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

[dolleyed]

... so are we still on that track of 'not ending the game and hoping for the best'?

[ He's so tired of everyone here. ]

[jumpedtheshark]

Yes!

[Well, she knows who she's voting for when/if they run out of scapegoats who aren't high on the list of people she would pull out a gun for.]

We're not voting for Cinque! I-it's plain to see that's what the resort would want!

[This whole thing rings of their hand trying to be forced here.]

[dolleyed]

Well, yeah.

Maybe ending the fucking game would mean that we get to stop offing someone every half an hour?? We can get our dead back but only if someone of us is left alive to fucking DO THAT!!

[whirlingmace]

It won't end the game if I die. The Resort will continue until the Outsider is out.

[dolleyed]

[ He stares at Cinque for a moment and then he honestly just sighs in what looks like relief. There is nothing better than someone talking sense for once. ]

So we stall for him and we stall by dying. How fun.

[ He can't say he hasn't done that before, but he's not eager on doing it again. ]

[whirlingmace]

It sucks big time and I want to hit him really hard but... yeah. We have to wait.

[jumpedtheshark]

See!

[Thank you for validating her Cinque.]

Plus, Cinque has insider information 'cuz of Doppel-san! We shouldn't throw away something like that!

[+1 nickname gained for the doppelganger.]

[whirlingmace]

[ ... ]

And Cinquey can store souls. If we can't get Appy a new body before we need to leave, you might need me alive to get the ghosts out until we can.

[dolleyed]

I fucking hate that you're making a decent argument, just for the record.

[whirlingmace]

I know. Go on hating it, Kohaku. We can agree on that at least.

[dolleyed]

If you don't keep word on everything [ including all things said about Aoi ] I will kill you personally. That still stands.

[whirlingmace]

[ There's almost a smile there... ]

I'll let you know first if I break any promises then.

[jumpedtheshark]

A-and I'll defend her!

[Just butting in here again, to state this simple fact. Tsumugi's hand twitches as she's reminded that she does in fact have a gun that she will use if that ever comes to pass.]

Cinque will do her best... but if things go wrong, then no blaming her!

[dolleyed]

That'll be your mistake then.

[ SORRY........... ]

[rosebridled]

[ whispers.... can you please not right now ]

Kohaku-san...

[dolleyed]

[ .... ah. Kohaku looks at Anthy in surprise, but then he nods slightly and turns back to Tsumugi. ]

You and I both don't believe it'll be truly necessary anyway, so we can stop posing now.

[ Damage... control... ]

[latebluemer]

[She's quiet during this, letting Cinque speak for herself, but have an approving squeeze of the hand when Aoi's close enough again. Everything's a mess, but she's glad Cinque is still fighting. They're still fighting.]

[whirlingmace]

[ They still have to go on a date after Sunday. She's going to fight. ]