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[text] ♎ The Fifth Trial: Right or Wrong

[For a brief moment, there's Terezi's tired face, before it turns from completely video to full text.]

1M NOT SUPR1S3D TH4T TH3R3S SOM3TH1NG GO1NG ON 4G41N, BUT 4T L34ST 1T C4N B3 MOSTLY 1GNOR3D
1 DONT S33 4 PO1NT L1ST3N1NG TO TH3 B4BBL3 OF TWO STR4NG3 W31RDO3S P3RCH3D ON 34CH SHOULD3R WH3N YOU SHOULD PROB4BLY B3 ONLY L3ND1NG 4N 34R TO YOURS3LF FOR D3C1S1ON M4K1NG CHO1C3S
OR 4T L34ST L1ST3N TO 4 R34LLY CLOS3 4ND TRUST3D FR13ND FOR TH3S3 M4TT3RS

SP34K1NG OF FR13NDSH1P
W1TH N4TSUOS 4SS1ST4NC3, W3 M4N4G3D TO F1ND SOM3TH1NG

[She places it on video again, but only to show a sticky note, with these words:]

Five L's, not four. What's in the fifth???

1F 4NYON3 H4S 4NY 1D34 WH4T TH4T WOULD M34N 1T M1GHT PO1NT US 1N TH3 R1GHT D1R3CT1ON

R3G4RDL3SS
1 H4V3 4 V3RY SHORT QU3ST1ON

OF N4TH4N 4ND R3S4RC1
WHO DO YOU PL4N ON S1D1NG W1TH?
TH3 OBL1G4TORY 'WHY' 1S 4LSO B31NG 4SK3D H3R3, BUT 1D TH1NK YOUD 4LL B3 SM4RT TO R34L1Z3 TH4T

4S FOR MYS3LF
1 PL4N TO CHOOS3 N4TH4N, FOR NOT B31NG 4 CR1M1N4L WHO GOT H1S JOLL13S ON TORTUR1NG POOR 1NNOC3NT P3OPL3 (13 us)
4LSO FOR TRY1NG TO L34ST 4NSW3R TH3 QU3ST1ONS TH4T W3 H4D, TO TH3 B3ST OF H1S 4B1L1TY
4S W3LL 4S NOT B31NG FRUSTR4T1NGLY CRYPT1C, UNL3SS 1T H4D TO DO W1TH 4 C3RT41N GROUP OF P3OPL3

4S FOR MY FR13NDS, 1 HOP3 YOUR3 DO1NG 4LR1GHT
4ND MOST 1MPORT4NTLY
ST4Y1NG OUT OF TROUBL3 >:\

[And that's it for now.]

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I'm okay! ^_^ ♥ How are you Terezi?

I think I would only go with Resarci if it meant I could hurt him sooner. But I don't think I could, so I'm with Nathan.

Ne, isn't it an obvious choice though? Why would anyone side with Resarci? He's stupid.

1M DO1NG MY B3ST
SO TH4T WOULD B3 R34LLY GOOD 4T TH3 MOM3NT >:]

HMM...
1 H4DNT THOUGHT OF TH4T, TO B3 HON3ST

[Possibly now thinking of the cons and pros of attempting to do that.]

1 DONT KNOW
P3OPL3 H4V3 TH31R D1FF3R3NT R34SONS FOR DO1NG TH1NGS, 3V3N 1F 1TS SOM3TH1NG L1K3 1T S33MS TO B3 S1MPL3

Five Ls...

L L L L L

l l l l l

This is a terrible puzzle already. I suppose "What's in the fifth" doesn't have to mean the fifth L.

M4YB3 1TS T4LK1NG 4BOUT F1V3 PL4C3S

1 GU3SS 1T DO3SNT 31TH3R, BUT M4YB3 1TS 4 B1T MOR3 S1MPL3R TH4N 1T LOOKS

[Then again 'how' it would be, seems to be a mystery. At least for now.]

I'm doing my best to stay out of trouble!

That's an interesting note! I wonder who wrote it...

The first thing I think of is 'L' for 'Lab'.

W3LL YOU DONT S33M L1K3 SOM3ON3 WHO WOULD G3T 1NTO TROUBL3 4T L34ST B3C4US3 OF TH3 W4Y YOU 4R3 >;]

M4YB3 1T W4S 4UDR3Y
OR SOM3ON3 3LS3, BUT S1NC3 W3 FOUND 1T WH3R3 SH3 US3D TO WORK 1 4M 4SSUM1NG 1T W4S H3RS

SO...F1V3 L4BS?

Why, thank you!

Yes. They were great fans of abbreviating things, we found. So it could be.
And it's not impossible. Lab #3 was hidden from us once. It probably would be no trouble for them to hide other rooms.

