antumbrac | FIFTH TRIAL

Trial V

From what you can see, all the lights in the opera house are turned on. Only when you enter and see the open doors that lead into the main theater, you can see that room's lights are currently turned off. It's very dark in there.

Like before, Rembrandt escorts everybody to the stage. In the dark you still can see the many blue-eyed things you may be getting used to. They're still very scared of Rembrandt, staying as far away from the assistant as possible. The stage is illuminated by the spotlights, the only light in this theater.

The Lady and Rembrandt are at their balcony. She stands up, addressing the group:

"If you don't make this trial go like I want it, every single person in this room is getting vivisected!"

It has been a couple hours and she's still furious. It doesn't seem like her mood is going to improve anytime soon...if ever. Behind her, Rembrandt doesn't seem very impressed with her gratuitous threat. At least she probably won't get to make good on that threat, hm?

Let the trial for the death of Dist the Rose begin.

[OOC NOTE: From the halfway point of the trial and onwards, you'll have the option to ask the masterminds for the chance to get a hint! Be warned, though: the price will involve some body horror for your character. Keep that in mind when deciding to use this option!]

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Would you believe me if I said I actually wanted to be caught?

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You really did give us the runaround, if that was the case.

I had to. I went to the Lady to ask her if the reward of 'keeping the secrets a secret' would be fulfilled even if I got caught, and she told me I couldn't confess. You all had to catch me.

[ Head snapping out from where he's been staring at the floor. ]

You nearly--- you--- What secret could have possibly been worth this?

Do you really want me to make his death pointless by just saying it out loud right now?

[Because he's not going to.]

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... So using all of your wits was necessary.

[ That... feels incredibly bad. And complicated. ]

If you'd made it too easy, I'm guessing that end of the deal wouldn't be upheld. Is that right?

I don't know. I wasn't going to risk it.

...I am sorry, though. Especially for what I put Iago, Cumore, and Mikami through. I know those words might not mean much, but I'm sorry.

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...

[he lets out a sigh and shakes his head.]

I should have suspected that would be the case. Honestly, I can't even be properly angry with you, all things considered.

You would have every right to be.

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Don't let him see what's about to happen, okay?

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So what? You expect us to all bow down and kiss your feet because you protected ALL the secrets? Another one of the Bitch's bluffs? By killing one of the only guys here with a unique skillset? Fuck you!!

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You don't have to agree with it.

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You wanted to be caught, and yet, you made us go around in endless circles; risked Zangetsu's well-being, to say nothing of the turmoil you caused Mikami and Cumore and Iago; and you woke us all up at an ungodly hour just so we could play Whodunnit for hours on end...all because you wanted to see if we had what it took to catch you. At least if you said you wanted to get away with it, this all would've made a little more sense.

What a colossal waste of time. Good riddance.

[ she is so Done. ]

[that is a HUGE GODDAMN MOOD]

She told me I couldn't confess. I would have confessed immediately otherwise.

So I thought, if I have to put up a charade anyway, then it might as well be a good one.

...If you're really feeling sorry and remorseful, can you explain how that hint was supposed to point to you and not someone else?

Dazai-kun doesn't have Sonui. I do.

If anyone had asked me to demonstrate Gravitas, I wouldn't have been able to. I only managed it that one time with Dazai-kun's cooperation.

[ ... ah, well. ]

That explains a couple of things.

...that.

I.

Hm.

I feel a bit of a fool now, to be honest.

We're mafia. Fooling people is what we do.

Or...former-mafia, in my case. But the point still stands.

[ .........Huh. He hadn't figured out that aspect of it all, but. He respects that. ]

I guess my theory about Sonui users was only partially true, then.

It's true, I do talk a lot. It just takes certain criteria to get me to talk that much.

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....

[and now he's glaring at Dazai.]

Don't even start. He had nothing to do with all of this. I acted alone.

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[ He's too busy being upset to notice sorry ]

[ Rean was just too exhausted to be even more angry right now.

He'll settle for just...angry-tired? He'll have a "fun" time talking to Dazai later. ]

...of course.