FINAL TRIAL

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Final Trial

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This Friday morning you've investigated as has become commonplace, even if the circumstances have shifted. And now it's time to take stock of what you've found, what options you have, what options you don't, in the lull of action you have left.

The abyss in the fountain beckons, but doesn't demand quite yet. Who knows when that will change, though.

[OOC NOTE: You'll have the first hour of trial to discuss what you found in final investigation yesterday, and then we'll get this show on the road! ]

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[incompletely]

[ .......ah. ]

Maybe it's like I thought, then. Maybe we do have the ability to write the ending to his story.

We have ink, don't we?

[mirrite]

Yeah, we do. But I'm not sure that's all we're gonna need to do here.

[crimson_flamel]

[Hello, Marcus. She is behind you.]

The most we can do is ask the Piper on how we would go about doing that. Unless you have some idea?

[mirrite]

I have a couple of ideas. I'm just not sure whether or not they're the right ones.

[And that is precisely why he has not acted on any of them yet.]

[biqe]

And that blank space on the last page.

[ i know you're almost whispering but he's definitely here ]

[mirrite]

[He glances over and nods. We're on the same page here (ha ha), Phil.]

[edamamepon]

But... [ Whispering a little with an eye on Hamelin. Shh ] If that even works, what should we write? Think we could we force him to help us kill her?

[biqe]

I don't think he'd need to be forced if we could get him out of his current position.

[edamamepon]

[ Makoto nods to that. ]

I agree. Writing in some insurance wouldn't hurt though, would it?

[scythegun]

We have nothing to lose by trying, ja? What sort of ending should we give him?

[incompletely]

[ he has a lot of ideas here but yuri is right there and he's not gonna say it, but god the look on his face shows that he wants to be petty!!! ]

[scythegun]

[tenn you feel him and if no one suggests it he'll be the asshole who will.]

[ideismo]

[Still a solid proponent of "what he fucking deserves" over here, tbh.]

[scythegun]

[big fucking mood, milord]

[crimson_flamel]

While I have no love for the Piper, he is more useful to us alive. At least for now. Something that compels him to help us instead, perhaps?

[vogelfrei]

You would keep him as a slave?

[crimson_flamel]

...No. I wouldn't.

[A small sigh. Fucking hell. She hates having morals.]

Fate is binding either way. I'm not sure if we have the option of releasing the hold of the story entirely, at least not with the Bedlam still here.

[vogelfrei]

So you're going to turn him into your powerless tool before even attempting anything else?

Is that the future you would stand for?

[scythegun]

I have no objections to that. I personally want him dead for everything he's done, but if that's what everyone agrees on, I'm fine with it.

[sempiternel]

He's already compelled to help us. Set him free, so he can do so. We cannot win against her on our own. Then... if at the end, you want to have at him, then...

[ Try then? ]

[biqe]

How about...

[ Just going to write something down on a separate piece of paper he brought with him... let's get some potential drafts going. ]

...It would be over, and he would be freed. Once the remaining prey were gathered together at the core, his obligation would be fulfilled, and he would be able to join those he once led astray — both living and dead — in bringing down his former so-called "benefactor", and in doing so, breaking the chains of fate.

After we... accidentally spill ink on that last "no rest" line before this.

[biyishuangfei]

...Personally, I haven't forgotten what he's done to every single one of us.

[ Huaisang will never forgive him for that. And he is not going to pretend that he doesn't have the best ending in mind for him. But he also wants to ensure that they all get out of here.

That's the reason he struggles. ]

But to something like this...like what you have here, I think I can agree to it.

[ It will be to their best interests, he thinks. ]

[incompletely]

I can agree to it, too.

[ Even if he really does not want to... ]

[sempiternel]

Yes, I can agree to this as well.

[ Like she said, people can take up their issues with Hamelin after. ]

[ideismo]

And what makes you believe that we can't win against her on our own? Bear in mind that he's murdered two of our number of his own volition here.

A life for a life, isn't it?