week 5 - trial

[productions]

week five trial



victim



suspects



Character Statuses
Setting
Manor Rules
Voting

Comments

[pandacea]

Y-yes! She must not have submitted her vote yet!

[Her pounding on the door gets more frantic.] Please, Miss Yuzu, it's all right! Touko Aozaki is undoubtedly the killer, so you do not have to worry about voting for the wrong person!

[notyetlost]

[Oh-- it's someone Poland actually likes this time.] You think she's--





[The scream sounded pretty finite.]

[pandacea]

No! She must still be alive! We did not find any fatal wounds on Miss Sharon's corpse, correct? The room must just...be soundproofed or something!

[notyetlost]

R-right...

But she can't hear us then...

[pandacea]

Then...there must be some way to break down this door! We have to hurry and save her before it's too late!

1/2

[notyetlost]

...

2/2

[notyetlost]

[Poland's shoulders slump.




But he tries his hand at kicking the door open himself.]

[vytis]

[After everything that's happened, adding this on top of it gives Lithuania an expression like he might burst into tears of frustration at any moment.

It's probably futile, but he'll give breaking the door down a shot himself.]

I told her--I told her I'd try to protect her.

[notyetlost]

[Poland runs his hands through his hair, averting Lithuania's face in favor of the door. It's not an expression he can look at right now.]

[vytis]

Ha... [Lithuania's expression twists and warps into some combination of anger, sorrow, and self-loathing.] She was screaming, and now she's not and--I've heard enough of that in my life--it's probably already--

[He slams a fist on the door.] There's never anything I can do.

[notyetlost]

[Poland stops kicking.] ...

Once we can get out of this room... we should get a drink.

[vytis]

But, the vote-- [The vote is over now. Lithuania looks a little pale.] ...She's not responding.

[Not since she stopped pounding on the walls and screaming, anyway.]

[pandacea]

Why...how can something like this happen?

[She whirls around to face the Hostess, kunai in hand.]

You evil, horrible woman! Unlock this door and release her right now, unless you are prepared to die yourself!

[godwhisperer]

[Hands very firmly on her shoulder. Which is. Not usual for him.]

Don't be a fool.

[pandacea]

[She's surprised enough by the gesture that Gundam will be able to hold her back for now, but she's still clearly on the edge of launching herself into an attack at any moment.]

I cannot just sit by and watch while someone innocent may die right before our eyes! The only fool here is the hostess if she thinks she will be able to defend herself against me!

[godwhisperer]

[Yeah, it is very, very abnormal for him to come near someone else, let alone physically touch them.]

You are a fool. That woman is not physically here. She will not allow us to harm her. To attack her is futile. It will do nothing for Yuzu Aihara. It will only seal her fate.

It is offensive to me to watch one I have shared my secret techniques with behave thusly, so I cannot allow it.

[pandacea]

[She stares at him, shocked.]

M-Mr. Gundam...but...I just...I--!

[Tears begin to well up in her eyes.]

T-there must be something we can do! The hostess can set Miss Yuzu free if she wanted to, we must convince her to do so somehow!

[godwhisperer]

[Oh no, he is super weak to tears, his sternness cannot hold. He takes his hands from her shoulders.]

Did I suggest surrender? We will do what we must. But we will lose our chance if any one of us attacks without thought for what we will achieve.

[pandacea]

[She hiccups and wipes her eyes with a sleeve.]

You say the hostess is not really here, but how do we know that for sure? No one has tried attacking her yet. What if all this time...that was all we needed to do to escape?

[godwhisperer]

I cannot sense her soul. She is an artificial presence.

[pandacea]

I cannot sense it either...but then again, I have not been able to sense anyone's chi since coming to this place. Perhaps she is simply masking hers somehow, or she has suppressed our powers.

If we cannot break down the door, she is the only other way that we can free Miss Yuzu before it's too late.

[godwhisperer]

Then we will speak with her. There is nothing to gain in fighting the battle too early. Even with that life at stake...

[pandacea]

[Her shoulders finally sag and she relaxes the knuckle-white grip she has on her kunai.]

Very well. I will bow to your wisdom on this one, Mr. Gundam.

But sooner or later, we will fight. I do not intend to let her get away with the many deaths she has overseen.