Take...Responsibility?

[kingmakereffect]

Unlike previous weeks in the Vault, there was no specifically allotted time for investigation; for the first time, this weekend the elevator doors remain closed at the end of the first floor corridor. There's no getting down into the courtroom from here – but then, you don't need to. After all, no one is dead. Just the same, however, a crime has been committed; perhaps not one that warrants any sort of death penalty, but one of your number was attacked by someone else still walking among you. The dining hall has been chosen as the allotted meeting place for the day; it's not the same as the trial circle by a long shot, but even so, the portraits of the deceased watch the proceedings from the far wall. Ten Survivors still remain. Let's see who wanted to lower that number by one – or nine.

Comments

[captainobnoxious]

I'd be able to do that better if I wasn't hungry. I mean, we can't help it when we're down there, so I wanna get it done as soon as possible... but with the kitchen so close, isn't it just a waste not to go and fix something for ourselves first?

[cherryblooded]

I can grab you something from the fridge if you promise not to find the culprit in the next minute or so.

[There are sandwiches and everything, it'll take about that long.]

[amygdalae]

We probably should plan for a break.

[Even Bruce doesn't want to sit here and discuss 'whodunnit' for hours after doing it for all these past few weeks.]

[cherryblooded]

Lunch break it is. How long from now?

[amygdalae]

Let's pause around one or two at the latest - Or whenever a break seems necessary, I suppose.

[AKA if people start getting heated up and randomly accusing people.]

[cherryblooded]

Understood.

[Yeah, lunch might be helpful to cool someone down.]

[captainobnoxious]

Let's bring out something for everyone! No harm in talking it out over some food. I'll help out.

[C'mon Cherryblod let's get everyone some grub.]

[cherryblooded]

If it's for everyone, Bruce has the right idea about having a break in the middle.

[Maybe not yet.]

[captainobnoxious]

[Sigrun hesitates for a moment, then settles back down.]

I can wait then.

[cherryblooded]

Sorry, dear. I'll make you something extra nice.

[notjustawriter]

A lunch break sounds great, actually.

[cherryblooded]

Is it time for lunch yet? I always lose track on Fridays.

[notjustawriter]

It could be an early lunch, couldn't it? If it's past eleven, it counts.

[Totally counts. But with Gabriel's luck and his whole... everything, it could be much earlier.]

[cherryblooded]

Considering the circumstances, I think your vote should count extra today.

[isafraid]

[kinda looks at her.]

You want breakfast in the middle of an attempted-murder investigation?

[captainobnoxious]

The kitchen's right there.

[So, yes.]

[isafraid]

Well... it is a far bit closer then during the normal trials. If this goes on for that long we could always have a break for lunch.

[...]

Makes you wonder why no one ever brought food into the trial room.

[captainobnoxious]

Kinda wish I had, just to see if I could annoy that bastard. Oh well. Lost chances, hopefully we won't have to ever go back.

[isafraid]

We can only hope. I'd rather not see anyone else dead by the end of this day.