WEEK 5 TRIAL...?

[foundationmods]

TRIAL

Even though there's no guilty party left alive, The Lady ushers you all upstairs anyway. She looks...odd, her eyes glazed over in an odd manner, her motions a bit sharper than normal.

There's still the box, but for some reason it feels...ominous...?

And though she says nothing, music begins to play in the room...


VICTIM:
M̧̛̥͉̳̪͔͕̼͎̻͕͟Ì̤̝̩͇̝͖̠̬́͟͞͝ͅŅ̛̛͖̺͇́͜A̵̢̡̗̙͇̝̥̹͇̲̖̣̰̖͡T̶̵̸̗̼̼͍̘̞̠̀ͅǪ̸̸̨̞͇̪͚͇ ̨̼̪̖̯̻͙̤̬͉̟̭̙̟̗͡A̻̣̭̻̫͎͈̥͎̗̻͘͡R̢͇͚̻̦͟͝I̡҉̷̯̼̤̹̜̙̟̜̹̝̺̣͈̩̘̭͠S͏̶̜̬͔͈̭͉̯̪͙͓̪̻̖͉̩̕͜͟ͅͅA̡̢̻̥̠̭̯̻͇͖T̴̨̛͎̟͕̜̗̗̰̯̥̺̯̹͜O̧̧̭̥̺̱̺̠̞͜,̠̯͔̥̖̣͖̼̪͍̕͡͝ ͏͓̬͇̱͖̰̞̠̺͟R̵̡̛͍̰̯͔͖͚̣̼̼̲̻͡E҉̴̶̡͖͚͈͈̯̺̠̖̼Á͈̣̜̥̗͍̫̖̱̰̘͓̲̺̀̕͜͡N̴̸̵̨̰̭̖̰̯͖̩̺͇̟̱ ̧̖̱̣͖̲̙̲̖̟̩̭̩̬̝̟͚Ş̸҉̳̺͙͓̱̲̙̜͈̠̦̞͓͘͜C̴̵͙̫̰̫͕͓̲̬͔̯͝H̛͍̖ͅW̵̟̘̣̬͇̟̳̙̟͡A͙̗̩̟̣̥̪̮̯̮̜͙̮͎̗̳͎͚̹͘͞R̡̧̖̦̀̀ͅZ̹̺̙͕̰͘E͡҉̨̠͓̦͈̻̼̱͍́͝R̵̞͉͖̟̮͚̮̼͍̬͔̭̥͓̹̙̖̮̮͜


?̶̧͔̝̱́?̵̪̮̖ ̶̡̧͖̳͚G̖̬̳͜U̟͎͈̦̖̹̕E̗͈͚͎S̸͕̩T̷̲͖̬́S̩̝̻̲͟ͅ ͍̪̻R̯̟̩̲̻͍͡E̢̺̻͓M̫̦̲̲̼͡A̴̛҉̮̺̪̼̜̹̯Ị͘N͏͚͓̗͔̼̞̘.̙̥̮̳̩͘

Comments

[dolleyed]

What the...??

[ 20 minutes... okay, there's no time for dancing around the issue now then.

Time to ask into the group: ]

We have a chance to get rid of the mafia and win the game now. Are there any solid reasons why we should not do that?

[xenoqueen]

I agree with you on that. There's no reason we shouldn't end the game now.

[dolleyed]

Thank you.

[theycallhimmrpchan]

Because I don't think that's going to fix the ultimate problem: The Resort is sick and the Outsider is holed up.

[dolleyed]

And executing anyone else out of our group is fixing that problem...? Don't make me laugh.

[theycallhimmrpchan]

No! But I don't think we should just jump to kill one person right out of the gate without giving it a little bit of thought!

Just god damn it, I thought we'd have more time!

[dolleyed]

BUT WE DON'T!

Your whining is doing nothing productive!

[theycallhimmrpchan]

Whining? Bullshit! I'm saying we shouldn't just decide without letting the affected person have at least some say!

[He could feel his face starting to grow hot, his hands instinctively balling up but he's trying, trying not to let his temper get control of him, it won't help - it won't help but yet]

[purrtagonist]

"It doesn't matter who wins, it matters who survives."

[swinging his gaze towards Kohaku at that]

Voting for Cinque ensures that Cinque dies, but not the Doppelganger, since we don't know the proper execution method anyway.

[dolleyed]

Point taken.

[ He nods. ]

I mean, if we play our cards right, we'll get our dead back either way... we just don't know how to play them and who we need for that.

[purrtagonist]

[a deep breath. . .]

[he closes his eyes, hands balled into fists at his sides]

. . . I hate this.

[he mutters, words harsh. he has an idea, but he doesn't want to say it aloud]

[dolleyed]

Anyone here who doesn't?

[ Out with it, Akira. ]

[purrtagonist]

[he doesn't want to comply, this game is shit, he wants to fight the rules, to rebel against them, to do his own thing to start a revolution to be Joker to be anyone but powerless and helpless Akira Kurusu who watches his friends die and his beloved thieves be possessed--]

. . . volunteers.

People who volunteer. People who aren't-- afraid to die. Who trust the rest of us to secure them new bodies through the Foundation.

[latebluemer]

... We just got rid of one of the mafia, and this happened, Kohaku-kun. Do you really think winning this game now, like this, is the answer?

[dolleyed]

No, but I don't have a better answer, so I'd rather fulfill one goal than sit on my ass and do nothing.

[latebluemer]

[...]

I'm not going to vote for her.

[dolleyed]

[ After his conversation with Cinque yesterday, he expected this, but it still manages to hurt in a way Kohaku didn't expect. He doesn't have it in him to get angry, even. ]

I know.

[rosebridled]

No... I don't think that's unreasonable.

[dolleyed]

[ Kohaku's busy arguing with everyone else, but he'll pointedly sit by Anthy during this trial. The other people he cares about can handle themselves, he's pretty sure, but her... Not taking chances. ]

[swordhandled]

What's the guarantee that it'll even end the game?

[dolleyed]

There'll be no enemies left and all the monsters will be 'contained'. It's our best bet.

[swordhandled]

--That's assuming we pick the correct manner of death, you realize. If we vote Cinque now and choose wrong, then the Doppelganger will find another host and we won't know who it is.

[ a beat ] Things are messed up here.

[dolleyed]

Yeah, I know. It's not a surefire plan, it's still taking a horrible chance.

I'm asking, what else can we do? I won't vote Cinque if anyone here can give me a reasonable alternative, but so far I'm only hearing a lot of 'but but but'.

[jumpedtheshark]

Well... umm... no.

[Just... looking towards Cinque. She'd really rather her not die though.]

[whirlingmace]

[ She's trying to be brave, but she wants to cry. ]