unknownseas | SECOND TRIAL

Time's up, boys and girls. Please gather up your evidence and make your way to the vault door.

[ The process of heading to the elevator and crowding in remains the same as last week - Angel leads you all to the elevator car, then stays behind as you make your slow descent to the dome below. You might not even notice if you aren't paying attention, but... the cart is already less crowded than it was last week. You certainly won't be able to avoid noticing it if your numbers dwindle too much further than this.

When the doors open on the trial room, it's just as bleak a place as last week. ]

Take your places, won't you? And this time, you all know what's at stake. No more... funny business.

[The number of podiums displaying that red light is higher now - Damien, Lif, and Piers are all represented by blank spots now, no tasteful covers or anything normal to mark their passing, just a red glow and a gap in your number.

Cheery!

The screens raise up to the ceiling to give you all room to see, and the Professor's final words before the trial begins ring out: ]

Find the killer, leave alive. And killer? Try a little harder to stop them from doing that than the last one in your shoes. Call out for me if you require anything.

[ Welcome to your second trial. ]

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[ The touchscreens blink on, just like last week. ]

Well, that was refreshing, don't you think? So forthright. At any rate, please select the killer on your podiums now. Majority rules, so vote as carefully as you are able.

Alice.

Oh, you stay quiet!

[Siiiigh, but fine. A vote.

Alice]

> Alice

[It's not fair. But she's used to that.]

Fuck off, you demented piece of shit.

[ Those funny looking duck teeth are clenched, but. God, she has a father, doesn't she? She's someone's child. ]

>Alice

[ It was a lot easier when anything didn't mean other lives, too. ]

Alice Cullen

[Might as well. She's going to die either way.]

[ ...No. There's one thing she can do. ]

Alice?

Yeah, Della?

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>Alice

For the record, Professor, influencing circumstances to force a result is a terrible way to go about answering whatever question this test is ostensibly for.

So either you're not testing anything at all, or you're incompetent. Perhaps even both.

Or perhaps you simply haven't yet found a way to look outside the maze, Father.

[ thanks for telling everyone whats really on your mind prof well done ]

Perhaps not. But I can at least say I'm willing to wait and observe the results of my own curiosities rather than force events along under the pretense of discovery.

Evo psych is just like that. That's why it's the worst.

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> Alice Cullen

[Therion's quick to the vote, but then he waits watchfully. What happens when the lights go out? Alice is right next to him, so if he's fast enough, maybe...]