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

[ichbindereinzelganger]

No, I mean...it's coded into me. Just like it was coded into my Dad.

[vividsins]

Let me ask you something. Do you want to kill Ivy? No? ...Then you're the one who can stop you, just like Bottson was ultimately the one who stopped Marie. Even after she attempted to reprogram him so she'd be untouchable if she murdered someone.

[ichbindereinzelganger]

Wh--what? Bottson?

[vividsins]

Yup. He defied his very programming to allow us to vote for her.

[strangerpeople]

yEAh, foO!

[vividsins]

We're all very proud of him.

[ Mostly because it removed the main annoyance of this place. ]

[ichbindereinzelganger]

Bottson....

[She scoops up the robot gently.]

She re-programmed you? I can't--that's just so...

[vividsins]

If you want to get away with murder, rig the results. But just because he was programmed one way... Well. You're the one writing your story and no one else, milady. What story are you going to write? One where you're the hero who saves everything? Or one where you're the villain who destroys it?

[losergod]

... Mister Bottson. Is there another way around this? Do we have to vote for someone? You're in charge now. Can't we just... abstain?

[theserpentsmiles]

You can become more than your coding. I've seen it done - Ritsu-chan has to hide her real self from her creators or they'll turn her back into just a weapon, but she's virtually indistinguishable from a human girl now, aside from only existing as computer data.