“Excuse me - Prisoner 002, Andrew Edgeworth? Do you have a moment?” Sie stands in the doorway, their hands folded in front of them.
Andrew had just put up his dishes after eating one of Jackalope's meals when he was approached by Sie. For whatever reason there was to go out of prisoner order for this procedure, getting to him was inevitable; there was no reason to fight it. "You're here to get me for my projection, right?"
“That’s right. Is there anything you’d like to say beforehand? Any questions, or explanations about what you’ve done…”
"No need, you'll figure out the right verdict soon enough." His response was succinct and curt, seeing it all as an unnecessary addition to the forgone conclusion.
Sie barely has time to tell him to follow before Andrew is keeping pace beside them towards the projection room.
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Despite the promise (implication?) that the rest of you would be free to watch, Ei shoos you away so the chosen prisoner can be guided down the long hallway alone. Once they reach the courtroom, though, the wardens are too occupied having the prisoner sit in the lone chair properly to keep you away.
So a few of you make the trek yourselves, finding the hallway only marginally less lonely with your company. The walls still seem stifling, their silence somehow out of place.
But the courtroom is wide open, if barren, and there's not much to be uncomfortable about until the prisoner of the day is secured in place. A strange...—machine? Somehow enough of it remains in shadow to obscure any useful details—emerges from the wall to hover around the prisoner's head, then everything but you and the wardens is swallowed by utter darkness.
It only lasts a moment, though. Once the shadow subsides, you find yourself seemingly somewhere else...
