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]

Honestly I'm surprised she survived to adulthood.

[losergod]

I'm surprised she could breathe. But I guess she had to for all the screaming, so maybe she learned at least ONE thing.

[backuphero]

She did get... turned into a puddle of gore at one point, going off the journal entries. So she wasn't even successful at that all the time.

[He looks mildly horrified at himself for making a joke out of that.]

[fashionfever]

Isn't it like Bottson said about the time it happened before?

[backuphero]

I think that must have been it.

Wait.

Bottson's been awful quiet...

[strangerpeople]

. . .

[backuphero]

[Yup. Doing this. Addressing the robot like he's (...or is it "he"?) a people.

Well, a kid.]

Hey, don't tell me your voice broke all of a sudden, or something, I don't know if anybody here could fix it!

[strangerpeople]

mY voICe aiN't bRokE, fOo!

[backuphero]

[A genuine sigh of relief.]

Good. So... you're just listening to us, huh?

[strangerpeople]

yeAh! doN't gOt muCh elSE to Do righT Now.

[fashionfever]

Right now, as opposed to?

[strangerpeople]

pLAyIng gAMEs, beinG In mY doCKing stAtiOn...

[backuphero]

Right now... will we still have to vote, later?

[strangerpeople]

wElL...ThiS iS a tRIaL tO pIn a cUlPriT fOr bRinGing yOU hErE, rIgHt? So...

pRobAbLy.

[fashionfever]

Hang on! Who would want to set that up? The person who brought us here would have to hate themselves!

[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.

[strangerpeople]

yO bUt yoU wAnT To puNiSH tHE pERsOn tHaT tooK yOu riGHt??

[backuphero]

I've had enough of death to last me a lifetime. But if it's the only way out of here we haven't got a choice, do we?

[strangerpeople]

. . .

[vividsins]

I don't care either way. I just want to get home because someone's waiting for me.

[ And if he doesn't, she might die. ]

[vividsins]

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

[strangerpeople]

thAT's corrECt, FoO!

[theserpentsmiles]

...one of the rules was to not blow her up, right? Maybe that's how.

[backuphero]

It'd explain ending up as a... sort of puddle, yeah... and I mean it'd be traumatic enough that anybody would make a rule to make sure it didn't happen again, right?