FINAL TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

FINAL TRIAL


[Once everyone has managed to gather every piece of evidence they can get their hands on, there is, at last, a sense that they can go up to the top on the elevator that works. Granted, with access now granted, they probably could have gone up at any time, but it they would have been ill-prepared for what might be up there.

In any case, they might not have needed to worry.]



[Barbara will no doubt recognize this place as where Marie brought her just the previous week. It is a master control room, filled with buttons and levers that line the walls. However, the dome also allows for a view of what's outside - of the skies, the stars, the planets. The alpine valley the Base is situated, with its bubbling waterfall, and the crystal-clear blue lake it empties into, surrounded by flowers below the Base's base. The lake itself empties into a crystal clear river that looks to be narrow, but deep and rapid.

In the center of the room, near where the elevator rises out of the floor, is a chair, with a giant plush of that cheeky raccoon snuggled into it. Once everyone has come into the room, the elevator melts into the floor with a slurping sound. Now, everyone is here - and there's only one seat, meaning almost everyone will be standing for the duration of this discussion. There's no food or drink here, either - the Titled will have to make do with whatever they brought with them.

There's is a rumble below, as the Titled, together with Bottson and their menagerie of animals - gather together for one last trial. Everyone and everything in this universe may be at stake, and ultimately, either they all go home - or no one will.]


[It's time! The objectives are simple in this trial. It's time to finally answer the questions the Titled have about why they are here - and face the Mastermind of the Base.

Most importantly, though - who's got dibs on that chair? It's the only one in the room!

In any case, good luck, Titled!]

Comments

[toushiro]

[ SAME HAT, C. SAME HAT. ]

[losergod]

[ How do they keep kidnapping these kinds of people. ]

[mementodagger]

No, but you know my power and you've made it no secret that you don't trust me. I understand why, I'm only being truthful. Hitsugaya asked me to do as much, though I already planned to be honest once I revealed what I'd done at the last trial.

[theserpentsmiles]

[Angela, have you ever been on the receiving end of a look that says "I thought better of you than this" before?]

Wouldn't we still remember something of being pulled from our own world's? I'll grant I definitely remember falling asleep in my classroom, but I'd expect there to still be something. Even just knowledge of why I'm here, what I'm supposed to fix, but there's nothing.

i am so sorry, i just couldn't let this chance past

[backuphero]

[For some reason, Jonathan is blushing.]

There are ways, I've had it happen, and I don't want to talk about it past that. But... there are definitely ways. If things can be carried from one universe to another....

[Somehow copying Brauner's "Sandy Grave" with Astarte inside and waiting would definitely explain the high ratio of men to women, but that there were three women dragged in raises questions he's pretty sure he'll get slapped for if he asks....]

[backuphero]

Hate themselves, or love this woman we're trapped in very much... enough to cast around desperately for anybody who might be able to help.

[theserpentsmiles]

What would be the purpose? Commander-san and/or Halley-san erased our memories - we know that much. Why would they keep these specific ones separate?

And if it wasn't them but the people who sent us here who took these....why? What did they expect to accomplish?

[earietale]

[...stares for a couple seconds...]

I think...I agree with not wanting to know, at least.

[She does not want to find out if some legends are real or not!]

Wouldn’t we at least remember being mind controlled, though? I mean, if my body was doing something I didn’t want it to, I think I’d remember.

[earietale]

...wait a second. Can I see that please?

[She’s got an idea forming and she wants to see if it’s true or not.]

[toushiro]

Go ahead.

[ passing her the drawing now! ]

[theserpentsmiles]

The base has rocket legs. I assume that means it's mobile enough to serve as an 'escape pod' of sorts - that she'd be escaping on it....though, Commander-san did make it sound like she'd be leaving the base behind...

[Hmm.]

I don't think we can say either way if Halley-san is going through with it. You can care deeply about someone and still put a knife in their heart. I have.

Mods?

[earietale]

Thank you.

[Okay, she is going to carefully scruntinize this drawing.

Does it look anything like the people she saw through the hologram?]

[backuphero]

Well, guess I've got to talk about it... in my case, it happened and I blacked out. Came to with Charlotte's... well, she looked really worried. So it's possible we wouldn't remember.

[earietale]

So, we might’ve gotten not just mind controlled, but also it was done so badly that we might not ever remember.

I’m going to punch these people in the throat now.

[vividsins]

...Isn't the most technical sense of "who brought us here" Halley, though? She brought us to this specific location.

[vividsins]

...Remove our motives for completing our mission.

[tiefleaf]

...that's not reassuring at all.

[ He's from the fucking medieval era, but he was at least somewhat able to follow along. ]

[tiefleaf]

Not sure about everyone else's worlds, but I've definitely heard of magic that can do that kinda stuff before.

[A higher level Dominate or Charm Person spell can get the job done nicely ]

[backuphero]

I'll be right there with you....

[earietale]

I’ve never heard of it, but considering the weirder things that have happened, I’ll believe it.

[theserpentsmiles]

Then....did they expect us to find the tapes we did...? Where could they have hidden anything else, though, other than maybe the engine room... I don't think we went there.

[strangerpeople]

[One of them does. Namely, the brown-haired man.]

[strangerpeople]

thAT's corrECt, FoO!

[fashionfever]

[A LOT OF TIMES? WHERE DO ALL THE STRANGERS GET THE IDEA THAT SHE'S SOME KIND OF GOOD AND NOT PETTY PERSON]

Then mind control recorded in tapes that are somewhere else.

[earietale]

[Well, that’s definitely doing her a concern.

She points at the drawing in question.]

This guy. He was the man that wanted to save Ivy when I was watching through the hologram. I think he’s a good person, but...

[She shivers a little bit, remembering what Marie had said about him at the time.]

He might be dangerous.