A Hell of a Show

> *"Okay so here's the thing. You do get a turn. i'll let you talk. But i still get to be apart of the conversation. You do get that, right? it's not an interesting plot if i just sit there. I'm the villain, you're the hero here."*
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> – Murder God to Grace Garden
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## A Hell of a Show

### Scenarios

* Discord Murder Party: The Musical
* Everyone Loves The Circus

### Cast Present

* Kristen
* Alex
* Juno
* Cami
* Scott
* Phill
* Bro
* Darby
* Queen
* Adric
* Kikyo

### Release Date

January 31, 2019

"A Hell of a Show" is the second episode of the second season of Discord Murder Party and the fourteenth episode overall.

## Plot Summary:

### Scenario 1: Discord Murder Party: The Musical

It is the opening night of the musical, Spider-Man vs Cats: Into the Twilight. Featuring lights, pyrotechnics, and a script carefully crafted by the Murder God. The members of the cast and crew are Betty Winchester, she isn't ready for this. Bewly Bradley (pronounced Beuley Braduley) Charlotte Swebe, she was supposed to be at a PTA meeting, to which Murder God responded that she was at one but she was also doing BTS work on the musical. Dr. McGillicutty, the uncalled doctor for when things inevitably go wrong in this production. Grace Garden, a member of the orchestra who plays the clarinet. John, the repair man. Ludwig Campbell, world famous pianist. Michael Mann, he auditioned for the main role but didn't get it. Tommy Gwendolyn, he's running the fly system for Spider-Man and he's feeling way better after staying at the motel. Vincent Reid was supposed to play the lead male role but he didn't show up because he got drunk. And then there was Maria Westhoven, the star of the musical. Recognizing the soul within her as Christine Forks, McGillicutty attempted to wake her up by saying that she could play the role of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera. Murder God then let the crew take their break before the show, thus letting the Awakened take their turn. McGillicutty informed Grace and Tommy of Christine's failed awakening, and how she refused to wake up. He also told them about how she thinks that the man who killed her family is in here. He then suggested that they look for someone else to awaken since they currently don't have enough information about Christine, to which Grace and Tommy agreed. When they asked who showed any signs of awakening however, their time was up and they had to prepare for the show.

After the first show, the crew gathered together backstage. Dr. McGillicutty received a poorly made bouquet of flowers. it was then informed that the producers of the musical noticed that Michael Mann wanted to play the lead role, so he got to play as Spider-Man. But when he took his dramatic leap from the high wire, he didn't notice that his harness wasn't strapped on, and he took a fatal fall on the stage. He was then taken to the hospital on a stretcher while Grace played a mournful tune on the clarinet, his last words being "I'll get you next game". Murder God then informed the cast that the producers of the musical might have planned this stage accident so that they could earn more money, she then gave them the job to find out who the producers were. Bewly Bradley then revealed himself as the seer and outed Dr. McGillicutty as the murderer. He was then fried from the production but since he was the producer he quit and took half of the budget with him.

Just before the next show, Charlotte was given a poorly made bouquet of flowers, with a note that read "Do you remember my son, Charlotte?" In other news, Bewly Bradley was set up to play as Spider-Man, so he used the harness but the strings snapped and he plummeted to the ground. Fortunately, the stage manager was there to patch him up with the first aid kit. Bewly then revealed that Charlotte was innocent, this lead to the cast voting her as the leader of the investigation. Grace suspected that Tommy was responsible since due to his job, he was in the perfect place to commit the crimes. Tommy then revealed that he was the stage manager who patched up Bewly, thus proving his innocence. Charlotte then asked for everyone's alibis. Grace was tuning the clarinet and Ludwig was in the pit with her looking through his sheet music, Maria went to bed early to prepare for her performance, John went home, Charlotte went home to look after her son, and Betty went out to a restaurant. Grace suspected that Maria was innocent since she had a distaste for Dr. McGillicutty and Charlotte then claimed that the most suspicious people would be those who were at the theater, removing Betty and John as suspects. Maria then suspected that it was either Grace or Ludwig since they were both arguing with each other, Grace proved her innocence by revealing herself as the one who was giving out the poorly made flower bouquets. She then accused Ludwig since he claimed that her was in her line of sight the whole time while there were times while she was tuning the clarinet. He was fired from the production, however he was in fact innocent.

