THE SECOND TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

THE SECOND TRIAL

[Soon after the finals clues are found, there is a beep on everyone's watch. Then, the Conductor's voice echoes through the jail once more.]

Attention. All passengers of the Eventide, please come to the building in the courtyard. If you are not a passenger, you must have a ticket to enter.

[A ticket? Oh boy. And everyone's suspicions are confirmed when they come to the courtyard and find people-many of them who had been fleeing the prison that very morning-queuing in line to enter the building. Not the Strangers-they are immediately escorted in.

They find themselves in a courtroom, with them sitting at podiums in the center. Above them in the ceiling is a retractable dome; all around on the walls are large screens, so people can watch the proceedings no matter their location. People are filing in, even as a recorded voice drones that the jail isn't responsible for lives lost during the trial-or the sentencing.

Hm.

Lilac is in the judge's seat, the pangolin in her hands. Nearby, the captured animals-sans the rabbit, for some reason, and the sheep-are inside another pen that has been set up. The force field seems to have been quickly erected. After announcing the court proceedings and registering her right to magistrate, as she did the previous week, she clears her throat.]

THE WATCHFUL	THE CAVIAN	THE BRITTLE	THE FORLORN
				THE ENGINEER

You all know what you must do. You have your evidence, and you must decided who is responsible. Remember-every vote counts. And...just pretend you're alone again, if it helps, I suppose.

[There's not much else to do. There is the option to ask for the concessions they are selling to everyone, though its mostly water and popcorn. Otherwise, you are once again on a time limit. This time, the audience is watching. Their eyes stare hungrily at every action.

The trial for the murder of Atsushi Nakajima, the Rushlight, has begun..]

Comments

[higanbana]

[+1 giggle, sorry not sorry]

[eternaldivide]

[ Worth it ]

[otherworldlyking]

[ W o w you two ]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[Well, since other people are doing it-]

It must burn you up to have this sort of power.

[otherworldlyking]

[ He yawns loudly in the middle of the pun because he already has an idea of where it's going...

And if there's still some around that is one small piece of wax flying his way ]

[higanbana]

[GIGGLE INTENSIFIES]

[eternaldivide]

[ Mithos tried to hold back during his but nah this time he's joining in the giggling sorry not sorry ]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[This is only encouraging him. A bit of wax hitting him in the screen is absolutely not going to stop him.]

Oh, wood you look at that! It seems we ignited someone's temper.

[otherworldlyking]

[ Banned ]

[higanbana]

[Best trial, 10/10 would pun again]

[katzenpfote]

Oh, knock it off. It seems to be a tinder subject.

[otherworldlyking]

[ Next one who cracks a pun gets themselves into a headlock!! ]

[otherworldlyking]

[ Well it's been a fun run guys, time to take a nap. ]