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

[theserpentsmiles]

[He might still be hugging the virus child.]

Can't we just kill the people who sent us here in the first place? Halley-chan had nothing to do with that.

[mementodagger]

I doubt they'd be so foolish as to show themselves, Nagisa. Not when we'd all like to have our pound of flesh from them.

[theserpentsmiles]

...I'm an assassin, remember? They don't need to show themselves, because neither will I.

[They'll never see it comiiiiiing...]

[mementodagger]

You still need to know where they are.

[Too much time with Akira, Nagisa?]

[theserpentsmiles]

That shouldn't be too hard to find once we get out of here.

[Not enough.]

[mementodagger]

[SIGH.]

What am I going to do with you, little brother?

[Cooldown hugs probably don't work on Nagisa's brand of bloodlust, but he's getting a one-armed side hug anyway.]

[ichbindereinzelganger]

...But I technically did have something to do with that. Me and my Dad.

[backuphero]

None of us is just the things our fathers did.

[He smiles sadly at her.]

I'm sorry. I was a real jerk.

[ichbindereinzelganger]

..........It's ok. Apology accepted.

[backuphero]

Thanks. Still going to try to make up for it, though, all right?

[theserpentsmiles]

Not really. You created a situation, but you're not responsible for how they responded to it. You had nothing to do with them dragging people from other realities in to solve their problems for them.