Before the next show, Tommy received a slightly improved bouquet from Grace. In other news, Bewly once again was given the role of Spider-Man. But this time, Tommy was not there to save him from his death. Afterwards, Tommy decided to step forward and fried Betty in hopes of finding the producer. Betty claimed that she came her to support Maria, but Murder God then revealed that she was the final producer who was hoping that the production would fail so that she could make money off her. Betty revealed that she did it to look after her and the show was a flop since before it started, Maria was so hurt by this revelation. Betty walked was escorted out and afterwards her father decided that it was time to shut down the production, thus leaving everyone unemployed. Grace stated she would find a job playing clarinet elsewhere. But before she could leave, the Murder God demanded she hand the clarinet back. When Grace refused, the Murder God tried to compromise, saying she would let her keep it if she stop siding with the Awakened. Grace called out her attempts at blackmail, and the Murder God responded by snapping her clarinet in two, much to Grace's dislike. She then left and dragged Tommy with her. And so Spider-Man vs Cats: Into the Twilight closed, it got terrible reviews and only three people liked it.

### Break

Grace returned angrily to the Awakened Lounge with Tommy. The two of them informed the Dr. McGillicutty of their suspicion of Charlotte showing signs of awakening. They also mentioned Betty since she seemed to always have an eye for Christine Forks every time they showed up together. Everybody agreed that Charlotte would be their next focus since she showed hints of previous games. When Tommy suggested that the Awakened should take a more empathetic approach in awakening her, both Grace and McGillicutty voiced their inexperience with empathy. Tommy then used Severus Snape from the Harry Potter book series as an example for McGillicutty's personality, despite him never having read the books. Grace then suggested that she and Tommy should stay close to each other in the next game and try not to kill each other. In the meantime, Grace asked Tommy about the Harry Potter books. The Awakened then had a discussion about books, with Grace being more of a Sherlock Holmes person and McGillicutty expressing his hatred towards The Red Headed League. Grace then asked Tommy to show her the first Harry Potter book, for research purposes.

### Scenario 2: Everyone Loves The Circus

This scenario takes place in the Murder Circus, a creepy circus filled with spooks, thrills and death defying art. Ringmaster Murder God introduces her staff. Grace and Tommy appeared as a trapeze duo nicknamed Grace the Ace and Tommy the Tumblr, although Grace was not impressed to find herself wearing a pink leotard and tutu, but Tommy was having fun. Moving on, there was John, he's in charge of the makeup. Onyx Bloo, he was supposed to be at a comic convention and is searching for his sister Oria, to which Murder God cleared up that he didn't have a sister and that he ran away to work at the circus, Onyx was still sure about having a sister so he decided to keep looking. Moving on, there was Minx, the cat lady with all the big cats. Sniffles, the almost sneezing clown. Trixie, the show magician. Volkswagen Beetle Full of Seven Clowns, a group of multiplying clowns contained in a Volkswagen Beetle. Fumbo the Stabbing Clown, he's on-brand this time. And finally, in Dr. McGillicutty's place, there was Stephen Cutter, a polite man working at the concessions. After the show, they all went back home. Two members of the staff are killer clowns who are planning to kill the rest of the staff during the night.

