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

[crouching_sin]

Do you need someone to toss her out of a window for you?

Cw: child abuse mention

[theserpentsmiles]

N-No! She wasn't that bad! She pulled my hair a lot, but she only drugged me the one time--!

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[crouching_sin]

[... Oh that murderous aura just got much stronger.]

That's not okay, Nagisa. Parents like that should be separated from their children at the bare minimum.

[His tone is precise and clipped. He clearly wants much worse than that for her.]

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[theserpentsmiles]

She....only got this bad after dad left her, and she's been getting better...

[She's his mom, and he knows he'd be pissed if it were anyone else, but...]

[crouching_sin]

... That doesn't mean what she did was all right, Nagisa. She still hurt you badly, and you haven't even told me anything else she might have done.

[theserpentsmiles]

...she...tried to make me burn the classroom down, so I'd feel too guilty to even think about ever going back...

[crouching_sin]

... Nagisa, you're not going back to her. I won't allow you to.

[Nope, his murderson now.]

[theserpentsmiles]

But--...

[Somehow he doubts Naoya will take any arguments. And Nagisa won't deny what she did was awful or that it hurt, but.....he forgave her. That's what he decided.]

I....promised her I'd stay, through high school.

[crouching_sin]

... Nagisa. Who says she won't do worse to you? She's already demonstrated that she clearly isn't fit to take care of her child.

[theserpentsmiles]

[And yet this woman got custody.]

She's been getting better. She let me choose which high school I'll go to, and she was going to let me get a haircut after graduation...

[He's keeping the beads Yurick gave him no matter what, though.]

[crouching_sin]

... I can give you a haircut now, if you want. There's no reason she should be in control of that.

[theserpentsmiles]

[He plays a little with the plaited beads. He....does like being connected to his brother through hair, and of course he's keep this part long, but....hm.]

I.... I don't know. I wanted her to stop treating me like a girl for so long, but...

[crouching_sin]

... She didn't respect you enough to listen to what you wanted.

[theserpentsmiles]

....she wanted a daughter she could live out her failed dreams through.

[So she made Nagisa's every choice for him, even while thinking him a failure from the start just for being a boy.]

[crouching_sin]

Which isn't your fault. It's hers.

[theserpentsmiles]

...I know that now.

[He can't be things he isn't. He can't be a girl any more than he can change the color of his face, produce bullet-stopping mucous, or move at mach 20.]