SIXTH TRIAL

[bathymetric]

[ It's the same as the other weeks. Two bodies, some time to look, and then Davy Jones comes around to take those of you who are left into the theatre and into the elevator. His expression is dark, difficult to read.

The trip down feels slower than ever. The elevator has gotten so empty, don't you think?

As it reaches its usual destination, the crew of the Dutchman is performing once again. The clouds above have started to darken the once clear tropical waters.

The podiums await you. ]

At yer places! Find who is responsible for all of this!

[ Your numbers can't support many more weeks of this, can they?

Welcome to your sixth trial. ]

Comments

[ahelpingpaw]

.....

[Filbo seems a little unsure, but...]

You really...thought of everything. It's pretty scary.

[...]

Why did you bring the knife all the way here? I mean...you just had to leave it somewhere. Who'd have thought it was yours?

[leaveittomother]

Mm, good question. Good question, Filbo. I don't know? I felt like it?

[ahelpingpaw]

When you say all this I just can't imagine you'd make a mistake at this point. I mean...it's all so cold I get chills just from listening to it. But it doesn't really make that much sense that...

[...]

...that you'd let go unpunished the man who threatened your daughter in the first place. Not when you adore her this much.

[leaveittomother]

That's how life is, Filbo. Once Risotto showed up all my planning meant nothing. I've made my short life with my Jack by plotting and killing. Sometimes that's just how life is.

[Shrug.]

The world is cruel. Life is cruel. Sometimes things never work out even you strive for it with all your heart and soul... I know that all too well already. Why should I fight it now?

[ahelpingpaw]

...yes...life's pretty unfair like that.

[Boy has he found out that much by being brought to this ship in the first place, he thinks]

.......

[He's pretty sure he has an inkling of a suspicion of something, but he's not certain if he should pursue further.

...

...perhaps not.]

...I guess nothing else matters now. I should be upset you kinda intended to use me like that for your plans, but...I dunno, you can never know a person after just two months. I probably would have fallen for it all anyway. That's how it is.

[leaveittomother]

About that, well. Take this with you. Just wait until after the trial.

[She just. Hands him a letter on homemade paper. Exactly what she was pointing at in the other threads.]

[ahelpingpaw]

A-Ah, right.

[He takes it, leaving it on his podium, unopened. There's no way he's taking a look now and risk anything]

...well...I hope that no matter what happens you keep holding your head high. Don't give up.

[Pretty much repeating what he said to her at the kitchen, really]

[leaveittomother]

I won't give up. I don't do things without a reason, don't forget.