FINAL TRIAL

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TRIAL

After a very, very long six weeks, it has finally come. The last time everyone will need to trudge up those stairs and meet in the master suite. It's do or die time, and hopefully everyone knows what needs to be done by now.

As soon as the guests walk into the room, they will be able to smell the food that the chef has provided: duck l'orange, served up on a nice platter. Eat up everyone!

There are a few unexpected guests this time. A large group of the rats is here, and they show up in a swarm as they carry Gabe into the room, much like how they had carted him off to the Child Daycare last night. Once he is deposited in the room, Gabe will also stand up and remain there, crossing his arm and looking a bit standoffish.

They're not the only unexpected faces around here, though...

VICTIMS: ICHIGO KUROSAKI and THE RESORT THE HOTEL

10 11 GUESTS REMAIN

Comments

[messianic]

Roxas-san...

[He sits up... and rubs the back of his head sheepishly.]

Yeah. Right now... I'm just fine.

[THEY'RE...BACK.]

It's good to see you. Properly.

[13thpromise]

[ ... ]

...Yeah, same to you.

[ Such a nice happy reunion...

He'll just lean over to see about trying to poke Minato in the face to see if he's real, though. ]

[messianic]

[POKED.

He seems pretty real.

Hello.

A blink.]

... Do I seem more alive?

[13thpromise]

...Yeah, you do.

[ That poking hand turns into an out-stretched one.

...His levels of trust towards this place carrying out what they said they'd do were kind of exceptionally low. ]

[messianic]

[And casually... he just takes that outstretched hand.

What's up.]

Thanks, Roxas-san.

It's...really, really good to be back. You guys went through so much... but you made it through.

[13thpromise]

[ Hey there and here we go, Minato's been helped to his feet! ]

I kind of don't know how we did it sometimes, really. But...I'm happy that it worked out.

[messianic]

[Phew...]

Me too. It's because you all worked so hard.

[Softly:]

We all owe you so much.

[13thpromise]

[ But that was true of all of them, right? It's really amazing what teamwork could accomplish in the end. ]

...You really think so? Well, I guess if you put it like that, you might owe me a lot of ramen.

[ He's smiling still, couldn't help the teasing words that fall out. ]

[messianic]

Ramen and takoyaki.

[he'll roll with that teasing.]

Like, so many meals of it.

[13thpromise]

[ ...Bless you, Minato. ]

I'm going to hold you to that now, you know that, right?