T̢H͜E̵͟ ͏́͡TH͘͢I͠͞R͜͡͝D̷̶ ̛͞T̴R͏̨Į̷A̵̧L̡̨̀

[strangerpeople]

T̢H͜E̵͟ ͏́͡TH͘͢I͠͞R͜͡͝D̷̶ ̛͞T̴R͏̨Į̷A̵̧L̡̨̀

Attention, Strangers. It's time for the trial now.

Please bring whatever you see fit and not anything against the rules.

[And so it is, that the Strangers must come once more to the elevators, to the room where the force field sits and their podiums wait. Three more people are now Xed out, as if they never existed.

Once everyone is in place, five podiums light up red.]

THE BRITTLE	THE DISCORD	THE ENEMY	THE FORLORN
				THE JOVIAN

Once again, two bodies have been discovered. It sure is tragic. Please remember to vote accordingly.

[There is no hesitation, no pause, before the clock begins, and the ticking echoes through the chamber. The evidence is there for the remaining Strangers to see, and organize. Voting must happen to ensure justice. What else is there to say, then?

The trial for the murders of Vita Clotilde-Morris, the Bad Luck, and Jonathan Morris, the Double, has begun.]

Comments

[katzenpfote]

[He glances at Frumpkin, who runs over to Arthur and sits near the dog.]

Ja. I'm sure. I promised you that you would see your pups again.

[unwittingking]

[He doesn't like how that's worded...but he's shifting into a black cat before he can think too much about it.]

Which pocket?

[katzenpfote]

[He opens up one of the inside pockets, tilting his head.]

[unwittingking]

[He nods, before jumping in. It's warm and comforting, and he's hoping he doesn't have to come out again...but he probably will.]

Thank you.

[comesaround]

....

[ He saw all of this and is already starting toward where King and Caleb is, a look of hurt and anger on his face. ]

King Milton!!!

[ Yes he's loud and yelling but he's kind of upset about this. ]

Are you going to just run away from this?! This is already hard on all of us and the least you can do is own up to something you've done!! I know you didn't do this for yourself, but that doesn't change a DAMN THING! Don't be a fucking coward!

[otherworldlyking]

[ He's not yelling, though he'll glance over at the shouting, but his gaze was on King. He'll add: ]

Never thought you'd be the type to let someone else take the fall for what you did.

[unwittingking]

[He didn't want to.]

[carryabigstick]

Karma...

[She knows he's right-- he is but even so it's hard for her to accept that when she gets it. But in that she thinks there's another important thing to consider.]

It was proven, right? That there's another way. Eric said so himself. If we fight... we can try to forge our own path, one that wasn't decided for us by the people who created this terrible game.

But if we're going to do that-- we have to do it together.

[comesaround]

Do you really think us fighting back is going to do anything other than get the rest of us killed?!

[ Estelle he is shaking, angry and sad right now. Looking so lost and just not knowing what to do with himself. ]

[carryabigstick]

Yeah!! As a matter of fact, I do!

[And she's sticking to it.]

What is waiting around here going to accomplish? It's about time we fought for something!!

[comesaround]

Yeah? Think if we fight hard enough it might actually do something?

[ He then looks over to where Osomatsu is, his grin wicked and sharp. ]

If we fight, can I rely on your help?

[relieable]

[a withering look. he doesn't think rioting will help.

but also, Karma needs him.

he's distracted with King, but... he nods]

[carryabigstick]

Damn right you can!!

[She has her weapon ready at any given time.]

As a Bracer-- no... as Estelle Bright-- I can't accept letting this go on any further. I'm not letting anyone else die for this stupid game!

[comesaround]

[ Having that confirmation is good enough for him. Something in him is just absolutely DONE with this stupid shit of a game. ]

I don't want anyone else to die, either. This game's taken too many people away from us as it is.

[carryabigstick]

Now it's our turn to take all of it back.

[comesaround]

Yeah. Heh. Guess I was just... too afraid last week... because I know what Kurama would have done if we tried to do something stupid to avoid his execution. I didn't want to see that again.

[ Oh boy this was gonna be a tough one, but hey. He's ready. ]

Keywords!

[incendiarize]

Remember what hope is, and nothing's impossible.

We got told to resist, and to work together. So...yeah, we should fight. This is war.

[comesaround]

[ He exhales a breath and his smile is both rebellious and tired at the same time. ]

Well... then why don't we fuck them up and show them not to mess with us anymore?

[ He wanted to resist, but... he also made promises. To Akira AND Kurama. He would continue his role as the Jack to Akira's Joker. Even now. ]

[carryabigstick]

That's right!

Everything we've been through has been hell. But we can't just sit around waiting for someone to save us. Not when we've had the power to fight all along.

Keywords?!

[incendiarize]

Every survivor has the power that IT doesn't.

[unwittingking]

]He's sorry.]