SECOND TRIAL

[bathymetric]

[ After sufficient time has passed, and you're all as ready to avenge dear Obi as you've ever been, Mayor Fontaine speaks. ]

Alright, that oughta do it. Pack up the evidence and head to the bathyspheres, same as last week.

[ There's yet again a line of spherical submersibles back there, ready to take off as the citizens of New Rapture climb aboard one or two at a time. And one at a time the bathyspheres descend into the abyss below New Rapture, deeper and deeper, once again to the dome on the seafloor, lit all around by bio-luminescent... slugs, of some kind? They're a little closer today.

The ring of podiums still sits in the center, just like last week. Two more podiums are going to stand empty. Two more dead. By the end of the day, best case scenario? It'll be three.

The projector clicks on. Mayor Fontaine is as here as he's gonna be. ]

You all know why you're here. Night Knight is dead. And I know plenty of you liked him alright, so don't let him down, hm? Or do. I'm here if you have questions.

[ Welcome to your second trial. ]

Comments

[howveryglib]

[…hm. Well, may as well press a bit.]

Are you any more familiar, Nandor?

[fuckingguy]

I am not. I was just thinking... if Obi was poisoned, it would be in his blood, yes?

[honeyedtea]

[ Mielle, unfortunately, immediately catches on and claps both hands over her mouth, Absolutely Aghast. ]

[fuckingguy]

I would also rather not, okay?!

[prompocalypse]

I think there's other ways to check before we start resorting to feeding you his blood.

[fuckingguy]

It would just be, like, a dab or something!

[sastruga]

...Do we have enough here for you to taste?

[fuckingguy]

Admittedly, it does not seem like very much. Also, I would rather not taste blood off a dirty knife from the ground unless we are really backed into a corner.

[ This is why he wasn't going to say anything!! ]

[sastruga]

...If we wait, will it be too dry, or will it still be okay?

[fuckingguy]

....... Shit.

[sastruga]

...Then, I'm very sorry, Nandor-san. I know it's unpleasant, but... could you?

Please?

[fuckingguy]

[ SIGH... ]

Fine, someone give it here.

[specialyellthing]

[applause!]

[capreelcious]

Aha~! Nice, Vampire Squid!

[ Fishsona: unlocked! ]

[bathymetric]

[ So here's a fun question, Nandor. Which knife are you tasting? We have the one Hagakure brought in, and the one Rossiu found. ]

[fuckingguy]

Okay, okay, don't make a big deal of it, let's just do this.

[ Since Rossiu presumably had more liquid blood on it, that's what he's going for first! Rossiu willing, of course. What happen? Also, the blood bags with their anticoagulants probably taste a little different to him from fresh blood; is that going to register? ]

[bathymetric]

[ This blood.....is not from a blood bag! That's the first thing that he can register. It's fresh, and there's enough of it that he can tell it's from someone male, but not much more than that, especially without something to compare it to, and with his senses dampened the way they are.

...Also, in horrible news to remind you, there's some blood on that shirt Hagakure brought in. Like, if you wanna dab your tongue on it too? Sorry Nandor. People used to fear you. ]

[bootyhunter]

Is this what snack time usually looks like for you?

[fuckingguy]

Of course not! This is incredibly unhygienic.

[bootyhunter]

But you're un-dead! Germs aren't what's gonna get ya more dead!

You're, like, dead enough already!

[hellaethics]

[Whispered with all the awe of a 12 year old boy watching another kid eat a worm they found in the swamp on a dare.]

Gross.

[sixthnonsense]

[Hagakure is also here, watching this from right beside Nandor.

Licking a knife of all things...this is so gross.]

[fuckingguy]

[ listen to be completely fair he swiped his finger along the side and then licked his finger but uhhhhhhh...... it's still not great ]

[specialyellthing]

... Would ya be okay? [SHE IS WAY TOO WILLING TO LET THIS GO DOWN---]

[fuckingguy]

It probably did not kill Obi, did it? Just a tiny bit, I should be fine.