SIXTH TRIAL

[bathymetric]

Alright, same as every week before this - gather at the Vault Door so my Assistant can let you in. And I can start hoping to salvage at least the aquarium.

[ The Assistant, nee Failsafe, stands in her armor at the ready when you arrive, not saying a word and simply unlocking the door and elevator for you to head on down to the trial room. Second verse, same as the first five verses, but a whole lot quieter and a whole lot meaner.

The elevator is a lot emptier now, isn't it? Your number has fallen yet again since the last time you were here. Feels like yesterday, or maybe forever ago? Time's feeling pretty weird right about now, but trial days are for getting locked into the moment. You're here, you're present.

You're running out of allies.

The screens are the same as ever, though, and lower as you enter. ]

I see you haven't decided to continue to increase the number of bodies this week. Perhaps something to be thankful for, in all of this. Hotshot is dead, and the responsibility of finding his killer falls to you. Hopefully this is all old hat to you by now, no?

[The screens rise.

Welcome to your sixth trial. ]

Comments

[bolderfell]

Might be too early for that either way. You were looking to make explosives earlier in the week, right? Do you know anything about the kind of... non-explosion that might've done the damage in the museum?

[mouflon]

I didn't get a good look at it. What did you say... No shrapnel, no heat damage? I'm pretty sure it would have to be something unnatural, in that case, if it's just force.

The problem is that we don't know what Vincent was capable of. Like I said, it seems most likely to me that the claws, the bullets, and the acid all came from one source, but I can't say much about any other kind of damage that have turned up.

[bolderfell]

There are a few of us that could have done the scorch marks. ...I'm one of them.

If we can't figure out what Vincent was capable of, we can at least tell one another what we saw people do this week. It won't be the whole picture, but we're not relying on anyone to come forward and prove themselves guilty. Something might still turn up.

[mouflon]

[ Ugh. ]

Therion, I hate to say it, but you're one of the most likely ones here. You probably use knives to fight, don't you? They're small and can be concealed well. Plus, your title is Dodger.

Other than that, I've seen... Zerinda used fire after the announcement, and Nira has her energy sword or whatever it is. And then there was all the stuff Jasper was doing.