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]

[Is there even enough room for two pokemon in here?]

Then why do you sound so frantic about being asked if you've been up there before?

[monoguests]

[........................]

Uh, go, Mightyena!

[...and as she tosses the Pokeball, the realization dawns on her face that neither of them can use moves...........]

[superstylishschism]

Salamance, take care of this.

[If they can't use moves, then that gives the clear advantage to the big dragon, right?]

Give that other pokemon a good headbutt.

[monoguests]

....

S....Struggle, I guess....

[...the Mightyena looks back at Clarice in confusion and then sort of... flails itself at the Salamance? Oh god, this is so sad.]

[superstylishschism]

[Especially sad considering Salamance has clear instructions on how to attack. So, how's flailing about wildly compare to being bashed with the top of a Salamance's head?]

This is just embarrassing...

[monoguests]

...

....

Wow, uh... hang on...

[she's rifling through her pockets for a second...]

[superstylishschism]

Sure. Don't think giving you a second is going to help much with your lousy skills, but...sure, let's see you try.

[monoguests]

[...actually she's not going for another Pokemon, she's... getting some Monocoins.]

....yeah, that's about half, so... here you go, I guess.

[superstylishschism]

Giving up? Heh, that was easy.

[But he will accept your offering of surrender and call Salamance back after giving it a pat on the neck.]

Now, a word of advice: don't try to distract from questions with a stunt like that again.

[monoguests]

...

Yeah, I...

[...if nothing else, losing seems to have calmed her down a bit.]

...guess that was all pretty stupid, huh.

[superstylishschism]

Just a bit.

Now, why don't you tell us without freaking out if you've ever tried climbing the Pokecenter.

[monoguests]

...

...Yeah, I have.

[superstylishschism]

What for? I can't imagine there's much to see in that area.

[monoguests]

...Lava. I can see the lava.

[superstylishschism]

You can see the lava from ground level. Don't make me get frustrated with you again, Clarice.

[monoguests]

Not...all of it. At once.

[superstylishschism]

Why would you need to see all of it at once?

[monoguests]

I like lava. I wanted to see all of it at once.

[superstylishschism]

I...guess I can understand that. I know I'd rather have a good view of a thunderstorm than just watch part of it out of a window.

[monoguests]

Yes. It's...like thunderstorms. Lava.

[superstylishschism]

'T's more Fire Leo's thing than mine, really.

So, you like to sit on top of the Pokecenter to watch the lava, but you have a hard time getting up there, is that right?

[monoguests]

...Yeah.

[superstylishschism]

Now, wasn't that a lot easier than flipping out and trying to pretend you've never been to the roof?

[monoguests]

I mean, if you're really that interested in my lava-viewing habits, yeah, whatever.

[superstylishschism]

That's not really the important part. I was more concerned with whether or not you had a valid reason for knowing how hard it is for you to get up there.