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Izumi | Trial 1 End | Grinder

Izumi gasped at the laser's blast, but it was a gasp that felt as though it expelled every bit of air from their lungs. They stared at the spot where dust coated a tabletop, mouth gaping soundlessly and uselessly. Their little legs shook until they fell on their knees. The only thing keeping them up was their forearms crossed over the top of the table, and soon when some skin extended from the bottom of their leather sleeves and stuck to the metal tabletop like a snail's foot, it was clear that only that kept them from sinking further. They... They said they didn't know how she could trust him to not follow through. They were right...to think that... then why did that feel like such a punch in the gut? Was it the suddenness? Oh god... their friend was gone. She'd never come back, and they'd never speak to her again. The only person they really knew in this place...dead. Maybe some part of them hoped she'd be right, and Brandi would berate them about being so mean about the honey after the trial. They would've been riled up and argued back, like always, but that's how it always was with them. Through all their years in Hope's Peak, that was a constant. They were... At some point Izumi's eyes had moistened. What the hell...? They shut their eyes tight and shoved their face into their forearms so no one could see, but the shuddering sobs that followed were harder to hide. That naive little shit... just offering herself up. She practically made Izumi throw her to the wolves, and then she confessed! No... No, that wasn't right. Izumi made a choice. They were sure Brandi was a traitor. They were in a unique position to see all the pieces come together, knowing her for as long as they did. It probably wouldn't be so easy next time. But...goddammit! Why would there BE a next time?! If the Catalyst could just kill them all why hadn't he done it already and gone on with destroying the world?! Why were they forced to go through this BULLSHIT?! And of course they didn't fucking understand Brandi's reasons. She said that she was being ethical. What the fuck was ethical about the end of the world? Why did she trust him?! Why does anyone trust ANYONE?! That fucking naive piece of shit. (As Izumi was still sobbing into their own arms, they didn't notice Atria sailing through the air.)

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Colt | Trial 1 Aftermath | clearly i will go sailing no more | ATTN: Atria

"Jesus."

That was really all Colt could mutter after watching a girl just straight up vanish right in front of his eyes. He rubbed his forehead, covering his eyes so that they could recover from the bright flash.

He didn't know what to feel at that moment, other than shock. His brain was still processing that something like that actually just happened right in front of him.

He stewed in his thoughts for a while, embarrassed to speak after being so sure that the Catalyst wouldn't actually go through with it. He didn't seem that bad before!

The few coherent thoughts he could form were interrupted by Atria flinging himself across the room. He just barely managed to duck under the table before he was smacked by a flailing limb. Great, like he needed any more surprises today.

Crouched down on hands and knees, he turned and shuffled over to Atria, extending a helping hand.

"WHOA there! Y'alright?"

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Having diverted his attention to one of the just-whirring machines, Atria approached one and touched its sooty part.. only to be snapped out of it by Jin leaving in the corner of his eye. Muttering a 'shit' he sprints down the hallway also, though returns soon enough, repelling soot from his hands when he enters the room. Walking back over to the same machine, he places a palm on the same spot, hesitatingly exerting some repelling force. No telling what this could do.

‘Some repelling force’ is hardly enough to prepare you for the complete ejection of your person that occurs not a nanosecond after you apply your gift to the sooty spot. You can see it crackle in response to the exertion of your gift before shorting out as you ascend skywards across the trial room, barreling down somewhere between Colt and Liam from above as a result of the force. Ouch.

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Well, that happened | Corwin | Chapter 1 | RE: Trial End

Other than butting into the debate once to bring it onto a more efficient course, Corwin stayed quiet during the whole trial. Sure, he could have continued to argue, but he simply didn’t feel like doing it. In hindsight, he could have put in a bit more effort, but given that their traitor had outed herself anyway, it wasn’t too much of a loss.

Speaking of her, he definitely didn’t expect for Brandi to be disposed so… quickly. Rather than mourning a person he couldn’t care less about (though it was a bit of a shame, given how competend she was), Corwin’s eyes were glued on the machine. His curiousity was definitely piqued - how could it not? This weapon was capable of turning someone into ashes in a blink of the eye. Something like that had been only in sci-fi thus far, like that one illegal sniper gun in the Star Wars universe, but now it was… quite real.

Aside from that, he furrowed his eyebrows a bit at the Catalyst saying that he had to prepare the second floor… What for, exactly?

Ah well, no use thinking about that. All they could do now was to wait for him to reappear, so they could exit that room…

… Though it didn’t stop him from stepping away from the table. He leaned against one of the walls, crossed his arms over his chest and waited silently for the OK to get lost.

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Amewsment Purrk | K | Re: Ashes heh

Nope. Nnnope.

K was a generally chill guy. He was from the worst part o' town, he could usually handle seeing some pretty fucked up shit. But this? This?

...it was just an illusion, right? It had to be. K audibly gasped, having to take a few steps back, almost stumbling over before he caught himself. Sorry Ana, the protection squad needs to take a break and have his own little freak out.

God fucking damn it. She was ash. She was literally ashes now. Brandi Ono, the one who was so full of life and sass, was a pile of ash now and K seemed utterly shocked.

But one could argue. K, you were gunning for Brandi a lot throughout this trial. Cat warned you all somebody would die. You should have been prepared for this! Sure, you didn't offer much this trial, but you certainly tried. And this is what you get?

...perhaps his mindset was too optimistic like Brandi's. He never thought it would actually happen. Maybe this whole tower thing was a facade or a dream! But no. With this horrid discourse, K seems to come to his senses, finally. Those 'hehe's' and 'yo yo's' have disappeared and have been replaced with a very shocked purple cat man.

"...that's, that's so f-fucked... she was a g...good person..." he manages to murmur. Ah, could one hear his voice hitching? Has it cracked due to sorrow?

A singular sniffle is audible from the man in the fluffy scarf. He crosses his arms, and retreats into his feather boa, to the point where if you wanted to see if he was crying, one certainly wouldn't be able to tell, for his face is too covered in fluff and shades.

...there's no mistaking the ever so faint shaking of his shoulders, though. At least he was polite enough to not make a scene...

"...what the fuck man..."

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TRIAL 1.7 | ” I MAY BE BAD (BUT IM PERFECTLY GOOD AT IT) ” | BRANDI . | ♕ | RE: IZUMI, ANA + COLT [ATTN:] EVERYONE, CAT

Well, well.

Truthfully, she can't say that she's anything but impressed -- if not a little relieved. This... could have gone worse, truthfully.

But her heart sinks a little as people keep talking, and it's hard for her to look Ana in the eyes when she says:

"Aw... sug."

And her eyebrows contort a little, and it's obviously a struggle. (Ugh, she hasn't felt this bad in a while -- but she would stand by her decisions.) (It's... all she had, by this point.)

"...You're a real sweet gal, Singh-san. Sorry to put you through the wringer like this -- I really, really am. But, well."

And she shakes her head, with a quiet little laugh:

"It's no use."

With that, she turns back to Izumi, giving a bit of a nod as she says:

"You were always so clever, Tanihata-chan. My, my. I always knew I could count on you -- even if you never will quite understand my ethical decisions."

A bit of a yawn, and she continues -- almost in boredom:

"Of course, I wouldn't consider the factory as apart as you all would claim it as -- boiled down to its core, it's still just a place to work that treats its workers ethically, isn't it? Benefits, libraries, good food, recreation time. No place I'd want to work, but it certainly is a little idealistic, wouldn't you agree?"

And she plays with her fur fringe for a second, before saying, softly:

"Rather... cloyingly optimistic. As some would contend, so am I."

A little wearily, and she turns back to Izumi:

"That is to say, thank you, sug. Now with that out of the way... well, could we speed this along, sweet things?

And her voice turns suddenly more serious -- her gaze hard as she catches the eyes of her teammates:

"As I've been saying, we're on a very tight time limit here. No matter who wins -- a traitor, a taskforce member -- we all... stand to suffer. If we stall this out, who wins -- it's certainly no so-called traitor, but rather Cat-chan himself. Don't you all see what he's trying to do? Don't you understand how pointless this all is?"

A bit of a shrug:

"I'm grateful for Tanihata-chan's insight, but the rest of you -- well. We can only assume that there are more floors -- and with it, more shameless time wasters, like this traitor hunt. I won't deny some iota of involvement, but the real damning thing here is the time we're all wasting with not getting to the root of the issue. Sitting and waiting for other people to accuse -- sitting and waiting for other people to act -- it's not going to get us anywhere but with hours of our time wasted."

Her eyes close, and her voice is determined:

"I won't deny that I was a little underhanded, but... it was important for me to see how you all worked. I... believed in you all a lot, you know. And I don't think this faith was misguided -- but I don't... think most of you did me proud."

A bit of a laugh, though. And there's a finality of her lecture with:

"No offense, sugs. Better luck next time -- and hey, can't say it didn't all come out in the wash."

With this, she turns to Colt, then Izumi, then Ana -- and then says, rather decisively:

"As for why I don't believe he'll follow through... well. Isn't it much the same as your issue here, Tanihata-chan? You wouldn't believe that I was a traitor for the connotation of the word alone -- not because you knew what it was or what it meant in this context -- but because you looked at something at its surface. Not that I completely agree with Cat-chan's usage of the term, but it certainly would make some... rather unassuming looking, wouldn't it? Especially if you cared for them."

Another sigh:

"However, there's no grey area with death -- and I can tell you now that The Catalyst would never kill me -- or anyone else here, for that matter. He'd have to be some kind of monster -- barely a person at all -- and I can't -- and I won't -- believe that about him."

And then, her gaze turns suddenly to Cat -- and she catches the illusion's eyes directly as she says, almost as an accusation:

"I mean, I can't think of a single person who would deliberately kill one of his best friends to make a point, right, Cat-chan?"

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Corwin seems to muse over something, then sighs and votes for Brandi Ono. Well, she'd been one of the suspects he had in mind anyway and a lot seemed to add up, so why not?

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Izumi | Trial 1 | Carnivore [RE: Atria]

As emo as they were getting, Izumi almost rolled their eyes at Atria's question. They felt like they had given their explanation for it like five times already. He had slept on the floor for days, though, no thanks to them. But as they were gathering the energy to answer, Ana began to plead. Izumi didn't expect to feel so...hurt. Brandi was their friend, too, but they had basically made this decision to help Ana, though they barely knew her. They made this decision because it felt like the right thing to do. Hearing those words from Ana... it stung. But Izumi didn't choose to respond to that at all. They swallowed the lump in their throat and turned their head to face Atria. "Do you mean the one with foxes and... bears and stuff like that? The traitor's not a carnivore... or even an omnivore like a bear, I guess. I've been trying to say she's a vegan. She just cheats a bit on the honey thing..." They huffed a little sigh, still feeling intensely guilty about leveling evidence against their friend when Ana could go on to defend her.

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