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'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?

[nocasetoobig]

Everybody, make the vote, quick!

[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. ]

[darthfanboy]

[okay, that's fine. just fucking suffocate him to death, that's fine.

because he's definitely feeling that, and the front plate of his mask actually starts to come off. he's just gonna keep fucking. punching. that's all he can do.]

[nocasetoobig]

[sorry Marnie, CHIP IS ACTING

brb trying to climber up and BITE]

[forgottenfounder]

[Is oswald too far away to act? I mean yeah but he can do the next best thing.

He fucking detatches his arm, makes a fist, and hurls it at Ursula.]

[anasty]

[ And she keeps laughing, trying to lean out of the way but failing. Her head is swimming, but she claws at his face now that it's free, blindly seizing his throat.

Her tentacles tighten, their pressure now enough that some of those bones might just start to pop despite the armor. ]

I THOUGHT YOU WERE KIND! I THOUGHT YOU WERE KIND!

[ She wails, laughing. There's not just blood in her mouth now, there's something black as well. ]

I'll give you the same answer I did her!

[ And she yanks him in, slamming her mouth against his. Her body heaves beneath him until the foul ichor is spilling out between their lips, coating chins and mingling with blood. ]

[darthfanboy]

[okay, so he's definitely...dealing with a lot of broken bones now. wow.

all he responds with his guttural, animalistic roars as she taunts him, continuing to do some mixture of choking her and continuing to strike at her face.

then she slams her mouth against his.

he can already feel himself shutting down, failing and fading away. in a last desperate bid, he grabs one of those broken bottles, still half-filled with alcohol. he swings it at her face, possibly coating her as he drives it further into her face.

his vision starts to go black.]

[anasty]

[ Being soaked in alcohol is the least of her worries as shards of glass drive themselves into her face. She can't see and realizes belatedly her eyes are gone.

She screams, full of blood and fury and poison. One more desperate slam silences her completely.

Slowly, those massive, muscular tentacles slacken. ]

[hallotween]

-- Oh God, we can't let her die yet! [SOMEONE CALL AN AMBULANCE]

[forgottenfounder]

Marnie! Don't look!

[This is... oh Walt, why....]

[hallotween]

[FUCK YOU SHE'S LOOKING]

It can't end this way! It can't!

[darthfanboy]

[he breathes, black ink dripping out of his mouth as he heavily breathes. skin peels from his face, and his body inside the armor is bent in all sorts of horrifying ways.

he has some mild awareness for a few seconds before his vision blacks out completely.

in those last moments, he has some awareness that he's achieved a form of vengeance.

Kylo Ren is dead.]

[anasty]

[ Ursula makes no response, only provides the alter for Kylo Ren's final moments. She died as she lived, dramatic and full of spite.

Curtain.

Ursula is dead. ]

[nocasetoobig]

[BITING LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER]