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]

[ 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?!

[linearcrash]

[ He knew there was something similar with Millium. And he kind of wishes they had a long talk about this... but Nine doesn't really do long talks or thinking ahead. ]

I killed him.

[quickpersuader]

[...Then that's that, isn't it.

There's the quiet sound of a photo being dropped into a slot.]

[integratedsoul]

Why... why him of all people...? Nine-kun.... He really wanted to live!

[ Still holding on to Millium here, but definitely weakening on the resolve to not cry herself. ]

suicide tw sort of?

[odasaku]

How come? Did you really want to send them a message or... did you just want to die?

[snideper]

[The emotion behind Clarisse's words is, of course, anger, and yet there's more to them besides her default derisive scorn.]

What a waste. Wasn't expecting you to be so weak.

[tuffguy]

What the--

[ smashes his hands against his podium, not really sure what to say here ]

[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.]

[integratedsoul]

[ And when there's no rejection, Cian just fully wraps one of her arms around the girl, using the other to gently pet over her hair.

She herself is struggling harder and harder to hold back tears, but that's irrelevant. Millium is more important. She's just a child, just a little girl... ]

[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]

[clearities]

[ Thanks, Osomatsu, because she's not sure if she'll manage to be able to compose herself at all on her own. This feeling is just like before. It's actually worse this time, to be honest. ]

[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. ]

now.... on the right account

[clearities]

[ It's a little quiet, practically a whisper, but he'll be able to hear her say the words in between her choked tears: ] ... Thank you, Oda-san.

YOU TRIED REALLY HARD LEN

[odasaku]

[ he'll just run his hand through his hair because?? what else do you do at this time??????? ]

It's alright to cry. Don't watch this.