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]

You were alive this whole time...? [More importantly.] Are there any blanks you need filled in...?

[beguiledcard]

Not... the whole time, but Kerri fished us out of the river and took care of us. Gave us clothes, fed us... even gave us weapons and helped us fight our way here.

[ He nods. ]

We learned that this was something we'd apparently signed up for, but none of our memories ever returned, so it's all still very...

[ Vague... gesture. ]

[theserpentsmiles]

...we can get them back. We know how. Not....the part where we apparently left our worlds and agreed to do this and flew a mecha and lost a battle and got captured, but....everything of our lives before that was taken.

...she tricked me, too. Kayano-chan isn't dead.

[beguiledcard]

[ He narrows his eyes... ]

... I overheard something about Marie being dead, by the way. What happened, there?

[ Although, the better question might be a big, fat: Why does he sound so disappointed...???

He's been wondering a few things, ever since there was only one person who appeared in the river, this last time. Granted, that had him wondering if a person had managed to just... get away with murder, that time. ]

[theserpentsmiles]

She killed Passepartout-san. She reprogrammed Bottson-san and hurt Jonathan, then tried to make him take the fall for it.

We talked Bottson-san into letting us vote for her. She was executed.

[He doesn't sound especially troubled by anything other than Jonathan's injury...but Akira knew Nagisa wasn't exactly a normal kid.]