BUT OF COURSE >8]

W3LL TH3N
1M GL4D W3 4T L34ST D1SCOV3R3D TH4T TH3Y W3R3 V3RY 4D3PT 4T H1D1NG ROOMS
1 WOULD B3 SURPR1S3D 1F WH4T W3 N33D3D W4S 1N TH4T L4ST ROOM

I can't quite decide if it would be very much like them to hide what we need out of reach like that! On one hand, they have no reason to give us what we need, but on the other, they do like to mess with our hopes.

well… it probably isn't elements!

the way that resarci came in was pretty shitty. and overdramatic. what did he need to shoot nathan for?

i'm okay. just annoyed. it's not as if we really need anything sitting on our shoulders. [also one sounds an awful lot like Dad and that's… that's something John's not handling too well.]

Y34H, 3X4CTLY
M4YB3 FOR ONC3 TH1NGS W1LL B3 4CTU4LLY NOT SH1TTY 4ND W3 W1LL G3T 4LL W3 N33D ONC3 W3 F1ND TH1S ROOM

1M JUST SOM3HOW ST1LL 3XP3CT1NG SH3N4N1G4NS OUT OF TH1S WHOL3 TH1NG, THOUGH

4PP4R3NTLY M1SS FUU S4YS 1T SOUNDS L1K3 1T M4Y R3F3R TO TH3 L4BS
WH1CH DO3SNT SOUND 4LL TH4T F4R OFF TH3 M4RK

1 H4V3 NO 1D34
1 H4T3 P3OPL3 WHO 4CT L1K3 TH3Y H4V3 SOM3TH1NG TO PROV3 BY K1LL1NG SOM3ON3 FOR NO FUCK1NG R34SON 4T 4LL

[Yeah, she's just flashbacking to when she wasn't even able to land a hit on him and got electrocuted for her trouble.]

B3S1D3S
H3 ST1LL N33DS TO B3 BROUGHT TO JUST1C3 FOR WH4T H3S DON3
1F H3 TH1NKS H3S GO1NG TO G3T 4 LOT OF H3LP H3 H4S 4NOTH3R TH1NG COM1NG

That would be nice!

But I think you're right to expect it- what would Luministi be without them?

Mm. It's nothing you couldn't already tell yourself.

Five? [he leans forward, trying to see if there's anything else] I think… there was another door in Lab #4. It didn't open then, but… It might be worth having a look.

I don't have any reason to trust Resarci. And as you said, Nathan's tried to be helpful.

yeah i can see that
those would be on the space station side, right?

ugh, yeah. all it really does is prove how much of an asshole they are.

[The sure mark of a jerkass.]

yeah
i don't think anyone could look at that and think he's a great person to follow
with our powers combined, we'll take him out!

H4WK!
TH4NKS FOR T3LL1NG M3
SOUNDS L1K3 W3 M1GHT N33D TO G3T R1GHT ON TH4T

1M GU3SS1NG TH3 G3N3R4L CONS3NSUS 1S TH4T W3 W1LL 4LL GO W1TH N4TH4N
1 SUPPOS3 1 W4S CH3CK1NG FOR 4NYON3 3LS3 WHO H4PP3N3D TO TH1NK OTH3RW1S3

W1THOUT 4 W4Y TO K33P US H3R3 F1RMLY 1M SUR3
4ND P3RH4PS TH3 MYST3R13S WOULD B3 F1GUR3D OUT 4 B1T SOON3R
W1TH ON3 B34T UP F4RR4R1 R3S4RC1 OR WH4T3V3R H1S N4M3 1S

Y3P

M4YB3 H3 SHOULD H4V3 GOTT3N ON H1S KN33S 4ND B3GG3D FOR 4N 4PP34L

3X4CTLY!
1 TH1NK W3 W1LL DO F1N3 W1THOUT H1S 'H3LP'
B3S1D3S 1TS PROB4BLY JUST 4 L4M3 DUMB TR1CK OR SOM3TH1NG 4NYW4Y

Not a problem. [He smiles.] Do you want to come and see if we can find it now?

Yeah. If they do, hopefully we can convince them otherwise.

Y3S!
TH4T SOUNDS L1K3 4N 1D34 >8]

Y34H HOP3FULLY

[And let's go!!]

See you there, then!

[He heads for Lab #4 straight after that, keeping an eye out for Terezi, and grinning when he spots her, raising his hand.] Hey!

that might have made a better impression

yeah. he was the guy behind the reality show, right?
it's pretty suspicious for him to come back and claim he wants us out of here now
especially if we're assuming he's the anchor or whatever for this other guy.

[Terezi waves with a grin of her own.]

Hi there, Hawk! I'm glad we're here with no shenanigans yet, but I bet some will appear soon enough...

