WEEK 5 TRIAL...?

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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

[tacticalespionageaction]

[A glare.]

No. We need you, Ripley.

[xenoqueen]

The kids have handled themselves just fine without us. Without me. [She snorts.] I tried to do something right last week, and I got shot, Snake.

[tacticalespionageaction]

And I got my ribs broken. [A heavy breath.] It's hit and miss, Ripley. Not everything's going to be a win.

You're the most capable one here, and you know it.

[xenoqueen]

[She casts a glare towards Snake.]

These kids are capable of handling themselves, and you know it. We both know it. As much as we hate it.... [She takes a shuddering breath.]

[tacticalespionageaction]

They still need you-

[He stops. She's right.

He's just covering what he really means.]

I need you.

[xenoqueen]

[Ripley pauses, not looking at Snake.]

You're not going at this alone. I'll still technically be there, just...invisible.

[She shakes her head.]

Besides, you'll still have Phil. He needs you, too.

[tacticalespionageaction]

I can't get these kids out on my own! I-

[Can't save everyone. But they don't need him to, do they?

He can't kill a friend, he doesn't want to...but...this was how things were. How they had to be. Two people doing their job.

Just like that other time, a lifetime ago.]

Are you sure?

[xenoqueen]

There is nothing but fear and terror for me outside of this goddamn resort.

[Her words are spoken with the gravity of a seasoned officer--a soldier, prepared to face the consequences of whatever battle she's fighting. Not a mother, a wife, a terrified civilian. A soldier ready to stare the jaws of death in the face.

She meets Snake's eyes, resting a hand on his shoulder.]

I'm sure.

[tacticalespionageaction]

[It's a tone he's well used to hearing, and it's how he knows she's serious.

He grips her hand, matching her gaze.

He doesn't have any words, but a firm, determined, nod that says everything.]

[xenoqueen]

...Thank you.

[She drops her hand to her side, looking back towards the chaos.]

Let's just hope everyone can get their shit together to make a goddamn decision.

[tacticalespionageaction]

[A mirthless grunt-laugh.]

Not sure if we're capable of that one.