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

4/4, cw: suicide again

[strictura]

--Then why did Junko-neechan even save me?! Why did I have to kill Father and Mother?! Why didn't I just die already back then?!

one-off

[ballooncaged]

[Mizuki mouths to herself "Nagisa did WHAAAAAAAT" with sincere emotional depth and incredulity.]

Re: one-off

[imozon]

[mood]

[golden_king]

[ ...that really did sound like a waste. Not in the sense of the other dying back then but more or less going through all of that seemingly for nothing, but... ]

[battlestations]

[holy dark secrets batman. Nigel is completely stunned. He truly does not have time to unpack all of this. But we're yelling now, so he's gonna yell back with agony in his voice. His heart hurts so much.]

I DON'T THINK YOU HAD TO DO ANY OF THAT!

[strictura]

O-of course I did!!

[battlestations]

NO! Who told you to kill yourself? Who told you to kill them? You didn't really want to, I can tell! You've been fighting for kid's freedom but you never thought about your own at all, did you? That's why your way was lost before you even begun.... I think you've always been blind to it. To the truth that you should never have had to take on everything by yourself. We never asked you to do that, and if the kids back home did then ... then they're a bunch of jerkfaces!

[nothingposh]

First mistake was thinking there's purpose in anything, really.

[This is the first time Gavroche has seemed actively annoyed with someone's explanation.]

Second was thinking you can fix the entire world. Revolution don't start with one person. Revolution starts when the people rise.

[strictura]

I know how revolution works!! We already overthrew the power structure and forced the demons into hiding! We're the ones who control the city, so it's just a matter of finishing it, and I can do it!!

[nothingposh]

That's really not what I was talking about. Sure, you overthrew the oppressor. Now you're the oppressor, building something by yourself because you think that's what's best.

[Like, that's the way this sounds.]

If what you were building can't stand without you, the foundation wasn't good to begin with.

[strictura]

It's only because it's not done! All the other kids in the city want this too! Once all the adults are dead, they won't have to be afraid anymore and we can all live in peace!

[imozon]

Won't they just grow up to be more adults?

i can't believe how many suicide cws i'm having to put here but that's drae for you

[strictura]

Of course not. We're all going to be kids until we die. When you feel like you're going to turn into a demon, you take responsibility and kill yourself before it can happen. That's one of the rules!

[golden_king]

[ He'll laugh at the demon part, sorry not sorry ]

...Wow, that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in awhile.

I can

[imozon]

That's stupid! Even if that would work, it wouldn't work!

[battlestations]

O...kaaay this actually explains why there weren't as many kids sharing your workload. Wow.

[nothingposh]

It shouldn't matter if you're gone, though. If the people have risen, someone will fill your place. Someone will finish what you started.

[ballooncaged]

This Junko person's methods... were clearly violent all the way to the core. Even though there was self-defense in there, it was still a system of force.

[nothingposh]

Be a bit hypocritical of me to denounce violence, but the revolution ain't the bloody part. The revolution is what happens after. Sounds here like it's more of the same, wearing a nicer face.