[Just in case, she prepares to follow Hawk, and be alert for any surprises.]

H3H3H3H3
1T SUR3 WOULD H4V3!

YOUR3 CORR3CT
TH1S CR1M1N4L W4S 1N CH4RG3 OF TH3 R34L1TY 4ND 4LSO SOM3 OF TH3 3V3NTS 1N TH1S TOWN
4ND Y34H
1TS H1L4R1OUS WH3N P3OPL3 TH1NK TH3Y C4N 34S1LY SW4Y OTH3R P3OPL3S OP1N1ON 1F TH3YV3 DON3 SO M4NY B4D TH1NGS >:P

Oh.

I guess I was being too literal. Thinking about places makes a little more sense. None of the puzzles here have really been the sort I'm expecting, either, I don't know why I thought this would be different.

I'd expect nothing less, to tell the truth!

[He pushes the door open, giving the room a brief glance to see if anything looks obviously different from the last time he was in here.]

yeah.
people don't forget what's happened to them that easily.

H3H3H3
N3W PL4C3S PR3S3NT N3W CH4LL3NG3S 4M 1 R1GHT >:?

W3LL TH3N, TH3 F4CT TH4T 1TS 4N L 4ND H4S TO DO W1TH 4 LOC4T1ON N4RROWS 1T DOWN 4 B1T
1F W3 LOOK 4T TH1S WHOL3 TOWN W3 C4N US3 TH4T TO N4RROW DOWN WH1CH H4S LS 1N 1T 4ND WH1CH DO3SNT
BUT TH3 F4CT 1T H4S MOR3 TH4N L SUGG3STS 1T H4S 4 MULT1PL3 OF SOM3TH1NG

Well of course it has 4 of something! Actually it's 5 of something, but 4 of them are less important.

[Terezi peers around. Before going on her own in-depth search into the room.]

And you said that there was a door in here that wouldn't open before, right?

TH4TS C3RT41NTLY TRU3

[Yep, thinking about a certain someone.]

1M GL4D 1M NOT TH3 ONLY ON3 WHO W4S R34LLY BOTH3R3D 4BOUT WH4T H3 D1D, THOUGH

FOUR OF SOM3TH1NG TH4T C4N 4CTU4LLY B3 S33N?
SOUNDS L1K3 1T M4Y B3 TH3 L4BS W3R3 T4LK1NG 4BOUT

If we can't see it, how can something be in it? This isn't the barrel puzzle.

Labs? ...I'll have to think about that one, or ask someone who knows more about it.

TH3 L4ST ON3 C4N B3 H1DD3N 4W4Y FROM S1GHT
1M SUR3 YOU H4V3 H34RD OF H1DD3N ROOMS

TH3YR3 1N TH3 SP4C3 ST4T1ON WH1CH 1S 1N TH3 M4YORS R3S1D3NC3

Good! ♥

I did! But I don’t think it’s worth it. We’ll just have to go with Nathan and then hurt Resarci anyway!

Well I guess... but it’s still obvious who to go with. I think. [Way to sound sure of yourself, kid.]

Edited (HTML FAIL ONOES D:) 2012-10-04 21:55 (UTC)

N4TSUO D1D 1 3V3R T3LL YOU HOW MUCH 1 L1K3 TH3 W4Y YOU TH1NK SOM3T1M3S?
4FT3R 4LL, W3 C4NT JUST L3T H1M G3T OFF SCOTT FR33 >:]

1 WOULD TH1NK SO TOO
BUT TH3R3 4 COUPL3 H3R3 WHO 1 H4V3 MY DOUBTS 4BOUT TH31R D3C1S1ONS
CONC3RN1NG FOLLOW1NG N4TH4N TH4T 1S

[not really making any connections here]

more people should be! i mean, who does that? who bursts in and shoots a guy, aside from criminals?

Yeah, on the other side of the lab. You'll have to keep your eyes on it, though… it vanished when we looked away.

[Maybe it works differently with a nose, but Hawk doesn't know that.]

Hee hee - I like how you think too Terezi! Because it makes sense! ^_^

A few? Like who???

Edited (fjdsklakl i promise i'm really not this dumb /sob) 2012-10-05 23:05 (UTC)

[Yep, she might be able to 'sniff' out whatever kind of scent the door might have had. Or something like that, when it appears.

She begins to search through the room now by touching the walls.]

That shouldn't be a problem...I think. It's going to be a little weird, since I'm blind.

Ah- really? I wouldn't have thought… It ought to be fine.

[He watches her for a few moments, head tilted, then goes to examine the computers, which still don't appear all to be linked in.]

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[tex] oops, when did i type that 4 IN LMFAO SELF /fail

[tex] you didn't, he read "4" meaning "a" as "4" meaning "four"

[text] oh.......LOL LUKE

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