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

[duskhound]

[Oh good, it's actually a proper hanging and not the slow death kind.]

...Time's running out...

I think it's my turn next, then.

[wrongtiming]

—Wait, why?

[duskhound]

I can give five reasons why I should be executed.

Hideki Hinata. Caithe. Poe Dameron. Nana Osaki. Ginevra Weasly.

Is that enough to understand what I'm hinting at?

[resortghosts]

[ AND VERY SUDDENLY GHOSTFRIEND IS DESPERATELY HOLDING YOUR HAND, SORRY ELLIE. ]

[duskhound]

[Hi, Yoshi. There is an automatic reaction, but she does calm down a bit once she recognizes the hand.]

It's fine, as long as things go well, we can be brought back.

Even if I probably shouldn't be.

[resortghosts]

[ His grip is tight and shaking and she'll probably feel the splatter of tears. ]

[duskhound]

don't worry too much about it, Yoshi. It's not like this is the first time I've died, after all. Everything's going to be fine.

[jumpedtheshark]

E-ellie-chan!?

[This is not very welcome, but it's not Vanitas, Roxas, Cinque, Blue Angel, Owain, or herself soooo....]

Aaah...! Yoshi isn't going to like this!

[duskhound]

I don't like it either. I'd rather not die at all, but the situation isn't one that's giving us much of a choice.

[jumpedtheshark]

R-right...

[A nod.]

We'll... do our best to bring you back, okay?

[duskhound]

Well, that's what I'm trusting you all to do. What we need more than anything else is time right now, and I can get us a bit more, so it's up to you all from here on.

[latebluemer]

Troit-san, you can't...

[She's not down for this, honestly.]

[duskhound]

It's fine, you all don't need me to finish things up. You'll manage things somehow, I'm sure.

[latebluemer]

That's not it. That's not it, don't just leave everything to me -- to us. I already said...

[She's still sniffly from Snake dying and she's trying not to actually start the waterworks again.]

And I can't agree with your reasons, Troit-san. I won't.

[duskhound]

Then, go with these reasons:

When I worked for the Foundation, one of my assignments was eliminating D-Class Agents that wanted to rebel against the Foundation. And I killed them, with my own hands. Even though they were friends. My hands were covered in blood before I ever got brought over to this world, and they've only become more stained since I got brought here.

I am a threat to you. Eliminate me before it's too late.

[latebluemer]

I don't think there's a single one of us who hasn't done terrible things for the Foundation at this point. Just -- Just look around you!

[Her voice wavers for a split second before she wrests it back under control, or just into silence. Aoi's hands are in fists at her sides, and she's pale with the effort of holding herself back from... something. Anything. What can she do?]

You've never been a threat. You've been one of our smartest and best here. We wouldn't have gotten this far without you.

[justfists]

[what]

[duskhound]

[What?]