Post by Vaellin the Bard on Jun 20, 2023 12:16:52 GMT -6
The day starts to end with a few people outside seeing the sun set and being drawn in. Dinner is served by a proud masked Angel Chef Mannequin and things seem... calm despite the recent events. There's something about the dead not being dead that eases the comfort, perhaps.
Or maybe it's Power and Denji's relentless cheer and idiocy, or Lex's innocence, Fuzz's quiet self, DA Ratticus' sense of order, Roroa's leadership, Maki's ability to step outside of order, Aki's ability to rule over chaos, Nedge Pepsi's intelligence and craftiness, Tohru's cheer brought with peace, Constance's noble pride, or even Mr. Anon's solitary stand (Huh, he is absent from dinner isn't he? Wonder where he went)
It's clear everyone brings something to the table, between their skills and way of thinking.
But that's.... but that's... but that's...
T̷̨̥̼̮̫̜̦̞̲̯̝͈̪̞̼͋̔h̶̡̢̞̣͍̮̰̥͖̩̤̭͖̘͎̒̀́͑̕a̴̜͉̠̿̋̋̄͋̐̄̂̈́́̽̉̈́̕t̷̡̤̹͇͔͔̲̅̏̒͐́́̌͘'̷̘̝̟͕̓̄̒̏͝s̴͉͙̱͍̲̓ ̶̨̨͍̩̘̠̳͚̯̲̿̀͂̾̓̉̈̀͘̚͘̚͘ͅͅt̵̢̬̯̪̞̭̠̟̜̹̰̎̄̀͑̓͐͛͂̏͗̈́͂̂̋̾ẖ̸̻̫̘̞͔̭̖̆̆̅́̏̋̎͑̍̈͘͠ę̷̘̪̳̗̻̘̦͍͚̫͖͋͘ ̶̧̢̧̹͎̳̦̙̲͙̠̪̈́̃̅̈̓̒̌͒͘͜p̴̡̭̟̪͎̮̮͙̹̠̈́̉ṟ̵̠͈̟̻͔̟̹̗̳͋́̓̇͂̾̐͛o̷̧̥̰̳͐̑̾͗̈́̚̚b̵̨̩̞̫͔̟̯̯̱̳̘̹̼̫͗̃͛͒̃ͅl̸̛̙̹̭̭̇̆͜ȩ̵̬͉̥͎̞̖̠͖̲͉̤̹͇̐͂͜͝m̷̧̢̹͕̮̞̠͓͉̪̬͒̄̎́ͅ ̷̤͒̈́̈́͑̃̈̆̈̇́̚̕ḯ̶̛͉̝͔̖͒̾̊š̸̜̯̗̖͓̫̺̣̪͔̻̤̊̐̀̈́͐͑̉̄̕͝ṉ̸͒'̴͔̹̙̤͐͛̀́̎͆͂͒̍̋́̓͒̚t̷̺̯̗̗͓͚̀̇̑͊̓̋̉̂ ̵̢̲̰͆̀͜i̶̡̟̞̖̪͖͈͓̙̫̟͋̀̋̍̏̓̎t̶̨̨̪̬̓̒͝ͅͅ
Suddenly a loud siren goes off, one matching the first night when the first victim was discovered. The mannequins jump into action and hurry everyone to the trial room. There's such a panic from the robots that when one bumps Angel Chef Mannequin, they hardly notice his mask falling, crushed under the feet of the robots.
The trial room.
Sue stands in the center, face contorted in rage. "Who on earth let that bastard in?"
She looks about the sea of faces, mannequin and player alike. Tia cowers back while Rio just glowers at her.
"Very well! Fine! I'll sort this out myself. Mannequins, give them their tasks. But also, there will be an additional reward. Whoever can find the bastard who hacked into our database will earn an extra 100 points. He's somewhere in this building. I thought that bastard was gone for good."
The mannequins quickly pull out pages before their bodies suddenly stop for a moment, in a jerky motion each mannequin seems to hold the paper before them for a little longer. Then at last they hand the papers with the fading ink to their respective players.
Everyone scatters; the third night has begun.
But still something feels off. As you leave, Tia glances back worriedly while Rio has a wicked grin on his face. Sue, for her part, seems to just vanish in the blinking of lights.
A0s will be out very soon (if not out already)
you got this
