THE FOURTH TRIAL

[despairection]

[Who is Goombriel Gambaldi? Why should the campers have any reason to care about his death? This is a question that must be answered, as the campers are summoned to a trial.

 

Portraits of Clair and Yomiel have appeared in the courtroom - with an additional portrait of Goombaldi slapped next to Yomiel's.

 

Will the collected evidence spill out the truth? Or will this mystery remain unsolved?

 

8 students remain.]

 

 

[Let the class trial in the murder of Goombriel Gambaldi...begin.]

 

Comments

[superstylishschism]

But if they couldn't solve the crime, everyone but the culprit would be dead.

[green_mario]

Um... well...

We... we don't-a have much evidence right now so I might-a be wrong, but we can't rule out that Clarice is actually a graduate...

[superstylishschism]

But then, why would she still be here? Unless Monobear is lying about letting the so-called 'champion' leave.

[green_mario]

Would you really put it past Monobear?

[After all, he "neglected" to tell everyone that that Game Genie couldn't bring back the dead.]

[superstylishschism]

Not really. I guess our best bet is to compare the size of the boots to Clarice's feet. Though it'll be hard to tell if she was telling the truth about them belonging to the killer, since any footprints are long gone.

[monoguests]

Those things are waaaay huger than my feet. Like, you don't even need to bring them over here.

...but really, I'm pretty sure if I graduated I'd be gone, so....

[superstylishschism]

Honestly, I can't think of much reason he'd keep a 'graduate' around, anyway. He doesn't seem to have the attention span to find amusement in a single person running around the most boring part of this dumb camp.

[monoguests]

Well, like I said, I totally didn't graduate, but I think he was just kind of hoping I'd wander into the lava at some point and burn with a super gross incandescence or something.

[green_mario]

But... doesn't this trial seem too easy if we know already who did it?

[superstylishschism]

For that matter, what's even the point of running a trial when the culprit isn't even here?

Hey, bear, can we even vote for people from a different 'class'?

[despairection]

You most definitely can, if you can prove there's a reasonable chance that they did it! I can add and subtract names as I choose, you know.

[superstylishschism]

Even if they died between the murder and now, right? You're not gonna pull 'oh, he's already dead, you can't vote for him' on us?

[That...was an almost disturbingly accurate mimmicry of Monobear's voice, except for the fact that it was a couple octaves higher in a mocking falsetto.]

[despairection]

Well, I'm sure I could whip up something special if that turned out to be the case! Buuuut you're gonna have to figure that out first.

[monoguests]

...

Well, you don't know the guy, like, personally? So, uh, yeah. It was Big Karl. Karl K. Rochet. He was kind of a Feraligatr lookin' guy.

[green_mario]

Yeah, but why would he have you here if you're our biggest clue to who did it? I mean you'd-a think he would just keep you out if you know for sure who did it.

[monoguests]

Because then you wouldn't have any and this would be totally impossible? I don't know, maybe he just... wants to give you a fair shake......?

[green_mario]

M-maybe it's just...

[Give a heavy sigh.]

Something feels off about this trial, but I don't-a know what.

[Besides, you know, the obvious.]

[monoguests]

Yeah, I mean, it is pretty weird that he's making you figure out a trial that's already been solved, but... did anybody actually die this week?

[green_mario]

No, actually. I think this is-a the first week since the very first one that no one as died, I think

[superstylishschism]

I think you might be giving him too much credit. I'm not entirely sure he didn't just forget about you when there was nobody left for you to kill or be killed by.

[monoguests]

......................

Wow, that's... really more depressing than thinking he was waiting to watch me burn in despair... can we all just pretend he kind of cared? Maybe?

[superstylishschism]

He's like an evil four year old, sometimes I think he even forgets there's a trial going on when it's not interesting to him.

Actually, I'm pretty sure I've caught him snoozing up there.

[monoguests]

...snoozing? What do you mean?

[superstylishschism]

I mean I think he sometimes gets so bored I can't even tell if he's still awake.

...Not counting the time we made him BSoD.

[monoguests]

...

BSoD...? How did that happen...?