unknownseas | THIRD TRIAL

If you have time for a grisly operation like that, I think you've had all the time you need to gather evidence. Please proceed to the door to the trial room elevator as quickly as possible.

[ Once you arrive, it's the same song and dance as the last two weeks. Angel helps you all get through the vault door and into the elevator, and watches as you all make the slow descent to the dome below. Standing in the elevator is more than a comfortable fit now, even for the largest among you. A few more of you lost and there'll be room enough to pace in here.

But maybe you don't want to think about that.

The dome of the trial room is the same as it's been, the only change the dull red glow coming from the two newly-unoccupied podiums. The screens above flick on, and lower down to make an address. ]

You know the score by now. Find Seteth's killer and you can all go free. Fool them all, killer, and you'll have your life and your reward. Other than that, whatever happens here is between all of you. Call for me if you need anything.

[ The screens rise again, leaving you here.

Welcome to your third trial. ]

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Everyone gets to decide their fate.

[oh - shit. maybe she shouldn't - ]

What he's done is terrible, but he's still a person.

He is a cowardly failure.

[Did you say something?]

He doesn't owe his existence to anybody! Not just because he was born with some dumb title! It would be just as wrong for someone else to steal his body as it would for somebody to steal Seteth's!

[rhea you were complaining about how awful body theft is THIRTY SECONDS AGO]

It is quite different! He would be giving his life to help someone else not being turned into an ornamental weapon to be fought over by his murderers.

[she's a hypocrite sorry]

It's not different at all! He didn't choose to give up his life for that girl! He's just some tool to those people.

[and what's a weapon but another kind of tool?]

She's like. Chugging the Kool-Aid, Rose. She sincerely thinks she's doing the right thing even though she's a CRAZY BITCH!

[That part is yelled at Rhea, because that's just how we're dealing with everything today. That's how Nova is handling this: poorly.]

[rose doesn't know what kool-aid has to do with this but]

She talks like a Diamond.

[ oh god here it goes again ]

Yeah? Are you gonna shatter this one too?

[you know what this is on her for never thinking things through]

If she tried to kill us all for her own amusement, I would vote for her just like I have for everyone else.

That's not what you did, and it's not what I asked.

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lovelikeyou - 2020-05-02 20:49 (UTC) - Expand

[NOT WHEN SHE'S BEING HELD BY YOU PLEASE]

No one is going to shatter me!

No, they aren't.

[Unless you like, try to destroy a planet and all its lifeforms, or just all of us or something.]

[ She's letting her down! She'll just also... immediately try to grab her again if this escalates, but thankfully everyone else has now completely lost their shit, including Jasper, so Rhea is only one concern on a long list. ]

No, she's not.

[ besides, rhea is in the strongest anti-shatter zone in the universe, which is jasper's immediate vicinity! side effects may include hearing loss and never having fun again, in your life, ever ]

I have no idea what that means, but I'm gonna guess they're shitty too in which case: fuck the Diamonds too!

[Nova wants to vote so she can stop having a minor breakdown in public thanks.]

You're right. You've got no idea what you're talking about.

They would have destroyed all life on Earth. Just like they have on a hundred other planets.

[you're right and you should say it]

He chose a path of destruction to get out of it!

I'm not saying he had the right to kill Seteth. But that doesn't make what happened to him right, either. Neither of them should be used that way.

And you're the one who gets to decide who should be helped and who's a disposable tool, right? Give me a break. I guess some people really can't help showing their true colors.

No, you would not understand. Not even Seteth could.

Doesn't that say something to you? [ Rin's own composure cracks, voice picking up. ] That not even your own family thinks what you're doing is right? Who is this even for, if you're the only one who wants it?

At least the bastards I'm up against think they're doing the right thing for everyone, not just themselves.

If humanity was slaughtered down to less than a half dozen individuals, would you not wish to bring back what was lost instead of simply waiting for the end? I could not let that injustice stand but of course I am only a selfish madwoman.

Interesting that Seteth didn't see it your way, if your motives are so pure. Wonder what that says about your methods.

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Yeah, we invented time travel to fix that one so. Gonna guess there was other options!

[Fun Sharknado fact! In Nova's original timeline, every single person on Earth except Finn dies!]

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God, what is it with you people trying to be Little Miss Badass until it involves someone you like?

I mean, you're admitting that Seteth was a vessel, right? And they don't get to choose their fate. Maybe it's his fate to be used as a weapon - oh, but you don't like that, do you?

God. I have no idea why it's so hard for you people to own up to your own selfishness.