THE SECOND TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

THE SECOND TRIAL

[Soon after the failed attempt to contact the dead, the tell-tale alarm suddenly rings out, rattling everyone's teeth alongside Marie's voice.]

ATTENTION! EMERGENCY ALERT! PLEASE GO TO THE ELEVATORS IMMEDIATELY!! HMHMHMMM! I WILL NEVER GET TIRED OF SAYING THAT...!

[And so, once again, the elevators bring everyone back down to the trial room, where the table has been...altered, slightly, color-wise, to reflect those who are no longer among you. And once more, upon entering the force field, weapons disappear - and powers fail to work.

Bottson hops up onto the center of the table, transmitting the evidence found.]

heRe yOU Are eVerYBOdy! THe sUsPECt lISt!



YoU cAN Do THiS!


[Above everyone once more is Marie, floating around in her hover platform.]

WELL, WELL! FANCY MEETING YOU ALL HERE AGAIN! I GUESS YOU ALL FAILED TO KEEP THAT GUY ALIVE, HUH?? AHAHAHA!!

WELL, LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN GET WHO DID IT THIS TIME, HMM??

Comments

[leftthelighton]

Ah?

[ Pass looks at her in confusion and slight irritation. ]

[1/3]

[commandurr]

WHY WOULD VOLUNTEER TO BE KICKED IN THE FACE...

[commandurr]

...WHEN YOU CAN JUST KICK THE ROBOT?? HE'S RIGHT THERE, AFTER ALL!! AND I DO IT ALL THE TIME!!

BOT!! YOU LET EVERYONE KICK YOU RIGHT NOW!!

DONE

[strangerpeople]

[Bottson: o n e

f e a r


He might be shaking a little at these words.]

[losergod]

... Why would we kick the poor, innocent thing just doing it's job? I'm against this.

[strangerpeople]

[tHANK YOU???]

[losergod]

[ You are welcome, small bot. You are a good bot. ]

Re: DONE

[tiefleaf]

It's okay, little buddy, no one's going to kick you if we can get away with it.

[strangerpeople]

No kICk???

[vividsins]

Because the robot wouldn't be accurate enough, Milady Marie. Even if it can somehow change heights, I feel like what's going to be needed is also Sir Passepartout feeling any strain there is.

[strangerpeople]

[plz save him gaiz]

[leftthelighton]

I agree on all counts. [ Pass still doesn't seem to have realized he's volunteered to be kicked five times, not just once. ]

[crouching_sin]

... Fine.

[Naoya walks over and... attempts to figure out how to even kick while wearing this sort of outfit. He drops into... some kind of stance. It's not clear what exactly it is. He pushes off and kicks!]

[... Sort of. It's a bad kick. A very obviously fake bad kick, and he whiffs entirely, his foot landing near Passepartout's.]

Ugh! Why? This is ridiculous.

[leftthelighton]

I see.

[ Pass crosses his arms and gives Naoya a 'really now?' sort of look. ]

[crouching_sin]

This is the dumbest.

[backuphero]

[Goddamnit, it's shaking. Why is it so pathetic that it's shaking? It doesn't look anything like the ones that killed Richard, and...]

Kind of short to be a target, isn't it?

[strangerpeople]

[BECAUSE it is pathetic??]

[earietale]

And how do we know that won't count as breaking the rules?! I don't want anyone dying because they kicked a robot!

[She is not letting this go, just so you know.]

[commandurr]

BOTTSON'S DIFFERENT! HE'S NOT PART OF THAT RULE!

SO WHY NOT KICK HIM HMMM???

[crouching_sin]

Why not come down here so I can kick you?

[commandurr]

WHAT??

U G H!!

FINE, KICK YOURSELF FOR ALL I CARE!!!

[earietale]

[Well that's very weird. Something to think about later, though.]

Because he did nothing wrong and it probably wouldn't prove anything anyway.

[commandurr]

IT'S JUST A STUPID ROBOT! IT HAS TO FOLLOW ORDERS!!

WHY DO YOU CARE HOW IT FEELS??

[leftthelighton]

It is far from a stupid robot, Commander. These things have far more feelings than you think.

[ He has experience with this! ]

[earietale]

Why do you not care about him? He's one of your robots, but he's not protected by the rules? Why is that?