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

[autonomousthought]

You may be right. They're all such different backgrounds, too - it would be one thing if everyone was made for it, like me. But most of the rest of the group isn't.

[It's worth considering...maybe she should go back to searching for trends among them.]

[voidseeing]

"Made for it"?

[Well, that definitely gets his attention there.]

[autonomousthought]

Well... I am a weapon. I was a weapon before I was a person, and being a person doesn't mean I'm not still a weapon.

[voidseeing]

... we're not that different in the end.

[Oh, he's human, to be sure, but he's a human who has been molded into what is basically the equivalent of a living weapon.]