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

[theserpentsmiles]

[Oh, you got him a little mad.]

Spoken like someone without much imagination.

[commandurr]

I HEARD THAT!!!

[backuphero]

He's right. You saw how most of us were acting about eggs, Red. You give something a face and a name, and people are going to care about it.

[commandurr]

OH MY GOD!! THEY WERE JUST EGGS!! I BROKE MINE AND I DIDN'T CARE!!

[backuphero]

You didn't name it, did you?

[commandurr]

OF COURSE NOT!! I DIDN'T NEED TO NAME THAT THING!!

[backuphero]

Why not? I mean, it was just for fun, wasn't it? Yours more than ours, but....

[The smile on his face is a guileless one, not the... crazy face. Practiced guileless, "honest, Mom, I don't know why the rose arbor's got a hole in it" guileless.]

[tiefleaf]

As delicious as Temerity might have been, there was no way I would ever eat her.

[backuphero]

You even made sure she looked like she took after you.