thefoundation | FINAL TRIAL

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round 2

FINAL TRIAL

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

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[This isn't a new experience for Shirou. (Well, in a sense it is because he doesn't have to wake up in his new body naked)

But this time his mood is quite different than at the end of the camp. Sure, they've won the day, and they're all getting out safely. It's not like he's not happy about that.

But the Foundation is still out there. Things like this are going to keep happening. And this time, he's a whole lot less optimistic about their chances at putting an end to it all.]

[she notices that?]

... Emiya-san? Are you alright?

Ah, yeah. It just feels weird to be back.

[she pauses.]

Yeah... It's... been awhile.

[but also, that doesn't seem to be it?]

This is your second time getting caught in something like this, isn't it?

It is. And it all turned out more or less the same way as that time. There was a trial, everyone made their case, all the dead got to come back.

[He wonders if it'll be like that next time as well. And the one after that.]

It's... all kind of exhausting.

... Because the true problem wasn't Reyes-san in the first place?

...Yeah. The true problem is a lot harder to deal with.

You're right.

[she admits softly.]

But at least we've found more people who want to see it fall?

Yeah. That's something, but...

[He sighs, but then forces himself to smile again.]

Well, no point in being pessimistic right now.

I know, it's not a lot. But it's better than the other options.

[she tucks a strand of hair behind her ear, and then also forces herself to smile.]

But you're right. At least for right now...