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

[vividsins]

The same can be said for all of us. And yet, you're the one with the proverbial mountain of circumstantial evidence on your shoulders, Sir Naoya. Eventually, a lot stacking up has to mean something. Though the fact you considered it not worth it to go in just because C was there... We had no way of knowing if someone was dead yet when we first arrived, or even how many.

[crouching_sin]

I assumed the scream meant someone was either dead or dying. Crowding a body isn't going to help anything.

[vividsins]

You're missing what I'm saying, Sir Naoya. You said you didn't go in because someone with medical knowledge was there, but unless you'd already been present beforehand, you had no way to know if there was need for more than one person with said knowledge.

[ LISTEN NAOYA HE IS JUST DOING THIS TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY HE PREFERS YOU OVER MOLLY. ]

[crouching_sin]

[He sighs deeply and shakes his head.]

You're correct, I didn't. But given the nature of this place I assumed that we would find a body anyway, given the pattern Akira told me. Unless you want to claim that I killed him by not being there?

[vividsins]

There are very few people it could be, Sir Naoya. And I do hope it's not you. But I also must be as thorough as possible.

[crouching_sin]

Oh, I understand. I'm just responding to what's been presented to me.