Sixth Trial

[bathymetric]

[ After a time, as always, your investigation is interrupted by the Mayor's now-familiar voice, calling out to you over the loudspeakers. ]

And that's gonna be time. Pack it in, everyone, bring what you're gonna bring because it's trial time.

[ There are so many bathyspheres missing, you cannot help but notice, as you all pile into the station for your standard trip down to the trial room. Your number has dipped to about a third of its original size - a fact that becomes even more evident when you reach the circle of podiums at the bottom of New Rapture's ocean trench. ]

You all know why you're here. Someone killed Pillage Idiot, and it's your job to figure out who. This is your sixth one, I sure hope you have the procedure down by now.

[ Welcome to your sixth trial. ]

Comments

[visiblepattern]

No.

[He shifts a bit. Makes himself smile a bit. The expression is vague, not all there.]

It's...kind of you to offer. But it's been months.

By now, there's nothing left to go back to.

[onemillion]

...You're certain?

[That's... real ominous, actually!!]

[visiblepattern]

We've taken enough casualties that I'm not certain how we're going to continue.

[So, yeah.]

[onemillion]

I see...

[someone was playing on classic when they really shouldn't have been playing on classic!!!]

I'm sorry, Forrest. Truly.

[About... all of this, really.]

[visiblepattern]

[They softlocked themselves after Iago. c: ]

...You shouldn't be. I'll face whatever she's decided I deserve, and I'll try to keep my head up. It's how I've always done things.

[onemillion]

Yes, of course.

[...It feels wrong to leave it just like that this time, doesn't it...?]

For what it's worth, I did enjoy the time we spent together.