muppetmurderhour | MOCK TRIAL

[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!]

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He seems...rather attached.

I don't care, shouldn't you be arresting him anyway for killing the chef?

Please point me to handcuffs and a jail cell.

We don't have a jail cell.... but we could put him in the closet.

That implies he wouldn’t just break down the door.

Well if you're not going to do anything, I will.

[She steels herself. He's just a little muppet, what can he do to her? Stepping forward, she grabs the Wilkins coffee demon around the waist and tries to pull him off of Jareth.]

I can't believe this! [the peanut gallery's over here] First she killed Camilla, and now she's going to kill Wilkins!

Why would she use her own figure if she didn't want to get caught, you blockheaded buffoon?

To throw us off. We all think she's too smart to use her own figure which is exactly why she'd use it. Classic trope.

Someone who knows an awful lot about these sort of things would be awfully good at framing a person. Where were you when the body was found?

Crying in the bathroom.

So you already knew she was dead, and didn't tell any of us?

I didn't know it was her, I just knew somebody had died. The narration wasn't really subtle in leading up to the discovery. I was trying to react properly this time because you all think I'm a character here instead of just a narrator.

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[Nodding] Ah, I see you are a creature of culture as well.

Someone has to do it! Someone has to kill Wilkins to stop the murders!

Unless there are two murderers among us. If he didn't kill the chicken, and that murderer was counting on us blaming him ...

Ugh. We need to go back to the things we know, I think. Pointing fingers is likely to get us all killed, at this rate.

I know that there was chicken feed on the floor. Which is still preeeetty suspicious on your end, isn't it?

I don't. Eat. Chicken feed.

[he sighs]

Does anyone know where it was originally kept?

Even if he didn't murder the chicken, who knows what he will do next! Can't you see in the blood lust in the little eyes of that green monster?

Do you want to die because of HIM, of all people?

Let's hang him from the rafters!

Someone who gets it!!!

We gotta find him, and then hang him! Then throw fish at him! And then more hanging!

...Excessive.

I like your style.

[Minus the fish.]

[There's a lot this little muppet could do, but luckily, Sarah managed to surprise him. His limbs flail violently as he scrabbles for a purchase, but he's successfully removed from Jareth's back.

Now, of course, is the issue as to whether or not Sarah can keep a tight enough grip to prevent him from struggling away, or latching onto her.]

[She's good, but she's still just a teenage girl, after all. She yelps as she tries to maintain her hold on him and keep him from grabbing onto her...

Unfortunately, there's a pretty good chance his flailing limbs are too much for her to handle...]