THE THIRD TRIAL

[strangerpeople]

THE THIRD TRIAL
(~SK. 17-18)


[When the investigation ends, the D O N G rings throughout the ship, followed by Zero's voice.]

It is time. Everyone, come to the theater. Time is...wasting.

[And so it is. The seating has once more changed to reflect the fallen-Moriarty and now Brain's podiums are draped in black. And, of course, there is no food-

The screens come up, and the mask of Zero appears, ever inscrutable. Their instructions are brief.]

Your Brain is gone, I'm afraid. Cut into pieces and cast aside...and someone here knows why. Now, it's time for you to discover the truth as well...if you can.


[The trial for the murder of Brain, the Blue, has begun.]

Comments

[somuchshipping]

Main ones? You mean first-gens? Or do you mean the Limbo gods?

[Video game mechanics. Whatcha gonna do about it?]

[yesorwoof]

I believe there was a legend of twelve Olympians. Hermes was one of them. Ah... What was the rest? You may omit the one in the Hearth and the significant one who was somewhere else. I believe that Hermes should still be included in a list that has a total of twelve.

[somuchshipping]

I mean, if we're talking about purely Greek AIs, then...

[Hermes lists them all by name and what type of god they are, except for one, which he only refers to as "the sun god".]

[yesorwoof]

[For reference she was expecting the list "Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and Dionysus for a total of twelve" on the grounds of Hestia at the Hearth and Hades in the underworld, so it appears Apollo has been omitted.]

The sun god?

That's extremely strange.

Of course there'd be a sun and moon god.

There's a myth of that god and Artemis being closely connected. That you cannot have one without the other.

Isn't there?

[somuchshipping]

Yes, and a Diana for the Romans.

[superstylishsquid]

....You mean Apollo?

[valkavian]

Or Helios, maybe?

[somuchshipping]

No, not Helios.

[superstylishsquid]

Helios isn't an Olympian, he's one of the generation before the gods who wasn't sealed, since he sided with the rebellion.

[somuchshipping]

[Poker face!]

Yes!

[yesorwoof]

...we've said it out loud now, so we can't be sure, but I find the fact that he did not name this one indubitable proof that he has lost memories at some time.

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes bobs up and down.]

WhatProofIsThat? Maybe I just wanted to leave his name out cuz I was lazy.

[superstylishsquid]

I think she means the Olympians.

[valkavian]

By limbo do you mean cthonic, or...

[ Just wondering, yanno. ]

[somuchshipping]

They're ones like The Singer, or The Helper, or The Poetnix. THey're more based on concepts and the universe than us Greeks and Romans. Like the Singer is Sound and Silence and the Poetnix is War and Peace.

[valkavian]

What.