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.̙̥̮̳̩͘

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VOTING RESULTS

[foundationmods]

[Much like before, she says nothing - but merely points at Makoto.

There's a moment of silence, and then she suddenly bursts into a small, controlled fire that quickly eats away her body before she can even scream, leaving only behind her hands and a leg, all neatly cauterized.

The Lady sobs in anguish.]

Vo-

[Suddenly, her arms fling up again, her hands grabbing at her own throat, unable to let go even as she gasps and chokes.]

Agh - kkkh - ma...ke....it....st...o....p....!

[Her fingers keep pressing, deeper and deeper -

Until she vanishes, and everything falls deathly silent.

The lights dim, but don't go out.

But you feel as if, for the first time since you've been here, That The Staff is all truly gone.]

[purrtagonist]

[just]

[dropping to his knees after all of that, staring at the fire that was Makoto, bracing himself with his hands]

. . . .

[whirlingmace]

[ She didn't vote Makoto for this very reason...

just going to go over and hug him though. ]

[purrtagonist]

[. . . no response. . .]

[whirlingmace]

[ She will snag tablet and then keep her arms around him. Awkward typing is go. ]

We'll get her back, Sataling. We will do everything to get her back.

[resortghosts]

[There will also be a ghostly hug to join him after Cinque's done with her own hug, if he'll allow it.]

[purrtagonist]

[he'll allow it, but. this ghost isn't getting a response, either]

[resortghosts]

[It's okay if there isn't a response, but they'll be giving them some soothing pats on the back. You've been through a lot, Akira.]

[13thpromise]

[ Roxas will hesitantly step over and closer to him. ]

...Akira?

[ What can he even say, after all of that? ]

[purrtagonist]

[what is even left to say?

[Akira doesn't say anything, nor does he look at him. he's just. . . blank]

[13thpromise]

[ Sometimes...there's nothing left to say.

His fingers instead find his shoulder to rest right on there in silence for a moment, giving it a little squeeze. Then, finally, he finds some words: ]

If you need someone to talk with or anything after this...I'll be there, okay?

[resortghosts]

[Yeah it's only when the crowd around him has dissipated some that another ghost comes closer.

And just quietly leans against him, shoulder to shoulder.

It's probably a plenty familiar build to Akira by now.]

[purrtagonist]

[how familiar a build, exactly. . .]

[resortghosts]

[Very familiar.

The way said ghost reaches for Akira's fingers to try to thread them together is probably also familiar.]

[jumpedtheshark]

[It's only now after she vanishes that the strands of Tsumugi's hair gripping onto Cinque, Vanitas, and Roxas loosen to the point they can be removed.]

I...

[She looks around cautiously.]

Are we safe?

[dolleyed]

....... ooooookay.

[ ...................... ]

So that was... weird.

[ He'll just glance over all the corpses in the room and then focus his gaze on Anthy, giving her a small thumbs-up for making it. ]

[rosebridled]

[ Not going to thumbs-up, but the sentiment is there. ]

[foundationmods]

[Owain's tablet is beeping. For whoever wants to answer that.]

[whirlingmace]

{ new person who dis ]

[foundationnpcs]

I can't see anything on this end anymore.

Is everything alright?

Did you make it?

Kid, answer me!

[whirlingmace]

Owain is alive.
But Gerbear died.
So he's sad at the moment.

It's Cinquey

[13thpromise]

[ ...He'll watch as all of that happened - it was too quick for him not to, and he doesn't even bother to look at the others just yet.

That was absolutely terrible, even if it just ended. ]

[enter_the_darkness]

[ He's taking Roxas' chin, actually, to tug his face away from watching it until the end.

Even now, he doesn't know why he's doing it, but... here we are. ]

[13thpromise]

[ Vanitas, bless you, and he's going to suddenly be giving him a tight hug now right after he does, because yeah.

After all of that? He can't help but feel still capable of being upset, and it shakes him, as he trembles. ]

[latebluemer]

[She wanted it to end.

It's over.

Everything is so, so silent, and she just stands staring at what's left of Makoto without making a sound.]