Fourth Trial

[neverhadafriend]

[Same time. Same place. Same old murder. Thus is the cycle on Pleasure Island, and thus are the circumstances you find yourself trapped in.

The birds are unusually quiet when you enter the room, peering down at the crowd with some curiosity. The Genie is center stage, his eyebrows knit together in concern.]

...You know what to do, folks. [He rubs the back of his neck, somehow looking even more anxious than previous trials.] Just a, uh, fair warning, my master's getting real antsy about this whole exercise.

[ TRIAL START! ]

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[prodigalhairess]

Cass....

[She's just. Tired. Of all of this.]

If someone planted evidence without trying to implicate someone else... why?

[feudalladyshandmaid]

[The joke falls flat, and so do Cassandra's shoulders.]

It could be any number of reasons, Raps. [She's tired, but... holding together.] Don't worry, we'll figure this out. We might just be here for a while longer.

[prodigalhairess]

Everything's just going around in circles and it's not doing anything, though. Just dragging it out longer... it's not helping. It might just make things worse...

[feudalladyshandmaid]

Can it get any worse than this? Listen to me, if we keep digging maybe... maybe we'll find out something that could help us. Because every time we come down here, someone else dies.

We can't give up, Raps. Trust me.

[prodigalhairess]

I don't want to give up! And I know everyone else won't give up! You know I'll always trust you, but...

But it's... it's not working Cass. We have to tell them everything.

[feudalladyshandmaid]

There's nothing to tell!

Rapunzel, think about what you're doing!

[bornforit]

[Slowly, Leia's head turns toward the pair of them.]

What...does that mean?

[prodigalhairess]

[about that.... ]