FOURTH TRIAL

[beautifultomorrow]

[The usual scene plays of everyone going into the elevator after they finish up investigation. But when the elevator starts moving, they will hear John’s voice instead of The Narrator’s. It clearly sounds like he’s reading from some sort of script.]

Picture of Belle, a book lover born well before her time. She desperately wanted society to treat her like a human being, and to respect her love of books. Belle had made many friends and many enemies because of her personality, and now… Her final resting place will be in a book simply titled… The Twilight Zone.

[... Strangely, however, the elevator doesn’t drop this time, the doors instead open as soon as John finishes his speech, leading once again to The Tip Top Club. Now Reyna and Belle’s pictures are in grayscale and, instead of Rod sitting on stage, John is there, looking at some papers. He offers the guests a comforting smile when they enter.]

I shouldn’t complain that Rod’s doing something creative with his time, but I have to admit, I don’t get what he sees appealing about writing something like this. Don’t know why he had the elevator set to “ride” mode either.

I, uh...made some old fashioned lemonade for you guys. [He motions to the lemonade pitcher and cups on the counter.] Feel free to help yourself.

[He’s… really trying to attempt to lighten the mood of this situation. Please humor him.]

Comments

[darnsitall]

[Sally is both impressed by her theatrics and horrified by everything else.]

Did Belle know it was you? Or did she die thinking it was Kylo?

[darthfanboy]

...

[anasty]

[ She opens her mouth, then glances at Kylo. ]

Don't worry...

I gave her a kiss goodbye for you, dear.

[darnsitall]

How... how could you be so heartless?

[darthfanboy]

[...so, you guys know how pathetic it is when kylo gets angry?

imagine how terrifying it is when he gets calm.

when he just calmly. starts. strolling towards ursula.]

[hallotween]

[--oh god]

Ben! Stop!

[darnsitall]

[Sally's just gonna try and grab an arm or a cape or SOMETHING]

[darthfanboy]

[hey, that cape you grabbed? without skipping a beat, he casually reaches up and unhooks that.

>sally has gained (1) cape]

[darnsitall]

[CAPE GET]

Kylo-!!

[hallotween]

[SURELY HE WON'T SHOVE A SMALL CHILD OUT OF THE WAY IF SHE GETS BETWEEN THEM]

Belle wouldn't want this and you know it! [IGNORE THAN BELLE WOULD PROBABLY WANT THIS]

[darthfanboy]

["surely he won't shov-" lmao trek he does exactly that don't kid yourself]

[hallotween]

[finally, what she deserves: eating shit]

[anasty]

[ Ursula is currently occupied with being furious at Oswald, but she does have a broken bottle in one of her tentacles.

Take your chances? ]

[darthfanboy]

[yeah, we'll take them!

he's gonna just release all that pent-up frustration and try to deck her.]

[anasty]

[ She doesn't see it until the last moment, so it gets her right in the jaw, the force of it making her lean hard in the direction of the momentum. ]

GAAAHH!!

[ Of course, Kylo had to get close to punch her, so that means all of her tentacles try to writhe up and grab him. That is perhaps not as concerning as the one with the end of the broken bottle, which tries to stab him with it.

Your life, Ben. Your choices. ]

[darthfanboy]

[i mean, he's still in some pretty decent armor, so it's not like he couldn't see that coming. but it's certainly not as sturdy as his grandfather's, and he adubily winces in pain as it penetrates the outer layer of his tunic.

with that armor in mind, that helmet looks pretty heavy. so considering he's already this close, he's just gonna try to headbutt her with the damn thing - even though that might be stopped if she manages to successfully grab him.]

[hallotween]

[from the floor:]

Can anybody bigger than me do something about this?

[anasty]

[ Ursula reels back from the blow. They tumble back behind the bar, no doubt bringing copious amounts of liquor down around them as Ursula's tentacles flail out to try and catch them and only succeed in catching bottles.

Her face is bleeding, nose broken. But she laughs, a burbling noise.

She tries to claw at his helmet, her tentacles attempting to wind around him in the most deadly kind of embrace. ]

You want to know what she said to me? When I was you?

[ She croons. ]

[lusito]

... If you're going to kill her, can I get a selfie with her first? I haven't gotten the chance to do that yet here.

[Josh why]

[stenchus_rodentus]

...whatever 'medicine' she has are left in her room, obviously.

[Selfie????]

[lusito]

... that reminds me, I still need to get a picture with you too.

[a selfie, as it were]

[stenchus_rodentus]

Do we really have the hours to take a picture right now?

[Dude, old timey photos take forever.]

[lusito]

Oh, absolutely.

[He holds up his phone. Wanna get a selfie with us while everyone's dogpiling Ursula in the background, Ratigan?]

[stenchus_rodentus]

[...looks at it.

...sees himself.

HMMMMM. Why not? Ratigan prims himself for the camera, eager to make it about HIM.]

[lusito]

[that is absolutely acceptable Ratigan. own your self image and feel great about your appearance.

Josh meanwhile simply makes a gesture as if to say "get a load of this fucking nonsense" going on behind us while taking the photo as the flash goes of]