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]

... Still doesn't help too much in figuring out who did it, though. Anyone can strangle someone and then just... not do anything, if they're scared.

[She sits back in her seat, humming gently.]

There's no penalty for not being able to solve this, is there. None of us would die if we got it wrong. Sounds like a relaxing time, honestly.

[amygdalae]

[Sigurn you are being very strange right now.]

There's no penalty, yes, but I think all of us should probably know what exactly happened last night - or at least, Gabriel should. His life was the one at risk, after all.

[And you know, talk about it. Like rational people who don't fucking kill each other.]

[captainobnoxious]

[What-- no, not strange at all. It's just the different setting, surely.]

... Yeah, guess so. Doesn't matter much to me though -- no offense to you, bookworm, love you like I do anyone else here, but if no one's dead no one's dead. This is just cutting into food time for me.

[cherryblooded]

[No this is really, really weird.]

A leader should make people take appropriate responsibility for their actions without killing them. I'd have thought this would be right up your alley.

...You're not covering for someone, are you?

[captainobnoxious]

I just don't see a point to the whole song and dance.

[cherryblooded]

...Okay, but I'm now a hundred percent more suspicious of someone and it's not you.

[captainobnoxious]

You oughta be suspicious of someone, if you're really wanting some answers. I have as much an idea as you do about who could've done it.

[cherryblooded]

Of course you do.

Where did you go investigate?

[captainobnoxious]

... Storage room. Figured there might be some rope gone if they tried to strangle him, but no dice, obviously.

[She's not looking at Cherryblod though.]

[goodforsomething]

They did try to off Gabe. We should do something about that.

[captainobnoxious]

Try is the key word. Didn't work out in his favor, and it'd ruin our team dynamic! Think of this thing as a whole!

[goodforsomething]

Havin' a mystery attempted-killer around can't be great for that either.

[captainobnoxious]

[This is a losing battle and Sigrun knows it.

So she'll wave it off. Do what you want.]

[notjustawriter]

The least we can do is figure out who tried to kill me.

[goodforsomething]

See? He oughta get the main vote, it's his neck!

[amygdalae]

[NOD OF AGREEMENT.]

Gabriel is the one affected by this the most. He deserves at least this much.

[penduli]

They might not chicken out next time, Miss Sigrun, if we even have a next time. That's why it's important to find out who tried this time.

[amygdalae]

[He may be starting to give you A Look here, Sigrun.

Just maybe.]

And just let the culprit go this time? What happens if he tries this again and actually succeeds?

[captainobnoxious]

He won't.

[That's with certainty.]

I mean, if he couldn't do it the first time, then why the hell would he try again, especially with people on a higher alert? That's stupid.

[amygdalae]

Because we're supposed to trust each other, Captain Eide.

[Very, very pointedly now.

He doesn't know if its because of your ex-relationship with Mettaton but you're sure giving off some bad pings now, Sigrun.]

I don't know about you, but I personally don't want to keep up with this song and dance every Thursday. Wondering who's going to die next, who we have to send to their deaths again, how many more people we have to lose. I would feel better knowing and trusting that everyone else here isn't going to do this again. The fact that somebody was trying it in the first place is enough to break that trust. We need to address that before it becomes a real issue.

[captainobnoxious]

[Sigrun stares him down for a moment before glancing away, slumping back into her seat.]

Even if we find out who did it, that doesn't stop him from having the idea to do it again, you know. Whether it goes through or not.

[sleepingkogoro]

...him?

[?]

[captainobnoxious]

Honey, I don't know if you've noticed, but we're lacking in girls lately.

[amygdalae]

And that's why we're doing this. To talk this out.

[Like sane, normal, rational people.]

I would understand if what happened on Tuesday freaked whoever out enough to try something. I don't want to do anything to the culprit myself, but I at least thing Gabriel deserves an explanation.

[captainobnoxious]

Let 'em talk it out themselves then. Not everything's better with an audience.