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unknownseas2022-07-16 10:33 am
bathymetric) wrote in unknownseas2022-07-16 10:33 am
Fourth Trial
[ After the evidence (and what a large batch of evidence it is, this time) has been gathered up, after actually patiently waiting a longer time than usual to make sure everything's been grabbed, the speakers over New Rapture crackle to life. ]
Time's up, everyone. You know where to go.
[ The lower number of bathyspheres, as you descend, is starting to become really notable, isn't it? The descent is the same as ever, lower and lower into the sea. The bioluminescence of those slugs on the ocean floor is almost brighter today, somehow, and some of them have even crawled up the cliff face around you as you pass them.
The dome approaches, slowly as ever, gleaming red in the darkness. The bathyspheres land in a row, doors opening one by one to reveal the familiar sight of the trial room, three more podiums now darkened. ]
Take your places, ladies and gentlemen. You've got a doozy of a situation to discuss. Ass Man and Silver Fox are dead. You know what happens if you can't figure out whodunnit.
[ Welcome to your fourth trial. ]
Time's up, everyone. You know where to go.
[ The lower number of bathyspheres, as you descend, is starting to become really notable, isn't it? The descent is the same as ever, lower and lower into the sea. The bioluminescence of those slugs on the ocean floor is almost brighter today, somehow, and some of them have even crawled up the cliff face around you as you pass them.
The dome approaches, slowly as ever, gleaming red in the darkness. The bathyspheres land in a row, doors opening one by one to reveal the familiar sight of the trial room, three more podiums now darkened. ]
Take your places, ladies and gentlemen. You've got a doozy of a situation to discuss. Ass Man and Silver Fox are dead. You know what happens if you can't figure out whodunnit.
[ Welcome to your fourth trial. ]
EXECUTION - [This Space Intentionally Left Blank]
Lights up on Seo Dawon, perhaps the less surprising of the two currently on the chopping block. He’s in a space that… well, it would be beautiful, wouldn’t it, if it weren’t about to be the site of an execution? Perhaps it’s just a good place to be executed. All swirling purple and blue, with pricks of light like stars swirling through it.
Welcome to the void. Seo Dawon is very familiar with the void.
Seo Dawon does not like, it seems, the void.
He lashes out, and magic sparks around his hands. Great and powerful magic, cast by a great and powerful mage. And he is wonderful in that power, isn’t he? Everything he said he could be and more?
He laughs, testing it out. It works as intended, spiraling around him in the space. But is it worth anything, in a place like this? When it cannot find the edges of his prison to destroy them?
There’s something light, musical, in the distance. It’s hard to tell what it is.
Mayor Fontaine’s voice speaks out over the din. ]
Enjoying yourself, Seo Dawon?
[ The magic intensifies. The man’s response is voided by the noise. ]
Let’s test out your abilities, shall we?
[ There’s a hum, and very suddenly Seo Dawon is not alone in the void. ]
Two birds, one stone. Get your revenge and I’ll let you go.
[ It doesn’t take more convincing than that. Seo Dawon snarls - whether this man is real or not, does it matter? What matters more than even the slightest chance at vengeance?
He reaches out to cast, to destroy Bae Jaemin once and for all.
...
Failed to Cast.
The message hovers there. Seo Dawon stares at it, incredulous. Who wouldn’t be, in a situation like this?
Another spell, pure magic energy, rips through the notification from the other side, slamming right through Seo Dawon’s chest. ]
Well, if you ain’t up to the task…
[ The executioner lowers his hand. The murderer slumps to his knees. The void sings silently.
Seo Dawon bursts into another shape, of all things, bigger against the abyss, rising up with one final scream despite the hole in him…
And he’s gone. Seo Dawon is dead. ]