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

[fashionfever]

And - why shouldn't it be you? Isn't that girl waiting for you? What's the point of all her hard work if she's going to just see you, you, you like...

[the ugly vulnerable positions of the victims here, she doesn't even want to reify around Jonathan but she can already see it]

[backuphero]

Chances are she'll -

[He can't finish that sentence. Can't spit out "see me like that anyway, I mean my father didn't even make it to 44", he can't do it with the sob in Angela's voice right there and his face hidden against her hair so he can just not see all of this.]

Damn it. Damn it, you're right. I don't want to die. I don't want to die.