Baaaaaad tech week

[despairection]

[That trial couldn't have gone better, right up until the end, when that horse's rear end keeled over right in front of the finish line. Knowing ahead of time that there wouldn't be an execution was one thing. Having the culprit literally drop dead seconds before he finalized the vote was another thing entirely, and one that the AI wasn't programmed to deal with at all.

When the trial room is completely empty, the conscious Monobear angrily jumps back into his seat, his body powering down and AI reentering the mainframe, leaving the body of the priest for the cleanup Monobears to deal with.

He's still fuming, so he hides in the back corners of the programming, knowing full well that Papa Bear was going to want a few words with him after that tantrum.]

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[holocast]

[He actually flinches at that; goddamn it.]

...That wasn't fair of me. I'm sorry, mon petit, you're doing fine; you haven't done anything wrong, and I'm not angry with you. I'm more angry with myself than anything.

As for the question...look at it this way. The Future Foundation knows what we've done, we've ensured that. They know how weak their attempt was, they know that even their ranks can be turned against each other. They're going to be feeling the despair over this and what we've already accomplished for a long time, and they're going to have to live with the knowledge that Kalos fell because of their negligence in allowing the last killing game to happen to begin with.

No matter what happens from here, we've won.

And we may still yet win in a broader sense; I wouldn't be a terribly good mastermind if I had no backup plans whatsoever. And if those fall through...well, I wouldn't be a very good master in general if I didn't provide for those who serve me. You'll be taken care of, no matter what happens. Promise.

Do you want to play with Hope for a while? You can't do anything to innocent students, but last I checked, she wasn't enrolled.

Besides, she's been quite an inconvenience to me for weeks now.

[..."play with."]

[despairection]

[The explanation is soothing. As is the fact that even with how badly he messed up with his tantrum, even without an execution, right now the rest of the surviving students are still feeling the despair of suddenly having three less among them than they did before.]

I shouldn't have doubted you, Papa. You know what you're doing, I just execute commands.

[He considers the offer, before his eye glints mischievously.]

Sure, I'll go pay my darling niece a visit. It's been a while, maybe I'll even take her a carrot.

Will you play with me later too?

[holocast]

Of course; anytime you like.

[despairection]

After I'm done playing with Hope, then!