FIFTH TRIAL

[beautifultomorrow]

[As always, the elevator makes it’s journey once again to the club, and John’s voice can once again be heard.]

Cornelia Hale, she…

[But he trails off, soon interrupted by that same distorted voice.]

Y͘o͢u ͞r͘͝ea͏̧͟l͟ly̵ ̡dò͟n̕’t̛͞ ̵̡h́͢͟a̵̡͠v͘͞e͢ ̛t҉͟o̧ ͡do͘ ̸̵i͘t͏ ̛̀t̢͝h̸̸̵i͢͝͏ś͏ ̡̀t̴͝i̴͘m҉̷e͢,̸̀ ͝͠J͠o̸h̸͏n̴̢.̡

I know, but-

I̧t͜͡’͢s̢̢ ̀rȩal̀̕͝ly̶̢ ̴f̵̶͏i̸̕n͏͜e̡͞.҉̢͠

[At that, the elevator doors open once again to the Tip Top Club. With Ursula, Kylo Ren, and Cornelia’s photo’s now in grayscale, the room is starting to look a lot bigger now that so few people are still alive. John is still here, but he is very noticeably sitting further away from the tables sitting in front of the stage. He smiles when the guests enter, but it seems a little off. It’s hard to tell if all the death of innocent people is wearing on him or if he is just genuinely afraid of you guys.]

Feel free to take as much time as you want. I'll be right here if you have any questions.

Comments

[theduck]

If we have any paper on hand up here, we could do a handwriting test right now and compare.

[tadaishi]

There's the notepads we use for voting.

[theduck]

Are we allowed to write on those if we're not voting yet?

[nocasetoobig]

I've used them for notes. [Even if it's hard to write with them] I think so!

[theduck]

Then I guess we should all copy what the note says and compare them. I'm not sure who here is good enough at stuff like comparing handwriting that could check it for us, though.

[darnsitall]

John might be unbiased enough to compare for us.

[stenchus_rodentus]

If the automaton warden is unbiased then I'm sober.

[theduck]

Is he even, uh, allowed to participate in these trials? Rod never did.

[tadaishi]

We could ask.

[And to said automaton host:] Could you do a handwriting check for us?

[beautifultomorrow]

Well, uh, it looks like Virgil’s got it covered.

[tadaishi]

Thought I'd ask just in case.

[coulombslaw]

We can't let that stop us! We owe that much to Cornelia!

[Virgil immediately writes what the note says. Anyone who checks will find it's not a match]

[nocasetoobig]

[Chip's gonna do his best with what he's got! It's more than likely not a match]

[tadaishi]

[Tadashi's handwriting isn't the most distinctive, but it likely doesn't match.]

[theduck]

[Donald's handwriting is pretty messy, and not a match.]

[darnsitall]

[Sally's handwriting is not a match!]

[forgottenfounder]

If it'll help....

[OSwald writes something down for them to test, and it's not a match.]

[lusito]

[Joshua's hand writing is not a match]