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]

[holy SHIT]

Wait-- again?! No. . .!

[steps back, slamming his hand against the wall, head tilted back]

OUTSIDER! Look at what's happening, here! You still think the Resort isn't dying?!

[whirlingmace]

He knows it is. He just... he's just super scared....

[purrtagonist]

He's scared?!

[LOUD CURSING-- FUCK]

A little assistance from the control center would be great, Outsider. . .!

[whirlingmace]

[ She will reach for him now. Putting a hand on him gently. ]

Sataling...

[purrtagonist]

We can't. . . we can't keep doing this!

[whirlingmace]

I know. I know...

[ She's just going to move close to hug him. ]

[purrtagonist]

[he's shaking a bit, moving kind of helplessly, like. . . he isn't sure what to do]

[whirlingmace]

[ rubbing his back. ]

Hey... Sataling. I trust you. Whatever you decide going forward...I will trust you.

[purrtagonist]

[starts a bit in her grasp, those words grounding him a little bit]

. . . what?

[whirlingmace]

Mimi said you're a lot smarter than anyone gives you credit for.

[ Reaching up to pet his hair gently. ]

And I know it. I know you put a lot of thought and do your best. Even if it's walking into walls or sneaking into places alone.

[purrtagonist]

[kind of. . . taken off guard. . .?]

. . . a-- ah. Y. . . yeah.

[he doesn't do dangerous things for no reason whatsoever]

[whirlingmace]

[ Just going to smile for a moment and then give him another tight hug. ]

So know that, whatever you do... I'll support you. I might not like it, and it might make me super sad but I know you'll do what you feel is right.

[purrtagonist]

[. . .]

[and suddenly he's clinging to her tightly, chin resting against her shoulder]

Th-- thank you. . . Cinque.

[whirlingmace]

[ She'll keep hugging him for a bit longer. ]

We'll figure this out, okay? We might lose... a lot of people first, but we can bring them back.

[swordhandled]

[ giving her a look out of the corner of his eye and nodding ]

[latebluemer]

He's really going to be useless to the end, isn't he?

[There's no expression on her face before she surges to her feet and just. Yells at the ceiling.]

Hey! You useless shut-in, are you going to do something useful or not? You want us all to die so you can stay shut up in there until the Resort implodes? Huh?!

[jumpedtheshark]

I-i wouldn't phrase things like that...

[Even if it sort of true. Tsumugi sighs and looks up at the ceiling.]

But... we really would appreciate your help, if there's anything you can do, you know?