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

[xenoqueen]

Hunter, it's my goddamn job to take the fall for other people. If we're going to play the goddamn game, we may as well fucking play it. See how they like things.

[wrongtiming]

That's not... You're more important than that.

[xenoqueen]

[She keeps her expression flat, casting a glance towards the ground.]

Sorry, Hunter.

[She clears her throat, looking up towards the chaos of the crowd.]

The reason I ask that you vote for me is because I was supposed to protect people. I failed in that regard. Every week. If this is my last chance to try and protect someone, so be it.

[She sighs deeply.] I should've died weeks ago if I'd have done my job properly.

[theycallhimmrpchan]

Ripley-san...

[He squeezes his eyes shut]

There's so many people here, it's entirely luck if you had protected the right person or not.

[xenoqueen]

[A pause.]

I know.

[She looks down at the ground, keeping her voice level.]

But I can't just sit and pretend that that was good enough.

[wrongtiming]

[He takes in a breath, shaking his head.]

That's not true. You saved Akira.

[xenoqueen]

Then why didn't I die?

[She snorts, looking away from Hunter.]

And then he went off and almost killed himself! Not that I'm blaming him, but what good is my protection if I can't save people from themselves?!

[wrongtiming]

You don't have to get killed to protect people! And... He's still alive!

[xenoqueen]

[...]

That's not what they told me. Not when it comes to the monsters.

[She runs a hand through her hair, exhaling sharply.]