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

[crouching_sin]

Summoning things that should not exist in the world can be fun, though.

... Anyway. You don't have to kill me.

[backuphero]

But if you'd successfully been framed, we wouldn't have to do it.

If you'd - if you framed somebody else they'd be the one to die.

Hell, we could decide to vote for somebody totally unrelated if we were completely fucking crazy.

How can you stare death in the face like this? Is it just having done it so much? I don't get it....

[crouching_sin]

... It does numb you, yes.

[backuphero]

You're not protecting somebody, or something, are you?

[He's absolutely hit the end of his rope.]

[crouching_sin]

... Do you really think I could protect someone, Jonathan?

[backuphero]

Given cause, anybody could. Even a useless coward like me....

[crouching_sin]

... You're not a coward. You met me privately despite having reason to believe I would kill you. That's not a cowardly thing.