Taking Responsibility.

[kingmakereffect]

And a while after that strange, dark floor is accessed, after you've had time to look things over and get some idea of what's happening...well. There won't be any sort of official announcement to tell you to get downstairs, nor will there be a personal invitation for you to do so. Instead, the doors at the end of the corridor (were they there before? You find that you don't remember. It doesn't matter anymore, though-) slide open, as they always do, and the elevator ride to the courtroom is probably the first familiar thing that's happened all day. It's smooth and quick, though it seems to take a bit longer than it usually does. And when the doors open at the end of the line, the courtroom looks different. The dark, weirdly cylindrical room is largely the same in and of itself, but the usual twenty-seven podium circle is gone; instead, there's a smaller setup in the center of the room - ten podiums total, and you'll likely find the way your spots have been distributed to be very familiar indeed. Of further notice is the balcony - there's a structure that wasn't there before in view of the courtroom, situated high above, barred-in by a railing that'd probably be at about waist-height on your average person; there's no one up there just yet, however. There are so few of you now. It seems that today there are no speeches to give; maybe the Kingmaker is absent, maybe he just doesn' have anything to say. Either way, however, the implication in the fact that you're here at all is clear. For one last time, make the guilty take responsibility.

Comments

[notjustawriter]

They can be. Not all of 'em.

Usually it means they have little empathy among other problems-- doesn't mean they kill for pleasure or anything, though in this case, it sounds like "Observant" did.

[captainobnoxious]

I was gonna say he looks rich, actually. I wonder who the hell he pissed off.

[penduli]

[ ...he hates to be the bearer of piss-poor statements but, yosuke, ]

She was sweet, but there's plenty of people with secrets. None of us could say if she did or didn't. [ How well can you say you really know someone? ]

[pokexplorer]

That I cannot say for certain. Each region's Pokedexes are different in design, and I am much more familiar with Unova's.

I do recall seeing something similar to this some years ago...but I am not sure if they are still in production or if a newer model has completely replaced it.

[amygdalae]

And even before that, this implies that we all knew each other to some degree before any of this even happened.

[penduli]

...yes it is, good job. [ ANYWAY— ]

She looks more like... one of those characters from that one kid's show. Barnby and Friends?

[ SORRY, ALPHYS, YOU'RE A BARNEY CHARACTER AND THAT'S SORT OF UNFORTUNATE? ]

[cherryblooded]

That's possible. Maybe their funding was cut.

[goodforsomething]

All the richest guys are basically conmen.

If he was a spy? Probably a lotta people.

[isafraid]

No. But he looks like the secret sort. I can tell.

[...Hmm.]

Do we know any of these bloke's names?

[trustharder]

[Nope.]

[cherryblooded]

Not necessarily - just that we met whoever's running this.

[garudynamic]

[He's so smart]

Oh, like a mascot? Yeah, I guess she does.

[notjustawriter]

....It does, don't it?

[goodforsomething]

Sure, it's yours!

[Stan tosses the figure across the circle.]

[cherryblooded]

It's not ringing.

[There go his hopes for the Kingmaker having an embarrassing ringtone.]

[captainobnoxious]

Oh, I see.

[...]

Kinda sounds like our asshole now, actually. Guy couldn't be the bearer of bad news if his life depended on it. Though he told me once he'd never had to do it before. I'd say our KM's got more of a problem with reality himself with how high and mighty he acted.

[goodforsomething]

If we were tryin' to do somethin' together, the memory-wipin' drugs were a pretty awful plan.

[captainobnoxious]

[Oh hell yes, she gets a cute figma of a catgirl, her day's improved. Minorly.]

[notjustawriter]

It was probably a stupid idea, judging by this situation. I don't know what the hell I was thinkin'.

[penduli]

[ ...a shrug. ]

Neither can I. [ And he's obviously been busting his ass trying to get info for them this week, so. ] I have an idea or two, but... they're probably wrong.

[captainobnoxious]

[...]

Can it text?

[amygdalae]

In the basest terms, a sociopath is somebody who has little to no regard to society's ethics and morals; he functions essentially on his own beliefs, which more often than not are incredibly skewered and usually seen as invasive or even immoral by others, and they don't feel any remorse or guilt in any of their actions.

[sleepingkogoro]

It wouldn't hurt to say them. Who knows, maybe you are onto something and you haven't realized it.

[notjustawriter]

An idea's still an idea, innit?

[captainobnoxious]

Well, let's hear it anyway. Haven't got a clue myself.