I Try

"I Try" is the 17th episode of Wiksteria Lane.
==Summary==
Young Jdg98 is placed behind bars as he waits to be tried as an adult on the false charges of sexual harassment brought on by the scheming Americana. Meanwhile, Villain fan's guilt over his past misdeeds starts to weigh heavily on him, and Lady Junky confronts her father over the discovery she made amongst his belongings.
==Plot==
Jdg98 is taken for a perp walk by Renaboss, the newly-elected Chat Moderator, following the accusations of sexual harassment brought on by Americana. As he is taken, handcuffed and crying, into the back of the police vehicle, the residents of Wiksteria Lane, including Americana, Lynettefan2626, Lady Junky, Dr. Sonya, MaryPierceLopez, I luv pll and Villain fan look on, and Jdg can see the surprise and judgment in some of their faces as the car drives off to the local police department.
Some time later, Jdg98 has been placed behind bars in the Chat Mod's office, and his friend Renaboss tells him he will be tried as an adult, due to the fact that he is an emancipated minor with previous template ownership, instilled on him as personal favors by the community's president. Jdg says it's wrong for him to be tried as an adult when he is just 14, but Rena reminds him that wiki rules differ from those of the outside world. He also states that even though he knows Jdg didn't do anything, Americana's evidence is pretty solid, considering that the e-mails came from his account, and there are no signs of a break-in and of hacking. Jdg tells Rena Lynette must have some sort of master key, but his friend responds that there is no way they can prove that. "I'm sorry, Jdg...", he says, to the kid's despair, "It's looking bad..."
Villain fan is sitting in his PM room, looking at a framed picture of him with his young daughter Mary, taken in Spain. He sighs.
Flashback - Vf enters a bar in Spain and orders a drink. He asks the bartender to help him find a certain address he has written down, and the bartender gives him directions. MaryPierceLopez notices the attractive middle-aged man sitting at the counter and sits down next to him, asking, in perfect English, if he'd be interested in buying her a drink. Vf is amused and obliges. They start chit-chatting.
Some time later, Villain fan is ramming Mary against the wall of his motel room, and he starts kissing her neck passionately, as she moans with pleasure. They make out for a while and he then throws her onto the bed and they both start undressing themselves. It isn't long before they are having sex. He whispers in her ear, "Oh, Tina... you are so fucking hot."
Flashback sequence ends. In the present, Villain fan starts quivering and accidentally drops the framed picture to the floor, and the glass is shattered. He lowly says, "I... am a fucking monster."
Lynettefan2626 shows up at the moderation hall and asks to have a private chat with Renaboss, and the latter reluctantly gives him the obsequium. Rena asks what's up, and Lynette simply tells him that he is somewhat proud of him. "I have to say I'm surprised, I understand how hard it must be for you to watch your best friend get placed behind bars. Heck, to place him behind bars yourself. But you did it anyway, because you understood it was what needed to be done. That's very noble and respectable. Kudos." Rena says he knows he's mocking him somehow, and he also knows Americana is lying and she somehow sent herself those e-mails. Lynette wonders why he thinks she'd do that, and Rena says, "Oh, I don't know, I mean, why would she make it so that I believed I had terminal cancer?" Lynette says he heard about that, and that he is sorry for his friend's behavior. "Oh, please," Rena says, "Don't play coy with me, you passive-agressive sociopath. You two are playing this... sick game with us, and I am getting tired of it." Lynette puts on his evil smirk and says, "And just what are you going to do about it? You're a law-abiding Chat Moderator. You have to play by the book. And I... I write the damn book." Lynette starts leaving, but then turns back to him and adds, "Let's just try and get this... little case over and done with. So you can go on to fulfill your Moderator duties in other cases. I understand several bombs have been stolen from the Community Hall, for some time now. Maybe you could help out with the ongoing investigation." Rena says, "Why do I have a feeling you stole those bombs yourself?" Lynette smiles again and says, "Oh, please... you know me. I don't like to make a mess of things." He leaves.
Jdg98 is sitting in his cell, quietly crying.
