Chapter 83 - Win - Win Situation
Some of the bystanders that sat around us began to gasp, reaching out for their phones, to see if it was true if Ella could really telepathically communicate. As she ran toward us in the street, you could see a long, long line of people following her, most holding their cell phones, recording her as she tried to meet us. Mark! Jelly!, she thought to the both of us, estatic to see us. "Ella!", I shouted down the street as she grew closer and closer to us. "Look, there's something really insane happening right now!", my jelly boyfriend told her, pointing at the gigantic display.
She eventually made it to us, panting as she recollected her breath. I... I know..., she explained, All of us know what's happening to them, Mom has been telling us since about an hour ago... "Well, do you know that Remi's going to put them back into the lab?!", I asked, with frustration in my voice. People gave us some weird looks, as they saw me verbally speaking to her, yet she just kind of... stood there, looking at us. Yes... but we also know what he's really doing!, she explains, wearing a smile.
"That... certainly is an interesting proposition...", the Judge eventually muttered, holding up the papers. Osmos gulped down his supposed guilt, trying to look horrified for the jury. After studying the Jury, the Judge eventually made his decision. "Alright, I'm placing this court into recess, to allow the jury to make their decision.", he stammered. The jury stood up, walking into a door in the side of the room, that led to a quiet conference area. All three of the buns gulped, as well as the opposing scientists, hoping for the best.
My jelly boyfriend was staring up at the screen, crossing his fingers. "Come on... come on...", he whispered to himself. "Wait, so what is Remi actually doing then?", I asked Ella. Well... he's thinking of putting both Mom and Dad into a newly formed branch of scientific research. One that is ethical in practice, and gives them freedoms similar to us!, she replied. "Heheh, hey, pink thing!", a random drunk yelled in the crowd, "Do a magic trick!" Thankfully, one of the other bystanders punched the drunk in the face, knocking him out. "S-So it'll be a win-win situation, is what you're saying?", I asked. Ella looked up at the screen, thinking to me, God, I hope so...
Sweat began to form on everyone's face, as the suspense built higher and higher. Even the Judge was getting excited, as this was the first case he's ever had in his entire career. How would this affect me and Osy, Remi?, Adyna thought to her nephew. Well, he thought, you probably wouldn't be able to go out often... maybe once a year... but we'll provide entertainment, and we'll definitely make sure that you can socialize online! Adyna wore a thought-provoking look on her face. That doesn't seem doable at this point..., she thought, expressing doubt. I guess we won't find out until the jury comes back out..., Iremiya thought back.
Eventually, after 5 long, grueling minutes, the jury opens the door, with each of the members walking out. "P-Please...", my jelly boyfriend whispered under his breath. I went to his side, wrapping my arm around. "No matter what happens...", I began to say, before a couple people in the crowd around us finished the sentence, along with my jelly boyfriend. "We'll always be together!", they all said. I couldn't help but tear up, feeling a bit overwhelmed. All of these people wanted to be a part of our trouble. For just this moment, I felt one with everyone around me...
"Ahem..", one of the Jury members cleared his throat, causing all of us on the street to gasp. Even Ella gasped, this being one of the extremely rare occasions she actually did make a noise. "...After much careful thought towards both parties, the Jury finds the action of keeping the defendants under scientific examination to be considerably valid and otherwise reasonable, within some limits, obviously...", the jury member explained. I pumped my fist in the air, wearing a look of extreme joy. "YESS!", I yelled at the top of my lungs. Suddenly, the whole crowd began cheering for us, knowing that these random beings they only learned about this morning would be perfectly OK.
"However, exactly what those limits would be is unknown at this point in time. Until we receive further information from the scientific community about these two defendants, we suggest that they be placed in the local detentionary.", the jury member said, nodding his head to the judge. The judge turned back towards Iremiya and Adyna. "Let it be so. Bariffs, take them away.", he said, calling over the officers. As they were being walked out of the courthouse, Adyna looked back towards Iremiya. Th...Thank you..., she thought towards him, shedding a tear of happiness.
"THEY ARE SAFE! THEY ARE SAFE!", the crowd around me and my jelly boyfriend chanted, carrying us on their arms, with others dancing on the sidewalk. Ella was also cheering for her family, uncontrollably jumping for joy. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see a news camera capturing the footage, so they could share it the following day, further increasing our image in the public eye. I felt as if I was suddenly grabbed from the bottom of the barrel, and placed onto the top of the world. I didn't deserve this much positivity in my life, and yet, because of the one I loved, I had everyone fully supporting me and the ones I cared about. For the first time ever, I felt like I truly mattered.
This... this had to be a dream. There simply couldn't be another explanation to all of this.