WEEK 3 TRIAL

[foundationmods]

It was noon on Saturday.

No matter where they were, no matter what they were doing...the moment the chimes rang out through the hall, they felt a change.

The world...began to expand, as they felt themselves leaving the world they were on, and towards another, much larger world...🗈

...As always, the courtroom was there - along with the audience, watching, waiting for the entertainment before them.

The Witch - Nirrti - was there, sitting in the most important place, watching all of them with a sharp, cruel gaze, a smile of pure delight on her face.

Watanuki was also there, but he merely lounged in the back behind them, smoking a kiseru pipe in silence.
...It seemed as if he was content to watch - that he had to watch - as part of the rules of the game.

There was no music to be heard, but... perhaps on another plane, in another place, someone else heard music as they gazed upon the proceedings.

Again, their forms had changed - perhaps into something different than last time, but...still a change, no matter how dramatic or inconsequential it was.

...There was a deep silence in the room, one that no one wanted to break. It was the faint tension in the air, like the moments before a race or a competition begins.

They had found the truth last time....but now, two people had died.
Was it possible for them to find the culprit this time?
A culprit that....had...

No, it had to be.

For the sake of the dead...and the sake of them all.

Comments

[lutea]

That is the way of Witches, you foolish, idiot boy!! Why should I apologize for doing what I was maaaaaaaaaaade to do?! Would you yell at a lion for hunting and killing a gazelle?! Would you punish a dog who buries a bone, or a cat who kills a bird?

[She's almost frenzied, now.]

Hahahahaha, how simple, how foooooolish, you're always, alllllways so focused on trying to make me like you, but I am not! I am a Witch, and a Witch isn't human!!

[fullbodied]

Shut.

Up.

[lutea]

Or what?

[fullbodied]

...

[she goes quiet]

You'll see.

[goldenmaniac]

You may not be human but you're not an animal either-! You can make choices outside your supposed 'nature' and I refuse to accept that isn't the case.

A natural disaster might cause Misfortune, but it doesn't enjoy it- you said your self that you have to have a sense of self to exist as a Witch, so don't give me that 'oh I'm just like I am because of what I am' bull.

[lutea]

Will you be able to talk like that for the rest of this gaaaaaame?! Very well then, I'll say it in a way you can understaaaaaaaaand! Listen in, listen close, I won't be repeating this!

I am a Witch! And as a Witch, I personally delight in the suffering of others! There's nothing better than seeing the despair on their faces when all their dreams are crushed and they lose everythiiiiiiing! I love it! I love watching the life fade from their eyes, tinged with the regret that they have nothing leeeeeeeft, and no one to mourn theeeeeem!!!

Look, look, you'll find it's fun too, you see? Look at her weeping face and you'll find it there, you'll find that wonderful expression that makes my very soul dance with deliiiiiight!!

Kyaaaaahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

[goldenmaniac]

[He looks over at Ann, his heart aching. There's no pleasure for him there at all]

... I'm sorry you feel like that, Nirrti. Though I guess since you enjoy it that doesn't really mean anything for you.

[lutea]

Hehehehehe.....that look on your own face makes me just as happy.

Aaah, how saaaaad....I'm so sorry, I'll renounce everything and tell you the culprit...

[She comes over, grabbing his face and forcing him to look into her maddened, insane eyes.]

Is that what you want me to saaaaaaaaaay? *cackle*!!

[goldenmaniac]

[He yelps, seeming to expect her to bite his face off for a moment there. Still he fights to meet her eyes, though it's clear that's difficult- looking into the pit is never good for you.

Takumi struggles, raising a hand like he intends to strike her... and bops her nose]

If you don't focus someone is going to get you with the right Blue Truth, you know.

1/2

[lutea]

.....

[lutea]

[...She lets him go, turning away without a word.]

[keydomhearts]

[ ykinmk ]

[keydomhearts]

Is that what happened to you? That you had no one there to mourn you?

[anonnomnomnom]

It is kind of a pain, isn't it? Though, if all Witches were the same, that would be kind of boring, too. [Said like he's musing over the menu at a restaurant.]

[goldenmaniac]

Heh, I dunno, maybe you gave me practice in not judging people that don't think like humans, Anon.

[anonnomnomnom]

I think you're still pretty judgey, though, Takumi! [He doesn't seem to have a problem with that, though? He's just watching him slapfight Nirrti with a sort of amused baring of his skeleton teeth.]

[goldenmaniac]

[He rubs the side of his face awkwardly]

Probably. My ego is pretty big so that's probably why. But I can still learn, right?

[anonnomnomnom]

Hahaha, learning is definitely important no matter how big your ego is. Even a detective can never rest!

[chaoscontrol]

[still on the fucking floor]

Ahhhh? Is that so... well boy, have I got news for you about a witch named Mary fuckin' Poppins.

[keydomhearts]

She's not a witch! She's just the best nanny ever!

[chaoscontrol]

A magic nanny!

[DON'T UNDERMINE HIS POINT]

[oceanicbutterfly]

Perhaps you're the one about to learn something new about Mary Poppins.

[chaoscontrol]

Maybe YOU can shut your mouth.

[oceanicbutterfly]

The heckler complains about commentary he doesn't like.

[chaoscontrol]

Yes. It's the ouroboros of bitching, the serpent that swallows its own tail.

Marry Poppins is a good witch. So are The Good Witch of the North, and Kiki, and HERMIONE GRANGER.

[how many books have you read, shadow

all of them]