Flashback - JMsapphireZ is lying on his bed, coughing a lot. He suddenly starts coughing up blood. Jdg notices this and rushes over, looking preoccupied, and offers assistance by wiping off the blood with a paper tissue. He asks his uncle if he is feeling particularly bad that day, and suggests that they go to the hospital. "No," Sapphire says, "There's no point to that, my son. I won't be alive for much longer now, and I certainly don't wish to waste away in some lowsy hospital bedroom. I haven't lived here for long, I know, this street is new... but it's the best place I ever dared to call home and it's all I got as it is." Jdg says, "You still have me, uncle, and I could keep you company at the hospital. It'd be such a relief for me, knowing you'd be taken good care of." Sapphire tells him not to worry too much about his dying uncle, and instead to worry about what he is going to do once he perishes. "We still haven't put our affairs in order," says Sapphire. "Don't worry," his young nephew tells him, "I've spoken to DoctorStrange. He's gonna help me out, by letting me stay on this street for some time after... after..." Sapphire finishes the sentence: "After I croak." Jdg nods affirmatively. Sapphire comments that that's nice of their president. "Almost too nice," says Jdg, "I certainly don't deserve it." Sapphire asks what he means by that, to which the young man replies, "I mean... let's face it, I haven't exactly been the model kid. For some reason my father hated me." Sapphire tells him his father is a beast. Jdg says he knows that, but the very fact that he ran from the cops, even though he's innocent, also doesn't speak highly of his character. Sapphire says, "Look, boy... I know you. I know what a great young man you are, and what a great grown man you'll become. You're a good person, who never did anything wrong, and who despite the troubled life he had, is still here, positively willing to do anything to help his dying uncle. Don't let anyone ever fool you into thinking you're not a good person. You know better than that." Jdg smiles. Sapphire starts coughing up blood again, and the kid is worried sick.
Back in the present, Jdg wipes off the tears from his face, looking more confident now, and he is surprised by the sight of a visitor entering the moderation hall: MaryPierceLopez, wearing a rather modest outfit, unlike the skimpier ones she usually wears. Mary approaches his cell and grabs the bars with her hands, and asks him how he is doing. He says it's tough and that he's trying to be strong about this whole mess. He then asks her why she's there, and Mary says she feels bad for him, because she knows he didn't do anything. "I mean... you were so... like, innocent when we did it. I had to teach you everything. There's no way you harassed that nutjob bitch." Jdg smiles and says he's glad he has someone other than Renaboss believing him. Mary says she has to go, Rena only allowed her to stay for like a minute, because Lynette insisted he was to have no visitors. She says, with an earnest smile, "I totes liked sex with you. It was cute." Jdg smiles subtly, and she leaves.
Mary gets home to find her father picking up the shattered pieces of glass from the framed picture he broke. She is disheartened to learn that their best photograph has a ruined frame now, but Vf tells her it was an accident and that he'll buy a new, prettier one. Mary brushes this off and heads upstairs to her room.
Flashback - Villain makes it to the address he has written down, per the instructions of the bartender, and knocks on the door. Mary opens it, and they are both surprised to see each other. Mary asks him if he is stalking her, saying she only saw him as one-time thing, and Villain fan says, rather awkwardly, "No, no, I... I was only... I'm looking for my daughter. I... I just found out that the young lady living in this house is my 17-year-old daughter and... her name is Mary, MaryPierceLopez, are you a friend of hers?" Mary is silent for a while, open-mouthed. She then tells him, "I... I am MaryPierceLopez."
In the present, Mary comes downstairs to find her father staring at the photograph. She asks him what he is thinking about, and Villain says he's been thinking about their relationship and the things they do, and he thinks it's disgusting, he's disgusting, they both are. Mary tells him not to be so hard on himself. "Look, papa... the fact is, we did it. You and I had sex before we knew you were my father. And, well... since it had already happened, what's the difference in it happening or not again? We might as well have some fun every now and then." Mary leaves him and Vf just looks appalled.
Americana is seen in Lynettefan's office again, having a drink with him. They are discussing the current situation they have placed Jdg in, and Lynette says Americana's plan is just brilliant: they get him arrested on false charges of sexual harassment, placed behind bars for a few years, and then when the time comes for him to be released, they bring up the charges against him and the warrant for his capture due to the fire he allegedly started in his parents' house, so that when he thinks that it's finally over, the worst is yet to come. Amy says, "Ah... sometimes it is just so fucking good to be evil." Lynette smiles, and they make a toast to that. They drink up, and Amy asks her partner in crime if he's done some more thinking about her wishes to become his secretary, and Lynette looks awkward. "Look, Americana, I really wished you would have dropped this subject by now, because, it sort of becomes awkward for me. I mean, I've made it pretty clear to you before, I don't trust you enough to put you in that much of a position of power around me." Amy is slightly offended. I luv pll shows up and tells her boss that Miss Lopez is there to see him. Lynette tells his maid to send her in. "And on that note...", he says, as Mary walks into the room, and adds, "I'd like you to meet my newest secretary, MaryPierceLopez." Americana is surprised. "What?" she asks. "Yes," Lynette says, "I figured it was nothing short of honorable to keep this all in the family. She will soon become my sister-in-law, after all. It's nice to do things for our own." Amy points out that "She isn't even legal!", to which Lynette responds "I understand that she's still a minor. Therefore, I shall call her an intern, and provide her with off-the-record payments for her services. As though it's an allowance I give her. Nothing more." Americana, irritated, throws her glass at the floor and it breaks, and the drink is spilled. She leaves, and Lynette is disappointed in her. He calls Pll and asks her to clean the mess up, and the indignated maid says, "Ay, una polla que joda esta mierda..."
