[CONTINUE + 2] week 1 || act: indict

[foundationmods]

[Saturday dawns, bright and early again - and Undyne comes to the inn, flanked by the Royal Guard...all of the Dogs in the area, in their armor or uniforms.

You all only have enough time to get ready - wash yourselves, put on your masks and clothing - before you're ushered out, guarded so heavily that it's clear they expect trouble. Monsters on the way watch you warily, whispering and looking shocked.

It's clear they no longer have such kind thoughts of you, after what happened.

You're all lead out past Snowdin and Waterfall, into an area that's hot, and the glow of subterranian lava lights the area. Then, past a large hotel...into an area that looks metallic, where some kind of whitish, rainbow-gleaming liquid can be seen below.

You know where this is.

In this area, you are led to a wider platform that is still open to the liquid before, with the handrails in place - where there are some seats around, and a familiar face waiting to speak with you.

This...for all of you, it is a familiar sight.

It is a trial location.

You are here to find the killer...and convict one of your own, in a murder that makes no sense.

But you have no choice.

You can only forge ahead....and try to find out the truth.]

VICTIM: WEI WUXIAN
ACT: VOTE

Comments

[finalring]

Prove it?

[ugly_split_ends]

Prove that not one murder has happened in one-thousand years!

Betcha can't!

[finalring]

That's...

[ mm, actually, he'll keep his mouth shut for this one. ]

[ugly_split_ends]

That's completely right, and you know it!!

[foundationmods]

[Undyne thunks the end of her spear on the ground a few times, using the sound to draw Fukawa's attention towards her.]

A monster has not murdered another monster in over a thousand years. Queen Toriel is a boss monster and has lived long enough to experience those years herself. So when she says that is the truth, we believe her.

[ugly_split_ends]

[That thunk gets Fukawa off guard, at least.]

C-Character evidence isn't proof. A-And even if it has b-been t-that long... how do you know it was us??

Who was that last murder, t-then!? What happened to t-the killer t-then?

[foundationmods]

The last time there was a murder here, it was caused by a human child, one who escaped to the surface shortly after.

[ugly_split_ends]

...You all let a human child murder you? You couldn't just... make him sit in the corner?

[foundationmods]

I can prove it.

[Her voice is cold.]

Unlike those on the surface, there are only so many Monsters that are living here. Our numbers have steadily declined since we were placed here, and from natural causes at the end of their lifespans.

We do not murder each other because we have other options. Accidents have occured, but the FIGHT system and bullet control patterns make it easy for us to draw or to forfeit when needed.

I have overseen everything in these caves. Do you think me so negligent to not notice someone's Level of Violence increasing?

[ugly_split_ends]

...Level of what, now?

[That actually shakes her out of her tirade.]

[foundationmods]

Level of Violence. Once anyone - a Monster or a Human - takes the life of another, they gain experience in the art of killing. This causes them to become stronger, but it is easy enough to see yourself.

[She looks over at Solomon, gently.]

King Solomon would know of what I am referring to...perhaps also King Gilgamesh. But it is able to be seen at a glance by some monsters, such as Boss and MiniBoss monsters.

The whole reason for this trial is that I cannot determine your levels of violence after this murder occurred. They all seem as if you are all level 1.

It is why I have called this trial - to allow all of you to find the one hiding their LV.

[oceanicbutterfly]

...their level increases when they gain experience points.

[Karen has decided she hates living with these RPG-ass physics.]

[foundationmods]

In a sense, yes.

[THAT'S JUST HOW REALITY WORKS DOWN HERE, KAREN]

[justonezero]

Ohhh. It really is like a...

...

["video game." Oh wait maybe he shouldn't finish that sentence.]

[foundationmods]

Execution points, but yes.

[oceanicbutterfly]

Calling it something different doesn't help.

[karen she doesn't know what you're referring to]

[white_camellia]

...So you mean to say that you have a way of identifying whether people have killed or not? And it registers as none of us having killed?

[foundationmods]

Yes. Boss Monsters like myself have the ability to 'read' our opponents, and check their LV. It allows us to make informed choices when FIGHTing someone.

[dereban]

. . . are there actually ways to obscure someone's level of violence?

[finalring]

[ solomon will just give her a glance and then at the mask she has. ]

There are probably other ways, however.

[foundationmods]

...That....As far as I am aware, no. It is possible to be 'reset' when one enters a new 'territory' - which is, I assume, what happened to all of you. Regardless of your deeds on the surface, you are all LV 1.

Which is why the trial must happen this way. Every Monster in the underground has been checked, and their LVs have not changed in the slightest.

[finalring]

[ well this is why he wanted to keep his mouth shut but now that toriel has brought this to light... ]

Nevertheless, if someone here is hiding their LV, then it is most likely not intentional. They may not even be aware that they're hiding it! I don't believe that anyone here would willingly take someone else's life!

[ugly_split_ends]

...R-Right.

[foundationmods]

[The monsters around whisper to each other.]

So you say that you all do have a way to hide your LV?

[This is a dangerous path to go down on, unless you're able to explain yourself.]

[ugly_split_ends]

Well.... uh...

[Shit, she has no idea what to say to that.]

M-Maybe the simple reason we're all level 1 is none of us killed!