Week 2 - Trial

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Week 2: Trial

The day still is April 13th. It's now the afternoon

Just like he said he would, the Sergeant went to everyone and told them to go to the courthouse. It wasn't difficult to find -- three of the tourists already knew where it was. What nobody, not even these three thought, was that the courtroom would be so much populated this time.

All of the visitors went into the only trial room in the courthouse. In the center there were several podiums, formed into a circle. Each podium had a small notepad and a pen, and a slot on the top part of its surface, presumably to insert your vote in it. Each podium has a small placard showing who it belongs to -- except for Moloch von Zinzer's podium. That one is draped with black velvet.

The tribunes at the sides of the courtroom are higher than where your podiums are. During the trial Sakura, Wayne and Millium attended those tribunes had been empty, but this time they're not. Quite a lot of the townspeople are sitting there, talking with each other and observing all of the tourists with different expressions. Confusion, disdain, shock, all kinds of emotions, all united by the feeling of morbid curiosity. What did the tourists do? What will happen? That's what they're wondering.

And above all of them, on the judge's seat...the Sergeant. None of the townspeople's paying attention to him, he's sitting on his chair and twirling the gavel in his hand. He still is very pleased a murder happened, and once it's time to start, he says:

"We have gathered today for the trial to find the culprit for the death of Moloch von Zinzer. It's your task to discuss, find the truth of this murder and bring it to light. For the sake of not letting you bunch run in circles, I have decided to lend you a hand and give you the five most likely suspects -- the culprit being one of them"

And indeed, five small photos appear on your podium.

            

"When it's time, you shall cast your vote. Write it on paper or put the photo inside the slot, I don't really care about how you do it. What matters is that you actually do it. With no further ado, I wish you good luck!"

The trial room went completely silent, all the visitors can feel the attentive stares of the townspeople gathered to watch. It's up to you now to find the culprit.

Let the trial begin.

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Comments

[linearcrash]

[ It's Millium he'll turn his attention to. Rubbing the back of his head as he looks at her, trying to hold her gaze. ]

We died. We wanted to take on the big bad at the end, knowing we would fail. We wanted to pave the way to a better future for everyone else, you know?

[ Then he'll look away. ]

A future where people can actually remember.

[doublelammy]

[This is all just too close for comfort.

"You're all in for some tough times ahead. I can't go any further now, but you can..."]

...So what?!

[She snaps out of that fast enough, slamming her hands down on her podium.]

Okay! So you're dead at home, fine, whatever! But you're here now, aren't you?! You can't just give up and lie down now!

[linearcrash]

[ He gives her a small smile. ]

You know, you're the first one to actually give a damn outside of Class Zero.

[ It comes out without any thought. ]

I miss them. We were always together for as long as I remember, yo. It's kind of like only being one piece of a person, you know?

[carbide]

So you wanted to send a message to them.

[linearcrash]

If I'm honest, then joining them is a whole lot better.

1/2

[doublelammy]

No it's not! It's not! Dying isn't better, not ever!

You're here! You can be someone here, even if it's without them! Even if— even if it's really hard being without them!

I don't know how to be just Millium on my own, either! I'm just one piece of a person, too! But I'm still trying! Why are you just giving up?!

2/2

[doublelammy]

Did you kill him, or didn't you?!

Or are you just trying to be stupid to get back to them now?!

[streetwolf]

So what? You went the long winded way by killing some dude who'd done nothing to you and getting executed for it?

[A while ago he'd of been yelling and trying to punch the idiot but he's move bothered by the too crying kids here that he's not sure what to do with.]

[yonosoymaria]

[He's been withdrawn and silent this entire time, standing and watching - freezing, more like. That, though... that's the last straw, that after "...only being one piece of a person...." - ]

And what do you think they'd have to say about taking a fall to rejoin them? If anything, the evidence points at me more than it does you, and I'm not even on the damned list!

[doublelammy]

I—

[She knows exactly what that feels like.

She feels it again, now, the same twisting and knotting in her stomach that she felt when she realized that it was all over, Class VII was over and she was going to have to go back to the life she'd known before. Her eyes sting all over again, welling up like they hadn't before or since.

She can't argue right now. Someone else pick this up for her?

Please?]

Nine...

[integratedsoul]

[ Cian looks back and forth between Millium and Nine for a short moment, not sure who needs her most, who she wants to come to most....

... but then she thinks about Moloch and how alive he'd been every time they spoke, gentle, and polite, and alive...

... and she leaves her podium to walk over to Millium's and gently place her hands on the girls shoulders. She's not sure if it's welcome, but... she just has to do something for this child now. ]

[doublelammy]

[It is welcome. Millium's always been a tactile person, after all.

It does nothing to stop her from crying, but at least Millium understands what Cian's trying to do.]

[linearcrash]

[ She picked right and he would have encouraged her to go to her ]

[streetwolf]

[Wayne's rolling his eyes. Thinking of a load of kids he used to know.]

Well you fucked that up. Best thing to do is keep living and remembering them. Cause no one else will.

[He still has his doubts but if you're trying to get killed so much.]

[clearities]

[ Sakura's also listening to this even as he's facing Millium and she honestly looks visibly torn up about it? This is too sad, too heartbreaking— and it's clear that while she wants to say something, she also doesn't want to interrupt something that she feels wasn't meant for her ears. So instead she just quietly cries into her hands. This is just... horrible, and she hates this? ]

[relieable]

[so while Cian is comforting Millium, Osomatsu will stare hard at Sakura for a moment... before he, too, leaves his podium to go to her.

he's really pissed off about Moloch, but he'll do his best to comfort a crying kid]

[odasaku]

[ oda is also going to go and comfort sakura, since he has nothing to say to nine. not because he's judging him, but because it's something that hits a bit too close to home.

once he's by her side, he'll hold her shoulder as a way to tell her that he's there for her. ]

[kingbomber]

[ Personal conversation, whatever. This is all making Bakugou furious. If he's being real, he wasn't close to the guy, but it doesn't mean he can't be infuriated at a loss of life that could've been avoided. ]

So much for that now that you went ahead and did this, huh?! It'd be practically for no fucking reason if they're all dead anyway! And if you're really the one who did this... then you just took a giant shit on their memory!

Good fucking job to that, you stupid fucking dipshit!

[doublelammy]

[Millium is honestly thankful for Bakugou right now.

She wasn't made for this, for all these feelings and for knowing what to say when you have to watch someone fall away from you right in front of your eyes.

With her words choked up, she's at least glad someone can express some of what she's feeling.]

[kingbomber]

[ Yeah, he's definitely here for that right now. He can be the one to say the things people are feeling, sure wanna say, but can't!

Poor Millium though, he's not blind to what's happening over on her end either, for the record. ]

[robitussin]

Thank you. God, what an idiot.

[Things she thought she would never say, but.]

[prayerwheel]

[ ....

just kind of. Stares at him. ]

[linearcrash]

{ Hey. ]

Looks like it'll be a rein-check for that private show, huh?

[prayerwheel]

You're...not serious, are you? Why are you...confessing...?

[ aw fuck ]

[linearcrash]

Not going to let you or any of the others take the fall, yo. Well... I don't give a shit about one of them, but the other two have been pretty cool.

[ He means Hawks and Dabi for the other two. ]