Second Trial

[rech]

[Once everyone makes it the portrait gallery again, they will hear Randall's voice echo through the room.]

I'm not sure what everyone expected. There are a lot of children here and given the situation it was only a matter of time they started dying.

[Charming.

The floor descends once again as Randall begins his speech.]

Our tour begins here in this gallery where you gaze upon the sweet innocence of youth. Ah, but things are not always as they seem. Can it be this room is actually stretching? And notice this: this chamber has no windows and no doors, which offers you this chilling challenge… to find a way out.

Of course, there’s always my way.

[The floor stops again and doors open to the trial room.

At least the trial room doesn't look terribly different, although there are strange burn marks in the summoning circle now. And now, along with Mim, now Woody and Noby's podium has a lit candle and a voodoo doll resembling them (which is perhaps a little redundant in Woody's case).

Randall is already standing within the summoning circle, holding his stick with Facilier's head on it.]

Now then, I hope everyone has fun today.

[Trial Start]

Comments

[madeofpine]

But none of us would hurt Noby!

[bayoublues]

[eep]

You're--You're right, I'm sorry, I--I dunno what I was th-thinkin'.

[faciliheir]

Somebody did. We can't eliminate anybody.

[not_over_yet]

Somebody did. He's dead.

[madeofpine]

I know he's dead!! But we're all his friends, we wouldn't-- we--

[he wants to be angry, he needs to be angry enough to want to find whoever did this and make sure they can't hurt any of his other friends but it's. difficult, when he keeping tearing up.]

[doopdoll]

Sometimes, even people who love each other can hurt each other.

[madeofpine]

.....Yeah. I guess you're right.

[astronomics]

[ molly who hurt you she'll wreck them ]

[astronomics]

We're all going to figure out what happened. Together.

[not_over_yet]

Obviously someone was lying about the friendship.

[ Basil honestly thinks he's helping. Someone stop him. ]

[madeofpine]

[for a split second he looks angry enough to seriously consider just shouting at Basil, but after a bit he buries his head in his hands instead. he can't fathom why anyone would try so hard to hurt somebody like Noby.]

None of this is right.

[doopdoll]

Don't rub it in, Mister Mouse!

[not_over_yet]

What am I supposed to do? Someone did this, and someone needs to address it!

[doopdoll]

You can still be nicer about it! Noby was Pinnochio's friend, he doesn't wanna hear you rub it in how he's not here anymore!

[not_over_yet]

I--ffff--[ Is that what he's doing? He ...genuinely can't see how, but also it sounds very in character from what he knows of himself..... ]

I don't do nice! So just interrupt every time I try to respond to him, because I'll keep doing whatever it is that's wrong!

[doopdoll]

Maybe I will! Pinnochio's a nice kid, and he's had a bunch of people be mean to him and tell him he's not real, and now you're trying to make him think about how his friends gone! Think about how he feels! Typical grown up, thinking they know better than everybody else! [jesus molls, tell us how you really feel.]

[not_over_yet]

...What? Who the devil's been telling him he's not real?

[doopdoll]

Not here. Some awful lady who he trusts and likes a lot told him he's not real yet. So we need to be extra nice to him, okay?

[not_over_yet]

.... [ How? Why??? fuck u, blue fairy ]

...That... aside, no "maybe you will"s, if I address him during the trial stop me. If it's actually important, someone with tact can do it.

[tanukey]

[Looks at Molly. Looks at Pinocchio.]

...Looks pretty real to me.

[lostbutnotaboy]

Ooh, so we have to help him become a real person? [Wow she feels... really bad for him.]

[doopdoll]

He's already real!

[lostbutnotaboy]

...But he's still dead.