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

[tobeginwith]

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

[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?

[tobeginwith]

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

[its_not_fair]

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

[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.

[its_not_fair]

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

[tobeginwith]

So figure it out, then.

[its_not_fair]

I'm trying! You're the one making things more complicated.

[tobeginwith]

No I'm not. Look at me, I'm a picture of innocence. I don't even have any blood on me or anything.

[or does he?]

[its_not_fair]

I don't know, do you? We can't see your shirt under your jacket. You could be using it to hide blood.

[tobeginwith]

Well, with that logic, so could everybody else. If you're gonna check me you might as well check all of them.

[its_not_fair]

Fine. You, first.

[She crosses her arms, staring at him.]

[biggerbadge]

[where is the background music coming from??]

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

[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.

[biggerbadge]

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

[tobeginwith]

...You've got me there!

[biggerbadge]

So you confess to what you’ve done?
A Bitchin’-Chicken-Kitchen-Hit-And-Run?

[tobeginwith]

You can't say that, our show's rated G. Between you and Lew how are we ever going to hope to air this on national television?

[biggerbadge]

Monsieur, I know you did the crime!

[tobeginwith]

Source?

1/2

[biggerbadge]

...

1/2

[sockluck]

...

2/2

[sockluck]

... you are no longer allowed anywhere near me, strange author thing.

[And he thought they were allies!]