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

[swordhandled]

[ owain nods, knowing that someone is watching and quickly speaks up once more ]

Everyone! We can't let what's going on get to us anymore than it already has! We need... [ a pause, no that's not the right wording for this ]

He's working on something!

[13thpromise]

[ ... ]

...What do you mean?

[swordhandled]

He's not standing by and watching this all happen. He's trying his best to get us out of here.

[whirlingmace]

[ !!! ]

Tell him thank you and it's really appreciated.

[13thpromise]

...Really?

[ As it is confirmed aloud that it's the Outsider contacting them. ]

Then...maybe this can all stop soon?

[whirlingmace]

Huh? What are you talking about?

[swordhandled]

I've... been talking to someone, for quite some time.

[whirlingmace]

[ Looking over at Akira and then looking back at Owain. There's actually relief there on her face. ]

I'm just glad he wasn't really alone then... he had the best person to talk to during this.

[ Owain is a good friend. ]

[swordhandled]

... Thank you, Cinque.

[purrtagonist]

-- who?

The Outsider?

[swordhandled]

[ nods his head ]

[purrtagonist]

. . . why is he contacting you?

[swordhandled]

We've been talking... for quite some time.

[jumpedtheshark]

R-really?!

[She had faith in you Outsider!]

Do you know how long he needs?

[swordhandled]

[ pulling his tablet back out and quickly typing a message. he's clearly gotten a lot of practice at typing on it since coming here

a quick ding comes back and a small sigh ]

He doesn't know, but he wants us to hold off until the last possible minute to vote each time.

[jumpedtheshark]

You've gotten pretty good at typing, huh? It's like a reverse-isekai and you are successfully integrating into the modern day world...!

[Not the time Tsumugi!]

I see... well, alright then, I can do that.

[As long as a few certain people aren't up on the block.]

[wrongtiming]

Working on what...?

[swordhandled]

A solution.

[latebluemer]

[...]

How much more time?

[swordhandled]

[ ask and ye shall receive ]

[theycallhimmrpchan]

[His ears perked, a distraction? He can do it, he'll launch himself at The Lady

[jumpedtheshark]

Ryouga-kun, what are you doing!?

[YOU CAN'T WIN! Honestly, a few chunks of hair are stretching out to try and pick up this pig who seems really keen on becoming bacon.]

[theycallhimmrpchan]

[She manages to catch him on the return bound, showing no resistance at the moment because he didn't expect to just bounce off]

[jumpedtheshark]

Ah geez...! Be more careful!

[She plops him back onto the ground with a huff. She'd carry him in her arms for protection, but... she needs those arms free in case she has reason to get mad.]

[foundationmods]

[He bounces off like the tiny pig he is.]