FIFTH TRIAL

[whimsicalism]

Is everyone finished? Good. It's time for a trial.

[The ride to the court room is uneventful this time. There's no breaking of bones or porcelain when you land. The podiums are rather empty, especially now that there's only twenty portraits even if there's twenty one podiums still. Huh. Fancy that! It's almost as if the Storyteller was still bitter.

Though, there definitely feels something off about the court room. It sort of feels like you're being watched but you're not sure.]

Seven is Dead. Time to find out who's responsible. Time for a trial!

Comments

[battlestations]

[Nigel stretches out the rope to match the hand sizes to Allen's. Similar or no?]

[strictura]

[ Here you go? ]

[whimsicalism]

[In the same ballpark, yes.]

[nothingposh]

[This is stupid to him, personally, but alright. Hands it is.]

[whimsicalism]

[General size-wise, yes, this could be a match.]

[whimsicalism]

[Same general size, yes, but not an exact match.]

[ballooncaged]

[Oh. Oh no Nigel is thinking the thing too. Damn it!!

Mizuki capitulates. But you know. Tiny human hand.]

[whimsicalism]

[Unless Mizuki has very small hands, she's probably in the same size category.]

[imozon]

[Dark Dream shows her hands. This feels familiar.]

[golden_king]

[ Presenting hands time? ]

[whimsicalism]

[Being the clone of a teenager, her hands are a little bigger than the others. Doubtful that this a match but not clear, either.]

[whimsicalism]

[Roughly the same size.]

[battlestations]

Hm. Yours... seem less likely, actually.

[Crap. BAD FEELING INTENSIFIES.]

[battlestations]

Not sure, but probably not you...

[battlestations]

Do you want to check me, too?

[whimsicalism]

[Why are your hands so big??? You're clearly not a match.]

[strictura]

Mm? You've been holding the rope this whole time, so it's already clear from looking that your hands are bigger, right?

[battlestations]

Right. [Nigel sighs.] I just wanted to get that out of the way before I move on to the results.

To be honest, it didn't narrow it down much. But it kind of looks like the taller people are out by a hair. Which means... which means this isn't over.

[His hands tighten a bit on the rope, so he lets go of it in one hand and lets it hang to his side.]

Nagisa. The motive was for someone special to forget us.

So tell me, Warrior. If it was for Monaka.... Would you slay a monster?

[xxxx_me]

[imozon]

She's already dead, though. She's the tree, remember?

[save her]

[golden_king]

[ ... ]

[whimsicalism]

That's Manaka, you dork.

[golden_king]

[ Snort ]

[ballooncaged]

A... Monster...?

So everything was... No...

[strictura]

[ He seems to wince a bit at the sound of the name, but his voice is still soft and steady. ]

If Monaca-chan forgot me like she forgot our other friends...? It would hurt. But I'm not that selfish.