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]

Neither of those options are good. We should prepare for the worst.

[vividsins]

[ You know what? This is a control room, right? Anything on the controls that looks like it can bring up a better visual of what the fuck is happening? ]

[strangerpeople]

[There is an option to open up body schematics.]

[vividsins]

[ Let's take a look, then, because they're kind of going blind. ]

[strangerpeople]

[Temperature is 106°F/41.1°C.

Blood pressure is 88/57 and dropping.

NOTICE: Intestines and kidneys have begun terminal shutdown phase. The time before this is irreversible: approximately 6 inner-universe hours, or 6 minutes outside in the real universe.]

[losergod]

[ GET OUT OF THE FUCKING WAY. ]

Her blood pressure's dropping. That's... she's suffering from low blood pressure and if her kidneys shut down we're in big trouble. Those are really, really important. To say nothing of her temperature.

[vividsins]

Okay.






And what are we supposed to do?

[ Like legit??? He has no idea what they even can do. ]

[tiefleaf]

Any chance the controls can get her to, I dunno, shit us out or something?

[ Look, someone has to say it. ]

[losergod]

As... charming an idea as that IS, there's so many risks and problems involved with that due to us being on the cellular level... okay, let's assume we get out of her somehow.

What then? The problem is we're too small, no one would notice us.

[losergod]

... Cure her. Is there a way we can combat this and cure her? For fuck's sake, we were brought here to do that, there has to be something we can do...

[ Okay, deep breaths. ]

If her temperature gets might higher, her brain will cook.

[strangerpeople]

[As C finishes speaking, a blinking purple dot suddenly appears on the radar, near where the liver would be, and moving.]

[vividsins]

[ Okay but. like. ]

How? We don't exactly have resources.

[theserpentsmiles]

....healing.... The healing water!

Couldn't that help somehow?!

[vividsins]

How, exactly, do you plan on getting it there?

[losergod]

... That's a good point. Wait, hang on.

[ Gonna track that dot. What you doing, dot? ]

[strangerpeople]

[It seems to be homing in on a location.

More words suddenly flash on the screens:

ACROYEAR UNIT APPROACHING BASE VECTOR. STANDBY.

Here comes more rumbling - this time, from the Base itself, as it starts making gurgling sounds. This results in something beneath the floor to somehow roar.



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[losergod]

[ You've heard of panic at the disco, now get ready for

FREAKIN' OUT AT THE TRIAL.

WHAT DO. ]

[theserpentsmiles]

We have company. I think it's probably Halley-san!

[strangerpeople]

[Welp, they might be able to see something very big suddenly flying towards them from the windows. The strange alarm sound suddenly begins to sound, once more.

ANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANI]

MECHA VERIFICATION SCAN COMPLETE.

PREPARING EPCOT HANGAR A.

[losergod]

I don't know how to deal with Mecha I've seen like five episodes of one anime I like story more oh god!

[ PANICKING. ]

[fashionfever]

[SHE'S WORKING ON SUMMONING MORE BEER?????]

[losergod]

[ GREAT! THEY CAN BE DRUNK AND PANIC!

Wait, you mean to heal the girl. Right. ]

[fashionfever]

WHERE DO WE PUT THIS??? THE THROAT...........??? THE SPLEEN?

[vividsins]

[ Can they determine if this unit is one of the ones listed from when Baku explored the repair center? Or is it foreign? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Baku will definitely recognize the name "Acroyear" from his look at the mecha repair.

As for what anyone can see of the mecha itself, it looks...well...pretty big.]