ENDGAME GROUP 2: The Trial (Log 2)

[hasagun]

[After Remy and Thalia stumble upon Bill’s makeshift trial room, it doesn’t take very long for the others to appear within the trial room. There are podiums set up as per usual, but there’s...really nothing keeping you to using them. The whole place smells terribly of ketchup, and is completely gold, each wal covered in massive tapestries.

There’s also a closed door at the back of the room. Not the way you came in. Guess someone needs to get in and out.]

WELCOME, TO YOUR TRIAL, KIDDOS! I’M NOT SUPER ENTHUSED ‘BOUT THE WHOLE “BURNING DOWN MY GIFT SHOP” THING, BUT I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE PARK ANYWAY! GOTTA HAVE SOME FUN BEFORE YOU DIE!

(ooc: this is the second and final log for group 2 - if you weren’t here for the previous log, feel free to use this as a jumping-in point!)

Comments

[sentree]

[ She goes pale. ]

Oh. Hades is betraying us. Somehow, I'm disappointed, but not surprised.

[rech]

...Hades told you to activate those?

[sentree]

Uh-huh? He was the one who had this bright idea to begin with. ...Is this news to you, Devil-boy?

[rech]

Look. I was told to keep you from doing it.

[bestchefinparis]

It's starting to sound like Hades was either using you or us.

Most likely both.

[He wouldn't be surprised if it's both]

[lusito]

I'd say both too, as he seems like the type that uses everyone he so much as speaks to.

[sentree]

Why tell us about it in the first place, then? You sure you two are on the same page?

[rech]

...Yes. He wouldn’t lie to me.

[sentree]

Now who's sounding blindly devoted? You know the kinds of things Hades has done, right? He's not the same as the one I know, but it sounds like he's double-crossed quite a few people. How do you know you're not the same?

[rech]

Because he’s the only who tried!

[sentree]

Who tried what? Why do you trust him so much?

[audentiae]

Our Hades abandoned every child he's a father to. Your Hades seems like he lacks even the honor he has.

[rech]

Your Hades and mine aren’t the same.

[forgottenfounder]

Hades wouldn't lie to you.

Hades.

[rech]

Yes.

[forgottenfounder]

Hades.

[lusito]

Oh no, who could ever believe that Hades, god of the Underworld, would betray us and steer us toward our deaths...

[Said in the flattest tone possible.]

[sentree]

Look, Josh, I never trusted the guy but I figure maybe fake Hades could be something like real Hades and have some kind of code of honor. [ She rolls her eyes. ] Even though he's still- not great.

[lusito]

Guys like Hades are why death is overseen by the Composer in their respective cities instead, at least where I'm from. Less likely for things to get that ugly.

[... Says the guy standing right next to the teenager who would know all about what the Composer has done before...]

[sentree]

With the gods? Everything gets ugly. [ ... ] Ask me why I became a tree some time. It's prime gods messing up material.

[lusito]

Bet it would be a better story than Walt Disney causing gay drama with ritual sacrifices over here.

[He says, jerking a thumb in the direction of Rod and Randy over here.]

[sentree]

Wouldn't be so sure about that. Anything that begins "once upon a time after World War II" is a bit of a bad story.

[psychopinesis]

And yet, it still does, somehow.

[Though to be fair, Joshua didn't directly fuck everything up.]

[lusito]

That time was an exception.

[uh huh, sure Josh]

[bestchefinparis]

...Soos isn't going to like that...

[True, Rémy had tried to convince Soos Hades was untrustworthy, but Soos seemed so sure about it the rat couldn't bring himself to press further.

Maybe he should have, to prepare Soos for heartbreak]