[Maya's Heart]

[soulping]

[Everything goes white, almost blindingly, as you enter Eveningstar's heart.... it's so overwhelming that you forget, for a moment, what you're doing, why you're here, and details about yourself start to slip---]

[but then it all stops, abruptly, and your senses return to you]

[OOC: Channel is #quitplayingames]

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[soulping]

[BETTER]

Yes, I was.

[gandere]

Where?

[soulping]

I was in the game.

[gandere]

That's not very helpful for someone who is claiming they witnessed a murder. You should be more specific.

Which team were you on?

[soulping]

OBJECTION

[That's Prosecutorface]

This isn't relevant! The defense is badgering my question with meaningless questions!

[gandere]

I am not. Depending on which team this witness was on, their testimony may be irrelevant and biased.

[soulping]

[The Judge ponders this]

She does have a point....

[gandere]

So tell me which team you're on, witness!

[soulping]

. . .


Epona.

[gandere]

[ Oh... ] Eveningstar, is that you?

[soulping]

[NO LONGER BLURRY]

[guess who]

. . .

[gandere]

[ Folding her arms in her lap as she looks over her. ]

Is the witness trying to incriminate the defendant who is... herself? Geez, this is some kind of screwed up trial.

[acemedium]

Like I said, it doesn't matter. What matters is the truth.

[gandere]

That isn't the truth.

[acemedium]

It is the truth!

[gandere]

No, no it isn't and you know it.

... well, I guess you don't know it because we're here to convince you otherwise.

[acemedium]

You keep saying that, but you don't have any proof!

[gandere]

I know that you're a good person... it's just a matter of proving it. Now that I know who the witness is, there's no further questions I can make on this inquiry.

I think.

[acemedium]

[The music changes again]

So prove it, if you're so sure!

[gandere]

[ Schooler presents the Sad Post-It Note! ]

Take that, Eveningstar.

[acemedium]

[Such a weak THAT THAT!]

[Post-it note: I know! If I get them all a good meal they're bound to feel a little bit better!]

OBJECTION! That didn't even cheer you up! And it doesn't prove anything!

[.....Did the prosecutor's voice just sound familiar to you....?]

[gandere]

[ It did.

... which gives Schooler a very stupid idea. If that's Eveningstar, then presenting evidence as mere truth isn't enough. No, she has to kick it up a notch and act a fool. ]

Hold it! You claim that it didn't even cheer me up, but you forgot something important.

[ Schooler presents her own profile! ] See, it says right here that I'm prickly and aloof. Most of the time when someone does something nice for me, I act as if I hated it all along.

[ Schooler presents the burger. ] But what I didn't tell you is that I loved the gesture and I love burgers. I'd eat this right now if I could, but since it's evidence... it's best I don't try.

But it was a kind gesture, one you repeated over and over again! Every time I was upset, the defendant came to my need despite me clearly being the worst person on Epona. That's right: only a good person would tolerate my selfishness and still reach out to me when I'm in despair.

And that person isn't a murderer.

[soulping]

[And then the music changes again!]

[soulping]

[The prosecution crumples on her desk from the force of this argument. Or is it the force of the confession of Schooler loving burgers?!]

[In the process, a topknot can be spotted on the prosecution]

T-Then prove it! P-Prove that she's not a murderer! Prove that you love burgers!

[gandere]

[ Schooler swears to do right with plenty of exercise after this... ]

Fine, I'll prove to you today that you're a good person by--!!

[ Climbing up on the defense stand (while threatening to kill Wren and Blade if they look up), Schooler pres--no, that's not right. She's eating the evidence right before the eyes of everyone present in the court!!! ]

Mmmmphhhhhhhh this burger of justice will absolve you of your misplaced guilt!!