thefoundation | WEEK 5 TRIAL...?

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.̙̥̮̳̩͘

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Give him more time! Wait until the last possible second to vote!

[ frantically typing on the tablet as he says this ]

We'll give him as much time as we can, but three people are dead already!

[a bit frantic himself]

He knows, but there's something more wrong here than we could have anticipated!

[btw he's. totally snooping on your messages, thanks Owain]

[narrowing his gaze at some of them]

. . . he's such a fucking moron.

But we're counting on him!

[ he sighs fondly ]

He tries.

I believe that he tries.

He's still an idiot, though.

I've let him know that I won't let anything aside from punching happen to him when he gets out.

[ for the record, the most recent messages are

'keep them calm, I'm working on something'

'I don't know, but hold off until the last moment to vote if you can'

"no wait, don't" "Stop" "they're going to kill you don't tell them" ]

Ichigo, at least, deserves a solid kick to the groin.

[if Ichigo wishes to take it]

--Perhaps that as well.

[GOD]

What did he even expect at this point. . .?

[ Climbing up on his back to pat Owain's head. ]

You did really good! Maybe I should graduate you from Seventh Place?

To Winner?

Hmm. Can't give you that just yet. Maybe Second Place?

No, Owain!

He knows no one out here wants to harm him! Instead he's sending everyone to their deaths!

A-And we've run.... out of volunteers.

Edited 2018-12-29 19:14 (UTC)

[ gritting his teeth as ellie volunteers but not going to focus on that ]

Can you blame after knowing how the Foundation treats us? He wants to get us out as much as everyone here wants to leave.

That doesn't make it right!

Tell the Outsider to fucking own up to his mistakes.

I plan to make him do so.

No, Owain. Tell him now.

[she can cut an intimidating figure when she wants to.]

--Fine.

[ sends a message ]

An apology isn't going to fix all of this!

[Hi Owain.]

It certainly wouldn't hurt and it's very much deserved by all of us.

Perhaps starting with Ichigo.

[He does not respond. He must be busy on his end and totally not avoiding that very good point Owain is making.]

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swordhandled - 2018-12-29 19:35 (UTC) - Expand

... Very well. If you trust him, so do I. I'll hold my vote.

[ gonna hover near owain for the rest of the trial he guesses ]

[ lets out a heavy sigh ]

Thank you, Gerome. I'm sorry I couldn't tell you more.

You owe me nothing, least of all an apology.