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

[cherryblooded]

They were, slash are, friends from their home. It's a reasonable guess.

[kingmakereffect]

...I suppose it's slightly less stupid than some of the questions I've gotten, Dedicated.

[cherryblooded]

...Actually, that brings me to another question.

Why aren't you calling him Bombastic right now?

[kingmakereffect]

[...uh.]

You all call him that. All the time. I've heard it so much obviously I was going to pick it up!

[cherryblooded]

We all call each other by our names, yet you've just been dropping title after title in the past five minutes. Mettaton's the only one I've heard you call by name.

Try lying a little better, Pretentious.

[kingmakereffect]

So what? I'm allowed to call him whatever I want.

[captainobnoxious]

Your age is showing.

[Just pointing it out. Peanut gallery, though she's curious too.]

[goodforsomething]

What're you, twelve?

[captainobnoxious]

I've talked to him enough to know what it means, that's all!

Mostly when he gets comfortable with someone, as often as you'd think that is, or when he's flustered by something.

[Whether it's put on the spot or upset-flustered.]

[cherryblooded]

You're allowed, certainly. You're allowed to call us by our names as well. The important thing here is that you don't.

It's not because he's a kill switch. You have moles and ex-moles you refer to by title. So what is it that separates him from us...?

[kingmakereffect]

Do you really think I'm going to tell you that? Figure it out on your own!

[amygdalae]

...you knew him before.

[There's no other reason why, right?]

[cherryblooded]

Alright then. Let me give you a theory.

You know each other because you're from the same world. That's why Alphys is important as well - obviously you'd be a little more invested in people from your world than all these strangers.

[penduli]

[ ... ]

We call each other by our names all the time—normal people don't bother with titles. Shouldn't you be picking that up for the rest of us too?

[kingmakereffect]

[apparently not?]

[amygdalae]

...we all call each other with our own names all the time too.

[kingmakereffect]

[well]

[goodforsomething]

Wow. You're a terrible liar for a guy who runs a murder show.

[kingmakereffect]

[SHUT UP STAN]

[goodforsomething]

[LITERALLY NEVER]

[isafraid]

..... Best try a little better then that, Kingmaker.

[kingmakereffect]

[everyone's a critic]

[notjustawriter]

That's.... not the best excuse you could've come up with.

[kingmakereffect]

[hush]

[goodforsomething]

Thank you.