FOURTH TRIAL

[splitaseam]

[To what I'm sure is everyone's joy after a sad investigation like that, after everyone reaches the Stretching Room, Oogie's voice can be heard.]

Is this haunted room actually stretching? Or is it just your imagination?

[Well at least he's honoring Ghostave's memory, except he starts laughing, almost tauntingly, after he says that.

In the very least the graveyard seems identical, with three new epitaphs for our dearly departed.

Here lies Lea
Slaying bugs he made a name
And got sent to the deadliest game

Here lies WALL-E
They were our dearest friend
But that didn’t help them in the end

Here lies Tarzan?
????
?????


... Ok then.

Oogie speaks before everyone can get to their tombstones.]

Don't keep me waiting!

Comments

[aboyandhiscar]

. . .no one else even gets a chance? Dude. [he rubs at his hair, sighing.]

Alright, thanks.

[capulion]

Doesn't that count as getting away with it? We went through this, remember? If you get away with it, you go home.

The rest of us die.

[arpeggiositar]

Man, that's... [Rough? Well it's an incentive to not fail at a trial, that's for sure]

[aboyandhiscar]

Yeah, but that's no reason to off everyone else. It's a no win situation.

[capulion]

Yeah, that's the point. This has never been fair from the beginning. Whoever organized this just wants to see us all die here. They just want to make a sick game out of it.

[Death is a normal part of the circle of life, but this is wasteful, pointless death. You're not supposed to revel in it.]

[aboyandhiscar]

But it doesn't make sense! It's screwed up to heck and back, but you'd think they'd wanna drag it out as long as possible. As sick as it, there's gotta be a reason for it.

[of every rule here this is the one that finally tips him over. C'MON NOW!!]

[capulion]

You're only just noticing that now?

Dude, I thought it was obvious from what our Host said before. The ghosts here want more ghosts. The more of us they kill the better.

[aboyandhiscar]

[a small part of him is happy to hear Kiara say 'Dude.' GOOD JOB LION!!! But right now he's too full of fuss.]

No, it's not that I just. I thought. . .

It's nothing. Let's just focus on the trial and get this over with.

[capulion]

[Wendy is rubbing off on her.

She's fussing too. What's on your mind, friend?]

What? If you thought of a loophole, please share it.

[aboyandhiscar]

Doesn't really exist anymore, that's all. Let's find Wally's smasher, yeah? That's what's important right now.

[capulion]

[Sigh.]

Yeah, all right...

[kindaruledatit]

[She is blessed that this is her legacy, tbh] Man, why do they even want more ghosts? There's already almost a thousand of them. Any more could make the mansion blow up or something.

[...] I mean, I'd be totally down for it, but not with us inside.

[splitaseam]

[ppfff BELLY LAUGH TIME]

Oh, that's rich! I can't believe you morons think that's what all of this is about!

[kindaruledatit]

It's a theory, dude!

What even is the point of all this?

[splitaseam]

What's it matter to you, hot cakes?

[kindaruledatit]

[eugh]

Uh, I think it matters to just about everyone here!

[splitaseam]

Yeah. Well.

Sucks for you guys.

[capulion]

Oh yeah, no, it doesn't matter to us at all, it's just our lives and families on the line!

[Eff you, jerk.]

[splitaseam]

IT'S FINE, GIRL! IT'S FRIENDLY!

[capulion]

You don't look very friendly to me.

[splitaseam]

I'm a friendly ol boogie man, girl.

You want unfriendly? You should meet my friends.

[chainbroke]

I don't think it is at all!

[kindaruledatit]

Since when has any of this ever been fair?

[In fact, she'd go so far as to say that things were getting worse under Oogie's rule.]

[aboyandhiscar]

I thought our former host had at least a little bit of sportmanship. Did he mention that and I missed it? Cuz. . .[he frowns. Frowns!!! he does not like this.]

[kindaruledatit]

[Frowns!! Because she doesn't like this either!]

He did seem a whole lot nicer then this in retrospect. [Kind of makes her attitude towards him suck in hindsight.... ouch....] And I can't even remember if he did or not. So... maybe he didn't?