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

[vividsins]

No idea, your base took it somewhere.

[ Shrugs as best he can. ]

Along with our friends.

[ichbindereinzelganger]

Th--that's not the point!

[She slumps into her chair. She might be leaning against that raccoon.]

You all could be lying as a feint, you know. You're my enemy, after all. You came here to stop me.

[ichbindereinzelganger]

...........

[losergod]

[ Dang it. ]

... Look, if you can revive her, then it doesn't matter. We just want to go home. Marie took our memories, she pit us against one another in a sick and twisted game of murder... and took pleasure from it.

Not to mention she directly broke your rules by killing someone and making a huge mess herself over corn fungus.

[ichbindereinzelganger]

No, it's not! That's why I want to know!

[fashionfever]

[points down at the floor. which slorped her]

You know better than all of us that this takes things, right?

[tiefleaf]

Good question!

[ After being knocked off his throne, Molly's on his feet along with the rest of y'all, albeit a bit wobbly. His tail, at least, is still in the air, swishing about impatiently. ]

[losergod]

We literally cannot even remember that.

[theserpentsmiles]

Actually, I was brought here against my will, as far as I know.

She wasn't very nice to you, either, right?

[backuphero]

Look, kid, I'd be nicer if your floor wasn't trying to EAT me!

[He isn't scared. Nope. There is no fear, only just-below-yelling.]

[vividsins]

I just want to get back to my princess, honestly.

[ichbindereinzelganger]

Only if it's ordered to do something like! Otherwise, it...it just gets absorbed! Eaten! It's a natural process!

[ichbindereinzelganger]

It's not going to eat you. You'd have to be stuck like that for several days!

[backuphero]

We just don't wanna die, damn it! Or watch one more person die!

[Damn it, WHY the hell did it have to come up over the top of his boots?]

[ichbindereinzelganger]

. . . . . .

That's...that's not the important part of this! Stop trying to change the topic!

[fashionfever]

You think I'm that creative? Ask Jenny for the fake news.

[backuphero]

Oh, well, that's real reassuring, thanks!

[ichbindereinzelganger]

How can you not reme



d-did she use the mnemic magnetic laser again!?

[losergod]

Probably. We found it and managed to get our memories of our homes back, but we can't remember anything about coming to this place. We couldn't find any tapes about it.

[ichbindereinzelganger]

I'm aware of what happened to the rest of you.

[u g h]

Base, genetic scan for Aunt Marie please!

[theserpentsmiles]

We answered your question. Rather than following your order to kill us, she tried to get us to kill one another, then joined the game herself and was executed as per her own rules.

We mostly want to get out of here. Saving Ivy-san would be a bonus for some - not all - and I realize that runs counter to your goal, but...

You wanted to get out of here too, didn't you? See the Great Wall of China, and Mt. Everest, and other places.

[vividsins]

.......Can you let us go at least? It's not like we're going anywhere, and as far as I'm concerned, unless you start actively trying to kill us, you're not an enemy, just someone stuck in a bad situation like us. ...And also I'm worried this might ruin my suit.

[earietale]

...please tell me you weren’t actually drinking that Islay stuff.

[THAT IS AN ALCOHOL YOU’RE NINE SHE IS INTERNALLY FLIPPING]

[fashionfever]

[THIS]

[ichbindereinzelganger]

I TOLD her not to use it by again after-!!

[Right give her two seconds. Just going to bury her head into her raccoon plush and scream for a moment.

Then she re-emerges and lights a cigarette, sulking like a little kid as the cigarette rests on her mouth.]

Fine, whatever.

[With a flick of her finger she lights it.]

Base, deliver me my booze with the usual.