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

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[justonezero]

[...And there's that pain again. He detaches enough to curl a hand over his heart.]

...Yeah. Ah, that one hurt a bit, too.

[It's still strange--

It didn't used to hurt when people left him.]

...I'm really going to miss you.

[13thpromise]

Don't worry, I'll find a way to visit you.

[ Roxas smiles a little and reaches out to put a hand gently on the top of his head if Yoshi allows him. ]

It'll be probably a long while before I'm able, but it'll be worth it.

[justonezero]

[Yoshi nods, which actually just makes it all the easier for Roxas to get that headpat in, really.]

...Promise?

[It's hard, just imagining losing the friends he'd finally made here. Knowing now what it means to be lonely, what it means to want to be included.

He wants to believe they'll all see each other again.]

[13thpromise]

[ A promise, huh?

That's something Roxas isn't going to make lightly, but at the same time, it's one he'll make without a tinge of regret. ]

... I promise.

[ He'll even smile a little - it's tight, because the moment's bittersweet due to them likely not seeing each other for awhile after this, but maybe that's why he's still able to pull one off. ]

[justonezero]

[Promises are pretty a pretty big deal here, and it's not escaped his notice. It's why he's asked for two now.

Still. The smile he gives is a bittersweet one, because although there's so many terrible things that can go wrong, that one thing, that promise-- it tells him that if nothing else, Roxas will do his best to make good on it.

That means it's up to Yoshi to do the same, right?]

...Then I'll be waiting. I'd say I'd look for another way to meet too, but...

[That's dangerous business, with his abilities, and under the eye of the Foundation.]