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

[exequte]

[She frowns at it, then quickly flips to a clean page and writes down the entire alphabet in the cypher, in order, and compares the mark.]

It seems like the letters that contain some part of this stroke are A, M, N, R, V, W, and X. Of those, I'd consider V, W, or X to be most likely. Any of the others would need to be written in some way other than the standard left to right.