tobeginwith]

I just said maybe I did. And maybe Jareth did. And maybe Bunsen did. You can't point fingers at me for that!

[asksforsolittle]

So ... what could that mean? That she was knocked out somewhere else, killed that way, and then they cut off her head?

That seems very complicated.

[its_not_fair]

Why didn't you just deny it if you didn't do it, then? You would know, wouldn't you?

[tobeginwith]

What? I thought you all said Camilla had blood on her beak. You know, from live prey. [chickens eat rats, right] How'd it get there if she was eating chicken feed?

[biggerbadge]

[where is the background music coming from??]

Dickens, let’s begin!
DID YOU KILL THAT CHICKEN?

[tobeginwith]

Because if I told you whether or not I did it then there would't be any element of surprise, no thrill of discovery. It's much more interesting for you to have to prove my innocence.

[tobeginwith]

Did I?

Why do you think I would? She was my love interest. If I was going to kill anyone then, narratively speaking, it would've made more sense for it to be Boober. I've been hinting about the fact that I want him to be the murder victim all week.

[its_not_fair]

We're not in this for it to be interesting! We need to figure out who did it!

[biggerbadge]

You said that she was your love interest
But you’d also think that ”a great plot twist!”