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

[superstylishsquid]

Pretty sure he's hiding something that's getting concerning, though.

[valkavian]

Hermes, if you get us all fucking killed because you have some dark secret that isn't murder related I SWEAR TO GOD-

[somuchshipping]

...

[valkavian]

[ She's starting to tear up now? Except instead of tears of a bodily-excreted saline solution these are literal tears of blood, have fun with that. ]

[jinglebros]

Val??

[ Aoi is Worried about this. ]

[valkavian]

Don't do that to me, don't FUCKING do that to me, the one other person on this ship I actually liked is FUCKING DEAD and now this-

[ it continues ]

[not_a_lego_maniac]

Val? It's ok. We'll figure this out, I promise.

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes has never seen Val be this... upset.]

...It's... it's nothing... it...

[Hermes will walk over to Val and attempt to pat her on the back.]

I liked Brain, too... but you'll get through this. The murderer will be found and we'll all vote for them, right?

[valkavian]

[ Sorry she is now, uh, laughing a sick, gross sort of desperate laughter as bloodtears continue to stream down. ]

Yeah, sure. Sure, buddy.