thefoundation | Week 6, Saturday

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round 4

Week 6, Saturday

[After a tense night and a quiet morning, everyone will get an email at 11 am. The email comes straight from MC.]

Meet me in the studio at noon.

[It's probably best to follow those instructions.

When they get to the studio, they will find that twelve podiums have been arranged in a semi-circle on the stage. Each person can take whichever one they want, they aren't assigned.

There is the box of prinny jurors once more, but this time the twelve prinnies seated there might look familiar. In addition, there is a new spot next to the prinnies where a single stool behind a small table is left empty.

Given that the seat John used previously is taken up by MC, John looks at the group awkwardly before going to sit on that stool.

It's time to begin the final trial.]

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True- so someone who could float or was already far enough away would make the most sense. Someone who could use force at a distance might explain why the furniture was in a disarray.

Let me just say that I have an alibi. After the whole ordeal with the moose, I brought Moriarty to the hot tub and then shortly fell asleep. Holding on to that weird moose really took it out of me, and I couldn't have done any more significant PK without some serious rest even if I wanted to. I must have fallen asleep out by the hot tub because that's where I woke up.

Aye. While you or Saki's power sets would make the most sense they are not the only options. For example- while I have not used my attack potions much here, I have one that could easily cause a wind storm and do something similar.

I also never actually mastered levitation.

[Which she's still a little salty about, because it's so useful and cool.]

In theory I could use PK to make a wound like that, but psychologically, I don't think I would have been able to bring myself to do it, especially if he was fighting back.

[She's already been wincing and cringing away from like every scene of humans fighting each other, real or not.]

It would activate your uh... human... thing... too, right? What's it called...?

[WELL, SHE WAS TRYING TO TALK AROUND THAT, BUT... If now's not the time to come clean, then when?]

...Death feedback. If a person with cantus kills another human, their cantus will turn on them and kill them.

I was told early on in the game that it had been nullified so I could participate fully. [And she looks over at John as she speaks, here.] But to be honest, I never really believed that. It's a combination of genetics and mental conditioning, so even if something like that could be "nullified," there's the concern that it would just activate later once my cantus was fully restored.

Besides, even if it really had been "turned off," I don't think I could ever have the focus needed to actually kill someone.

[Loop it around enough times and you'll arrive at the same answer:

Even if it were in self-defense, she didn't have confidence she could bring herself to murder another human.]