Season 1 / Hikaru - "The World is Not Enough" [The First Trial Projection]

Hikaru Suzuki

If Ellie is looking at the label she would notice this is an old vintage and a high alcohol content. This is the good stuff.

Hikaru Suzuki

Emmy | Akemi

It's clean and tidy down there! No monsters hiding under the bed.

Bow-wow

Bow-Wow looks at Ellie. Then back at the bed.

"No thank you--" He mumbles quickly, choosing to shuffle awkwardly with the bed sheets. She better not drink that… He's really hoping she doesn't drink that.

He reaches for the wallet and keys though!

Hikaru Suzuki

Bow-wow

Emmy | Akemi

The wallet falls open in Bow-wow's hands to show the ID card of a man in his 50s named Ryoutarou Watanabe. Looks like there's a lot of cash in here, too.

Akemi, who's standing by him, might well recognise the name and face - isn't that the Minister of Justice….?

The keys are just a bunch of average-looking housekeys. There's not even a fun keyring or anything.

Ellie Carter

There is a corkscrew there! It also looks like there's something written on the edge of the napkin.

Ellie Carter

"Hmmm, what I'm hearing is more for me… More for little ol' Ellie…"

Ellie really might drink that. She's not so classy to understand more of the label past those numbers. She's taken aback by it having a year past 2010. That's all it takes.

"It's old as fuck!"

She keeps holding onto it, then looks back down at the glasses and the paper napkin on the tray. Mostly because she's looking for some sort of cork opener. Fuck, she always has the shit with the twisty-caps.

Emmy | Akemi

"By all means. I hope you won't blame me if it ends up being poisoned." She raises an eyebrow, "Naturally, places such as this would afford high-end drinks, but I would urge caution."

She frowns, and turns to examine the table area.

Bow-wow

Ooh, money! Bow-Wow has never seen this much money in one place.

…He takes the money.

Hikaru Suzuki

Bow-wow

It is entirely possible to take cash out of the wallet, but no matter how much he takes out, it seems to vanish in his hands, only to reappear where it came from…

Ellie Carter

The bottle opens, no problem! The smell of high-quality wine wafts its way to Ellie's nose.

The writing seems to be a short note. It reads: We don’t want them to know, do we?

Ellie Carter

She's been SO BORED waiting DAYS between each projection with FUCK ALL to do. Obviously, she's going to drink. But she will read the napkin first. She does have eyes. While she's uncorking the bottle.

Emmy | Akemi

"The Minister of Justice…?" Akemi voices aloud. "Suzuki-san clearly either has friends, or enemies, in very high places."

She doesn't question Bow-wow for pocketing the money. She knows it won't be here when they leave, not that it will do him any good in the prison anyway.

Bow-wow

Bow-Wow didn't like that. He stares daggers in Ellie's general direction as she moves to uncork the bottle.

"Considerin' this is the guy's wallet… probably enemies? Maybe Hikaru took it or somethin'…"

He clearly wants to say something to Ellie, but instead he… dodges the matter by hurrying himself over to the balcony before the smell of alcohol hits his nose.

Hikaru Suzuki

Bow-wow

Getting a better look at the city outside, you’re pretty sure this is Tokyo. You’re very high up - this building must be at least 30 storeys or so tall. The lights from the buildings around shine for miles and miles; there’s a nostalgic feeling to the view, like a film or music video from your youth that you can’t quite put a name to.

Ellie Carter

Yum! Ellie already turned her back towards them to inspect this sidetable with the note… She doesn't see Bow-wow's glare and so she takes a swig straight from the bottle. Since no one else wants a drink.

She picks up the note, flipping it over in her hand. Ohhhh, okay. She gets what this is about. He is gay.

Hikaru Suzuki

Ellie Carter

This is really good wine! It is definitely strong - there might be some sort of projection magic at play making it hit heavier than usual.

Bow-wow

"Is that the Eiffel tower? I think we're in France…?" Bow-Wow comments over his shoulder. He points, to the Tokyo Tower.

Emmy | Akemi

"What does the note say?" Akemi calls out to Ellie, while she approaches the balcony to see for herself.

"This is my home. Tokyo." She narrows her eyes and looks over the familiar-enough view.

Ellie Carter

She turns back to the pair and walks back over with wine bottle in the one hand and holding up the note in the other, reading it in a mock sultry voice.

"We don't want them to know, do we~? Heh, hey, what'd you find? You said the Minister of Justice? That'll be so crazy if we basically killed the same sorta guy. I'm startin' to think me an' Hikaru have stuff in common!"

Bow-wow

"Oh." Bow-Wow seems perplexed by the fact that the Eiffel Tower was now apparently in Japan. He makes zero move to go inside, though. He's just staring sadly at Ellie through the window to the suite.

As Ellie approaches, he backs off so fast he winces as his back hits the edge of the balcony. The smell is… nauseating. Just as nauseating as he remembered, and he can't quite shake the discomfort he's feeling, as much as he's really trying.

"It's just kinda… uh, nice out here, really? That's…about it so far."

He looks around to see if there's any kind of… ladders, railings, vines around the balcony… maybe a quick escape route or something.**

Hikaru Suzuki

Bow-wow

As Bow-wow backs away closer to the edge of the balcony, there's a odd sense of something urging him on, like a voice calling, or perhaps someone nudging him. When he looks around him, rather than a way out, he feels a sudden, irresistible pulse of vertigo as his back hits the railing.

Bow-wow

What was at first discomfort from the pungent smell of wine very quickly turned to ice-cold fear as his head spun. It was an overwhelming mix of emotions- the smell, the sounds, the fear, the vertigo, all of it was so loud and uncomfortable that his head felt so overwhelmingly boggled. He wasn't going to be able to stop anything that was about to happen, and the realization manifested itself in a pathetic sound-

"Mama, help me--" He's looking at…Ellie? Huh…weird. But he doesn't seem quite aware of anything except the vertigo, and the overwhelming pull of the ground below.

Hikaru Suzuki

Bow-wow

The sensation gets worse, Bow-Wow feels dizzier, his ears feel like they’re filling with static, until suddenly…

He’s falling, the air around him rushing the only thing he can hear and see and feel.

To Akemi and Ellie, it’s not really clear what happened - one moment he was there, the next moment not. It’s as if the railing just vanished.

Akemi, close to the balcony as she is, is treated to the sight of Bow-Wow falling dozens of stories to the ground. It’s… probably a good thing that it’s so far down that he vanishes from sight before the inevitable impact.

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