SECOND TRIAL

[whimsicalism]

How are we ever going to get the pond clean? It'll stink like lawyer for forever, Alice!

Be nice... We shouldn't say things like that, Alice.

Weren't you the one who were calling Franziska a wicked witch?

I'm sorry about it now, aren't I?! Just--it's time for a trial, everyone!

[As you climb back into the teacup to descend to the court room once more, the tea cup doesn't respond if anyone tries to go to any other floors. As you walk up to the podiums the amount of crossed out portraits has increased. How many more will die before the tricky game the Alices want is over?

At least the Alices seem relatively calm. The Queen, anyway. The Cat is in her Alice form, watching over the proceedings with a hungry look in her eyes.]

Franziska von Karma is dead. Do try to find out who did it but not too quickly. I'll get bored~

Comments

[prescience]

I'm afraid I'm quite disappointed in you.

I thought our circumstances might have been the same, but they really aren't, are they?

[immaculacies]

I suppose not. I don't know what it's like for you, but I'm already dead.

[prescience]

Oh, no, I suspect I knew that all along, from the very first time we spoke.

But I thought you'd understand then, that for people in those circumstances like you and me, we are already fading memories.

What a waste.

[imozon]

[............]

[undershadow]

[ MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ]

[immaculacies]

[ Manaka giggles. ]

Oh? But... Hm. If you had only been human for two short weeks, wouldn't you want to hold onto the memories of the person who made you one, too?

[undershadow]

[ MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ]

[imozon]

[..............................]

[prescience]

Why? We did everything that we needed to do, and in that regard, my conscience is clear.

[But she's still spending half her time in Room 26, isn't she.]

What you're holding onto is already gone. Our views are simply too different... We might never have understood one another.

Still... I won't forget what you told me about that war.

[immaculacies]

Because without those memories, I would be empty. I spent a long time like that before, and I didn't want to go back to being that way.

[ Her shoulders move in a delicate shrug. But... ]

Mm. It's up to the rest of you to decide what happens from here. Good luck.

[prescience]

It's likely we'll need it. I'll keep the information you gave us well.

[... Her smile falls briefly; for a moment, maybe it seems like she understood Manaka a little better than she wanted to pretend.]

... Take care. I don't plan on looking away. A punishment befits the crime, after all.

[xxxx_me]

[...]

[seventhlittlemonster]

[bITCH WHAT THE FUCK]

[scratchitti]

[I mean yah bitch you ain't special]

[prescience]

[if you're a teenager ya dead]