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

[xxxx_me]

Nagisa...

[He can't quite hide the hurt in his voice.]

[ballooncaged]

[Soft]

Sometimes... You want to make every single person happy, even though there's too many and some of them are bad. That's why... maybe that's why family matters so much... And making friends little by little...

[strictura]

I wanted to be someone you could believe in...!!

[xxxx_me]

[Yeah. Yeah, he probably did. And- wasn't it Nagisa with whom he'd talked about Letty and Rick? About a stepmother who deserved it, and awful, awful parents who...

He closes his eyes and gives a shaky exhale before moving to Nagisa to gently pat him. When he speaks, it's a soft good luck charm, repeated three times:]

There there, there there, there there...

[strictura]

[ ... ]

[xxxx_me]

You worked really hard for everyone.

[He'll continue patting him as he talks.]

Thank you... for helping keep me safe until now. I wish we'd gotten to play a little more, but... [Trailing off. There's nothing really good to be said about that, so he moves on.]

Try to take a break for a little while. You'll be with the others, guarded by Roary, right...? So we'll take over while you rest.

[twinverses]

[The Storyteller hasn't been paying attention most of this trial. There's something in Allen's words that makes her turn.

I really wanted to play a little more, but... Bye-bye.

She mouths the words to herself, looking away for once. It's what she would have wanted.]