WEEK 6 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, the smile on her face bright once again.

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.

...There was so few of them now.
All of them...were now alone, having to come to this conclusion themselves.
Yet, they had to find the truth.
Why did three people die?
Who did this?
The answer...stretched on ahead...

Comments

[goldenmaniac]

Kurama... that's the wrist you were touching before, right? It matches what Emi's eye turned into.

Can you explain?

[byanyother_name]

[Kurama's lips press tight together for a moment before he nods tersely.]

It's the result of a wish Emi made. She sacrificed part of her sight and gave me this to help protect me.

[keydomhearts]

...were you there?

[byanyother_name]

Not when she asked for the wish, but she came to me to explain and obtain my consent.

[keydomhearts]

Why is it there on the wrist though?

[byanyother_name]

That was my choice. It's easy to move for a full range of vision and to keep the eye protected.

[goldenmaniac]

So that's why her eye was discolored? Can you give me more details about what the wish actually does? And did the wish come from Watanuki or Nirrti?

[byanyother_name]

It came from Watanuki. What it does it mostly as it seems. I have another eye, with a wider range of vision, though imperfect sight.

...sometimes Emi and I could see things the other saw.

[goldenmaniac]

Watanuki-san, can you confirm this?

I'm guessing even if it was working last night you would have, in theory, slept right through it?

[foundfate]

[So fun fact: Watanuki has been sleeping in his chair for the entire trial so far. Or...slouched back, with an arm over his face, possibly sleeping? But he seems aware of what's being said around him, if the way he raises up his arm and gives Takumi a thumbs-up is any indication.

...and then he immediately drops his arm down over his head and goes back to sleep. Or 'sleep', whatever the case may be.]

[goldenmaniac]

Thank you-!

[respring]

[ ..............laying her BB jacket on him like a blanket rq before going back to the discussion

if u gotta nap don't get cold ]

[oceanicbutterfly]

[chaoscontrol]

[Shadow, standing near Watanuki like he’s guarding him, gives Sakura a little nod of thanks at that]

[keydomhearts]

[ Wow you all over used the noodle ]

[byanyother_name]

[Kurama gives Watanuki a quietly concerned look.]

[byanyother_name]

It was erratic to begin with. And yes, I doubt it could reach through Nirrti's magic sleep.

[goldenmaniac]

Now that some time has passed, are you sure you didn't see or hear anything strange from her Thursday night before you went to bed?

[byanyother_name]

I'm sure. Unless you count irritation with a video game character as strange.

[goldenmaniac]

Got it.

Sorry to keep pressing you, but you and Ann were the last to see her, so the more I know about her mental state that night the easier it'll be to make sense of what happened.

Her and Erhard clashed really hard last week- did she say anything to you about it?

[byanyother_name]

That's understandable, Takumi, you don't need to apologize.

Not really, but she didn't need to. I understood her feelings even if I didn't share them.

[goldenmaniac]

I understand why she was upset too- she probably wanted to kill Anon in a way that would be quick and less cruel. Or at least would be respectful for someone like him.

Erhard taking that, and then torturing him? I can see why she'd be furious.

[byanyother_name]

Erhard's attitudes didn't help, I would think. I had more sympathy for what he was going through than Emi did.

[fullbodied]

She did say something to me about it, because I asked her.

[goldenmaniac]

Can you go into detail?