SECOND TRIAL

[imthetrashman]

Alright! Time to go to the Trash Castle again, you know why? It’s because you’re all trash and I hate you!

[The trial room is mostly unchanged, save for Wabuu’s podium is now smashed to pieces and Spongebob’s podium has been replaced with a Spongebob-shaped headstone that is also on fire.

Instead of selling alcohol, King Dice is now selling Tide Pods out of his little booth.]

Lesgo! I don’t got all day! He was already dead after three seasons and a movie plus the first seventy-five percent of the second movie plus a hit broadway musical that deserved a Tony anyway!

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[bringmecontracts]

How about this, I’ll make a deal with ya:

We execute ya along with this girl so she can watch you die before we end her.

[in4apounding]

...that's a terrible deal. What would anyone but you even get out of that?

[bringmecontracts]

I’ll tell ya what ya get:

It’s what ya get if you try attackin’ me. Even in the off chance I do die, do ya really think we ain’t got the power to do anything about it?

Are ya really dumb enough that ya forgot how everyone got here? Ya ain’t got any power, whether you like it or not.

[standsforrevenge]

Yo, dice man, how 'bout you back off?

[glances over at Penny. Is she impressed yet?]

[bringmecontracts]

[Gandhi...]

And whattya gonna do if I don’t?

[standsforrevenge]

[Gets into a vague imitation of a karate stance.]

I know kung-fu.

[He does not know kung fu.]

[bringmecontracts]

...

I can’t even pretend to be intimidated by that.

[standsforrevenge]

I can strike faster than the eye can see! Wah-chow! See? I just punched you and now you're dead!

[in4apounding]

Really? I didn't think you were a fighter.

[studentbody]

Uh...pretty sure that's—

[wait hang on]

Totally true!

[NAILED IT]

[standsforrevenge]

[If he kicks King Dice's ass will she let him touch a boob]

[studentbody]

[one (1) boob. OVER THE SHIRT.]

[in4apounding]

[And just. Looking between Gandhi, and the Little Girl, and King Dice.]

[Stick to your strengths, right?]

I don't believe you.

[And she plants a foot on her podium, launching herself over it to try to punch King Dice right in his smug, polyhedral face.]

[carbonairhead]

[ Fizzy has exactly one response to stressful situations: Unicorn powers. She gasps when Penny leaps, and then shuts her eyes tight, and her horn glows. ]

Wait, Penny, stop!

[ This will not be strong enough. The bubbles can hold people, sure, but only when they're not struggling or trying to break them. It will not, at all, work. But a little hopeless optimism is Fizzy's go-to.

A bubble forms from the end of Fizzy's horn, growing about as big as Penny before it's propelled with a toss of her head, to try and catch her before she reaches King Dice. ]

[in4apounding]

[CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP]

[not actually sure how to stop]

[Which is to say Penny is definitely more than struggling, and while the bubble offers a moment of resistance, it does not actually stop Penny's arc towards King Dice, and his aforementioned cubic face.]

1/2

[bringmecontracts]

[He watches Penny, unamused.]

Oh no, what will a poor defenseless man like me ever do in a situation like this?

[Then, before she can hit him, he seems to... grow a little bit, and his grin turns manic as he summons a giant card the size of Penny from his hand, aiming right at her. When it makes impact with her, it sends her flying back.]

2/2

[bringmecontracts]

[It doesn't kill her, thankfully. But it's going to hurt. A lot.

Suddenly, King Dice is back to normal as he dusts his hands off.]

Consider that ya second strike. Third strike I won't be as nice.

[And then, directly at Penny:]

Ya should consider yourself lucky that I've decided to spare ya. I can only imagine what that little girl would think if she say ya die right in front of her, because ya couldn't stop yourself from actin' from doin' something rash.

Re: 2/2

[essentiallyinvisible]

[Sorry, she's busy sobbing in the middle of a group hug to respond.]

[in4apounding]

[It's fine, she's fine. She's had worse.]

[Or would have, if the bus hadn't shown up when it did. Details.]

[studentbody]

Penny—!

[Cleo gasps, covering her mouth with both hands. She's seen some downright grotesque injuries, but watching her fly across the room like a ragdoll? Well. It's scary. Cleo rushes over to check on her.]

Hey are you, like, okay?

[in4apounding]

[Yeah, that's gonna take a second.]

[Probably more than, actually.]

[But she manages to kind of. Blink, weakly?]

...Combat. Ready.

Re: 2/2

[in4apounding]

[Well that's not how this was supposed to go at all.]

[Okay. Okay. She's fine. This is fine.]

[She's just. Gonna need a second.]

[Maybe a few. To kind of reboot?]

[She'll be fine, just give it a minute. To be able to get up.]

[toogoodtobetrue]

Penny!

[Coraline hurries to Penny]

Are you okay?

[codeofhero]

Penny...

[He reaches out to her, showing genuine concern before he actually decides to step over. Hesitant. He's only seen another dead human before.]

Are you...?

[carbonairhead]

[ It's going to be a parade of concern, it seems. Fizzy gallops toward Penny. ]

Oh...! Oh, Penny, I'm sorry, I didn't make it strong enough, are you okay? Penny?