*indiscriminate mumbling*
The votes are in! Let's review what happened today:
Everybody was amazed to find the Puzzlemaster in the defendant's seat. Half of them were surprised because they loved him, the other half were surprised that he hadn't ended up in it sooner. Bookwyrm immediately showed his attention to detail, took off his glasses in a moment of vague cinematic greatness, and boldly proclaimed that he would take on the Puzzlemaster's challenge. REDVWIN applauded. Habanerose cracked his knuckles. ZFR adjusted his "Kiss me, I'm Irish (and probably a leprechaun)" scarf. Bler only giggled.
Maxvorstadt offered up some form of food which only Yezemin could pronounce and thus was the only one who was brave enough to eat it. In the midst of this tension, Sunshinecorp looked over Bookwyrm's shoulder, took notes, and discussed the case with him, determined to solve the mystery this time, while secretly keeping a chain in his pocket just in case the bespectacled bibliophile got TOO close.
His Eternal Squiddliness took Amrit by the shoulders and explained something wise pertaining to cheese. In the midst of it, he accidentally slapped Sanfueg, who didn't move an inch. Instead, a small slip of paper fell out of his hood holding his vote, which served to creep everybody out even more. When did he write that? How long was it there? Does he have ALL his votes prepared like this? What does he do when he needs to use the bathroom?
Ashwald immediately started asking vital questions, of which Djaron leaned in to answer with a song, which was more like a rhyme put to some form of lute music.
"Can't you sing something people actually KNOW?", Zeogoldilocks snapped.
Djaron then put the lute on his back. whipped out a small keyboard and began playing.
In the midst of this, the Puzzlemaster was constantly fiddling with the locks. Remembering what he pulled off when he first made Puzzle-Bot, Bookwyrm and Bler quietly watched him. Sure enough, as soon as the bailiff was distracted, the chains and weight fell off of him, he jumped over the front of the defendant box, and bolted for the door. Bler quickly leaped out and clung to the Puzzlemaster's leg with all his strength, which didn't do much until Bookwrym snatched Yezemin's panda out of her hands and threw it at the both of them. Bler caught it, and in approximately 1.34 seconds, the Puzzlemaster was on the ground in a half-nelson. The bailiff dragged him away. When he returned, he was now in a strait jacket. Forced to continue, he begrudgingly sat down and read off the coroner's report.
Djaron's song for today is:
An Old Fashioned Love Song, by Paul Williams (1971)
Whether this is significant or not, nobody knows. He totally nailed that kazoo solo, though.