Jdg98 is sitting beside his defense attorney, and Renaboss and MaryPierceLopez sit behind him. Mary quietly thanks Rena for bringing her in with him. Jdg turns to them, looking somewhat frustrated, as though he's seeking some comfort. Rena asks how he's doing, and Jdg says he's about to fall apart. "And it just had to be today... that Lynette is one sick bastard." Rena asks what he means, and he says, "It's my birthday."
This said, Lynettefan2626 enters the courtroom, coming from the chamber, dressed in a judge's outfit. Renaboss is shocked and appalled to see him. He sits down on the judge's bench and opens the session. He then explains to the surprised audience that a new motion has been passed over at the Community Central stating that the presidential bureaucrats of each community are welcome to take the law into their own hands by serving as judges in whichever cases they choose to preside over, and Lynette has taken a particular interest in this special case. Jdg gulps.
Villain fan comes home from the store to find his eldest daughter, Lady Junky, waiting for him in his living room. He is surprised to see her there, and asks where her sister Mary is, to which Lady replies that Mary went to the courthouse to witness Jdg's trial. He then asks her why she's there, and Lady pulls out the jar containing what seems to be a human child's heart. Vf is horrified to see her with the jar. Lady asks him what it is, and Vf is silent for a while. She asks him if it belonged to a kid, and he quietly nods affirmatively. She gasps with horror and quickly gets up from the couch, dropping the jar in the process, and it lands on the couch's pillow. Vf rushes to it instinctively, and is relieved to see it hasn't broken. He tells her to be more careful, and Lady asks him what he is doing with that. Vf tells her to sit down by his side so he can tell her the story. Lady obliges, albeit reluctantly, and he first tells her: "Lady... I have... another daughter." Lady is surprised and confused. "You mean... just not me and Mary?" "Yes," he goes on to say, "I have a younger girl... Cat. She is... the result of one of my one-night stands from when I took a trip around the world a few years ago." Lady is somewhat disgusted at her father, and asks him how old she is. Vf tells her she's 8 years old. He then goes on to explain that he found out about her when the girl's mother told him Cat needed a heart transplant at age 3, due to a rare disease. She was finally given the heart of a young child who died in a car crash, and luckily her body did not reject it. He then asked the doctors to let him keep the young girl's heart as a keepsake. Lady asks him why he'd do that, and Vf says it's because he couldn't bear the idea of a part of that beautiful, angelical girl becoming medical waste. Lady says, "This... is all just... so crazy, and... surprising. I had any idea, I..." Vf says he understands this is a lot to take in. Lady asks him why he failed to mention Cat to him, and Vf says it's because he already had to bring Mary with him, and the surprise of having one sister would be overwhelming enough for Lady, let alone the surprise of even more siblings. Lady says, "It just... God, papa... it seems like you're... always have kids, everywhere." Vf says, "I know, honey..." Lady then says, "Well? Are there any more... brothers, sisters I should know about?" Vf is quiet.
Renaboss is seen looking rather anxious among the trial's audience. Lynette comes out from his chamber with a verdict, and announces to everyone in attendance that Jdg has been sentenced to three years in prison due to lewd behavior and sexual harassment. Jdg starts crying out, and Rena is frustrated. Mary looks saddened. "However...", Lynette says, "Because I have some sympathy for poor young Mr. Jdg98, I will bend the rules, just this once, and I am sure no one in this lovely community will side against me on that. We can't overlook the fact that the defendant is just a child. He might be tried as an adult due to the circumstances at stake, but I have decided against sending him to an adult facility. He can't be sent to juvie either, due to having indeed been tried as an adult, so I'll allow him to simply stay where he's been staying lately, in the prison cell at the Chat Moderator's office. This way, Mr. Jdg98 will have the constant company of his friend and roommate, and he will be granted some more liberties, to use the facilities, etc. Case dismissed." Judge Lynette bangs his gavel and walks back into his chamber. The majority of the audience is in awe at how benign and understanding their president is. Renaboss, meanwhile, is filled with near-murderous rage.
Some time later, Jdg is back in his cell at the Moderation Station. Renaboss closes the sliding door and locks it, and Jdg grabs the bars, tearing up. Rena says, "Again... I am so, so sorry." Jdg says he can't believe he'll only be out in three years. Rena says, "I swear, I will do everything I can do to get you out." Jdg, looking and sounding hopeless for the first time, says, "There's no point... he's always gonna win. Always." Rena fights back the tears as well. He says, "I... I'm gonna have to meet with the Mods from other wikis. Discuss the missing bombs and stuff. I... I will be here at 8 to let you use the bathroom and... I'll bring you some dinner." Jdg nods positively. Rena starts leaving, and then turns back to his friend and says, "Happy birthday...", and then leaves the station for good, locking the door behind him. Inside, in his jail cell, Jdg starts crying out loud in agony.
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