thefoundation | WEEK 4 TRIAL

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, though no smile could be seen on her face today.

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.

Truth was elusive, yet they had to find it.
No matter how painful, or upsetting.
No badly how much they all hurt.

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

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[...Well. Gebura looks quite different today for some reason, looking far more robotic than she usually is during the trials. In fact, she looks like a tall humanoid android with a metallic helmet covering its face, with long red hair flowing out of the back of the helmet.]

...Just once I would like these transformations to make sense.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?! WHERE AM I?!

[Hey gebura, do you like having a high pitched girl's voice coming from your body while there's a bunch of rattling noise?]

[...Okay, what the hell? Is that coming from her internal storage...

Yeah, let's release whatever that is. She lifts her right hand up, and lets see what comes out.]

[What comes out is a screaming stake - which quickly turns into the same girl that they just saw in the fantasy retelling....except she's sniffling and crying.

The moment she realizes she's outside, though, she quickly straightens up, dragging an arm across her eyes and glaring at Gebura.]

F-Finally! Don't you know better than to just pick up occult items and shove them somewhere dark?!

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[OH! OH, IT'S LUCIFER! WAVING!]

[Blink blink.]

Vinea? Is that you?

It's me! I didn't expect you to be in there of all places.

[THE NUMBER OF PRETTY GIRLS PRESENT HAS INCREASED. SHE'S SO GLAD]

Neither did I-! I-I mean, it was a little surprising...but as the eldest of the Seven Stakes of Purgatory, I knew it was only a matter of time until I was released!

[She's not actually convinced, but Vinea is too lesbian to argue.]

Well, you're here now. These trials are pretty interesting.

Uhhh...

[Staring at the stake girl.]

What is this? "Let's personify the weapons?" No offense, ma'am, but the next thing we know the knife is gonna show up as a sentient person!

[She just.

Stares at him.]

....What kind of idiot are you? Valefar is a knife.

What?!

[Well, this trial took an unexpected turn.]

Since when did he become a knife?!

In the fantasy. Try to keep up.

I guess Nirrti is finally using her Pieces for something.

.......

[Thanks for the input.]

...Are you going to tell me that Vinea's a weapon too? Are all demons actually weapons?

[She is. So excited about this.]

It depends on their vessel, but most of the 72 Demon Pillars of Hell have a weapon form.

Most of them? Are there some that don't?

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I'm a sword!

[Had she not mentioned that before? She guesses it never really came up.]

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She's perfect.

... Uh. Geb?

I'm adopting her once we leave here.

[I'm sorry Wheatley, this is one of the things Gebura is passionate about.]

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[...Lucifer pushes out her chest, grinning.]

Of course I am! I am one of the Seven Stakes of Purgatory, Lucifer the Prideful! Only the greatest Witches and Sorcerers can even begin to claim me as their Furniture!

[BEAMING. SHE KNEW NIRRTI WAS THE GREATEST.]

[...Okay, give her a second for her brain to restart here. She pulled out a stake... and it turned into a girl. That's not normal, but kind of amazing. This is one of her dreams come true... And she's scared of the dark? This stake is adorable.]

What th--

Oh, I get it. This courtroom works on the same rules as Nirrti's stories, so now you're a girl again.

Uh...you okay?