The next day, due to the result of a wheel spin, Sniffles transformed into Velocirocker. He also got a water bottle with a note that read "Like a fly, you swarm to dung, leave now". In other news, Tommy was stabbed last night, but somebody found him and patched him up. Tommy was then voted as leader of the investigation to find out who stabbed him. Tommy then asked where Dr. McGillicutty was, to which Murder God replied that sometimes he just doesn't show up in the games, which was good for her since she liked Stephen a lot more. This caused Grace to show concern towards Stephen's behaviour. Tommy then asked for everyone's alibis. Grace was with him, John was stoking up on the makeup for the clowns, Minx was seeing some tricks from Trixie, Onyx was up searching for his sister, Sniffles was traumatized after turning into a raptor, The multiplying clowns were sleeping in the VW Beetle, Stephen went to get a new popcorn machine, and Fumbo claimed that if he was the one who stabbed Tommy, he would already be dead. Due to being short of time, the VW Beetle clowns accused one of themselves. The VW Beetle clowns were voted out and as they were pushed out, the hood of the car pooped open to reveal a knife, thus revealing the car as the murderer. And so the clowns pushed the beetle out of the tent, hoping to find a non-cursed car.

The next day, Trixie got a water bottle with a note that read "God fucking damn, could you two keep it down? you're interrupting my stabbing". Which was great news for the person who sent it, cause Trixie got stabbed. But before dying, she pulled out a gun and shot John in the chest. He was revealed to be the final killer clown, and so Trixie died in Minx's arms. Afterwards Murder God let everyone else enjoy the circus for the remainder of the game. Grace then called Onyx to her, Grace tried to tap into his memories by reminding him that his sister Oria had been killed during the ActionCon scenario, and that Grace herself had been one of the killers. She also reminded him that he had been killed himself by none other than Tommy. This reveal unfortunately caused Onyx to act hostile towards the pair, refusing to divulge more information about his sister, and he turned to the Murder God for help. When the Murder God tried to assure everyone that ActionCon didn't exist, Grace lost all patience and punched her in the face, asserting that it was her turn to move. Tommy desperately tried to reason with her, telling her that she was following in Vincent's footsteps; a comment Grace did not take kindly to. However, the damage had been done, and Onyx begged to be returned home, meaning that Grace and Tommy lost their chance to awaken him.

### Aftermath

Whilst the Murder God let Tommy return to the Awakened Lounge, she kept Grace in the Void, reminding her that rebellious actions have consequences. When questioning why Grace would punch her after seeing Vincent being punished for something similar, Grace stated that her line of work as a detective meant that she needed to take any and all risks to solve a case. The Murder God punished her by once again sewing her mouth shut, but followed it up with breaking both of her arms and legs, and tying her back in the Void's strings.

Murder God then returned to the Lounge to check on Tommy and McGillicuty, with McGillicutty claiming that his absence was because he just woke up and Tommy and Grace were gone. Murder God then informed the group that Grace was currently tied up to the void's strings and reminded them not to hit her, she then left them alone for now. Tommy then informed McGillicutty about how Grace screwed up Onyx's awakening. When McGillicutty asked Tommy how Onyx acted through out the scenario, he mentioned that he was always trying to find his sister. McGillicutty then mentioned that Onyx was also Steve the intern and mentioned how he didn't want to go back. They then realized that due to Murder God repeating scenarios in the previous episode, he put on the same faces from those specific scenarios. Tommy then asked McGillicutty what form he could take in the next scenario, McGillicutty mentioned the scenarios Magazine Magazine News, Cyberpunk is still cool in 2018, right? and Reality Island 2. Tommy suggested that for the next game, that they look out to see if he was playing the characters from said scenarios. After agreeing with their plans, McGillicutty asked Tommy about the Harry Potter books, to which Tommy gladly started to tell him all about.

## Starring:

* Kristen Trawczynski as Murder God
* Alex Beckham as Dr. McGillicutty and Stephen Cutter
* Juno Son as Ludwig Campbell and Volkswagen Beetle Full of Seven Clowns
* Cami-Cat as Maria Westhoven and Minx???
* Scott Orenstein as Charlotte Swebe and Onyx Bloo
* Phill Hughes as Michael Mann and Fumbo the Stabbing Clown
* Brodingles as Betty Winchester and Trixie
* Darby Cupit as Bewly Bradley and Sniffles the Almost Sneezing Clown/Velocirocker
* QueenCreeps as Grace Garden
* Adric as Tommy Gwendolyn
* Kikyo Yuuki as John