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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Of course, he would- Syaoran already blames himself for too much.

Don't bother. You're wasting your time.

By your logic, it could have just as easily been you. Or anyone else that can fight-!

It's a little more than that. He all but told me what his wish was later in the week.

He was desperate to save Watanuki, and for that, he was willing to kill Natsuno.

[ His voice sounds kind of...cold there. ]

...then that's all the reason why you can't do this-! You realize that Watanuki is our only chance to survive this, if you execute Syaoran you'll kill us all!!

Wait-! What do you mean?

[God damn it]

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Syaroan and Watanuki love each other like family. If Syaoran dies. If we sacrifice him, that's just more ammunition for Nirrti to convince him to give up his humanity!

Let's not even get into the risk of Watanuki being an... clone... alternate version of him-! I think they're different enough we won't have a repeat of Week 2 almost killing him but I can't say that for sure...

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...Explain.

Hahahahaha! So that's why he did it? He had some kind of guarantee to life because of the Witch?

He's even more of a coward than I thought.

No, I don't think Syaoran expected to survive this. Why else would he confess so quickly... I...

I knew something happened since last night.

Hahaha...

[He really sounds a lot like Nirrti when he does that.]

You're really a full-fledged detective now, aren't you, Takumi?

[Yeah he's crying openly now]

I know you want to make the person who killed Natsuno-san suffer- Let me take the execution instead. You said yourself that Natsuno-san was sturdier than a human- he was attacked by Syaoran but someone else finished him off using the stake. If more than one person has the intent to kill there's no reason why they both wouldn't be awake that night, and I already confirmed Syaoran was with me on Thursday night.

Takumi, don't!

Takumi. Don't. Don't you even dare do this.

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You say that like I would let either of you go. Takumi.

Anyone who touched Natsuno will be destroyed. If you were Syaoran's accomplice then I'll rip you both limb from limb. How about that?

...He's lying. Takumi had nothing to do with it, I'm sure of it.

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That's enough, Anon.

[His voice was firm]

You already gotten execution privileges, you will get your revenge - but you will go no further.

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Anon-kun, don't.

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No. Syaoran is the reason Koide is dead. The guilt is his.

[ The biggest sigh in the history of the multiverse. ]

Takumi, stop it!

[Wheatley is very concerned. Almost fearful for the young boy's life.]

Hm? If you're saying killing him would kill of us, and you're also saying you don't think he expected to survive...

[ doesn't that kind of imply he was going to kill us anyway ]

[ ... ]

Since when was Watanuki our only chance? I don't disagree that he's important to our side, but it's really us who'll be able to create that chance. Not just someone else.

If you put the burden of relying our whole fate in just one person's hands, that's just going to ask for trouble. There's a reason those visions came before us and one of those reasons I'm sure was to warn us of doing exactly that.

I understand what you mean, but even if we can't depend on Watanuki completely, he's still our friend and ally.

I refuse to do that to him.

I refuse to give up the life of someone innocent just to spare his feelings. That's not right.

[ His lips twitch, like he wants to say something here, but decides against it, choosing other words instead. ]

...In the meanwhile, just think about the fact that this isn't the first time a game like this has happened.