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

[purrtagonist]

You think I do?

[he sure as shit does not]

[justfists]

... [she looks to be thinking.

and she can't really continue the conversation, sorry, Akira]

[purrtagonist]

[reaches for her arm, touching it gently]

[justfists]

...

[she freezes.]

I don't agree with this plan, it makes it too easy for you to volunteer to die. And I can't take that, not again.

[purrtagonist]

. . .

[oh, Makoto]

. . . I won't volunteer.

[as much as it pains him not to do so, he has made. . . far too many promises that he needs to keep]

[justfists]

Good.

[she pauses, and then looks him square in the eye.]

But as for your other idea? Not today, Satan.

That's not a good plan. I don't agree that we should prioritize usefulness above all, but there has to be a better system than letting others continually throw themselves on the sword for others.

1/2

[purrtagonist]

[DID SHE JUST--]

[purrtagonist]

[he doesn't even have time to laugh because things are so serious right now????]

. . .

Then what's your plan?

[justfists]

... You won't like it.

[purrtagonist]

[ominous words]

Then what is it?

[justfists]

... Why the tight timeline on the voting, Akira? Why do they need this vote now, even if the trial has no true culprit?

It feels a little rapid fire, doesn't it?

[purrtagonist]

Yes. . .

It does. Why?

[justfists]

It just worries me for what happens next.

If we're going to vote for someone, we should vote for a variety of factors. If they're volunteering is one.

I'd consider whether they were actually killers, as well.

[which narrows down two of them.]

[resortghosts]

[ A small hand takes hers and squeezes tightly. ]

[justfists]

[she's very sorry for this, Yoshi]

[resortghosts]

[ He keeps holding on, though his grip gets even tighter when Ripley is executed.

Now it's both hands around hers. ]

[justfists]

[and she just looks more distant.]

[purrtagonist]

[oh no]

[oh hell no]

You're not a killer, Makoto.

[justfists]

Akira...

I told you you wouldn't like it.

[purrtagonist]

Don't, Makoto.

[takes a step towards her, his hardened expression wavering]

. . . don't. Please.

[justfists]

[she. shakes her head.

Not yet. She's not doing it yet.]

... Maybe my intuition is wrong.

[purrtagonist]

What is your intuition saying?

[justfists]

That she's well and truly broken. And that she's repeating key moments for some reason.

I don't think this is the only vote we'll cast.

[purrtagonist]

[he'd respond to that]

[but then Ripley gets stabbed and the voting starts anew and--]

[ah]

[justfists]

[and she just. freezes.

stabbing. great.

stabbing is fine, it's not like that's not part of how she killed iwai. it's fine.]

... I see.