((I apologize for posting so late))
Kevin was repairing his messed up bike and Gracie was probably off reading somewhere when Mr. and Mrs. Shinn summoned them and told them about the invitations from a woman whose name sounded like a cheesy standard stage name. The young boy remembered snickering at the ridiculous thought of them going to some unknown person's birthday party but ultimately his curiosity got the best of him. Also, it wasn't as if he would ever let his little sister go there by herself so before he could pull anything off, he and Gracie were already being hauled to the location with only a single emergency number in tow.
Flash forward to the ill-fated dinner, Kevin had just finished the last pea on his plate and already his sister was out of his sight. Knowing Gracie, the boy didn't panic but instead adjusted the troublesome beret which his mom forced him to wear. He was aware that there was no possibility of his sister getting lost as Gracie was scarily good with memorizing anything and everything. With the only person he knew gone, Kevin decided to sit back and size up the much older people there with them. "Interesting... Variety's definitely present." The young boy thought with a mischievous grin on his face. But before he could move to individual evaluations, the lights went out and he kind of had a sinking feeling from then on that the event would turn into one big ball of cliches.
True enough, the celebrant's corpse hung from the ceiling, evidently dead. He could feel beads of sweat starting to form on his back at that moment but he tried his best to not let his mild fear appear on his face. The first thought that flashed across his mind was his sister. He wasn't worried before but now that a dead woman turned up, his big brother instincts were going haywire fast. That feeling was over as it began with Gracie tapping him on the shoulder and him automatically explaining to her about the apparent situation. It was always like that between them. They were scooted over by a man immediately afterwards and told them to never let themselves be without an adult. The siblings were used to that already, they were kids after all, but he didn't want to feel underestimation being flinged towards them again. He knew Gracie was thinking that too and solving the murder was obviously a shared plan between the two.
"Since you haven't found any suspects, you must vote for a punishment that your group will suffer. You can choose from Forced Participation, Madhouse, and Bad Accident." The chilling words were said with an almost defeaning voice and Kevin tightly gripped his sister's hand. There was no way he's letting her get out of his sight after that. Kevin vowed to capture the person who resorted to a despondent cry for attention. Still holding his sister's hand, Kevin proceeded to vote.