trusthell | Taking Responsibility.

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.

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...probably just for this dramatic reveal, honestly.

He IS pretentious, remember?

That depends, what's pretentious mean?

Uh... like trying to look or sound more important then you really are? I bet Black knows the actual definition.

He would, he's a nerd like that.

[ THIS IS RUDE

BUT NOT WRONG, ACTUALLY ]

It's people who act all fancy to show they're better than you.

Not my kind of crowd, then. Sheesh.

[sigh] Those sorts are just the worst.

Edited 2016-04-29 19:11 (UTC)

[ ...uh. ]

Something like—giving something more importance or effect than it actually has in order to try and impress someone. Someone who's pretentious uses big words or has a high-and-mighty attitude to make themselves seem more important or smarter than they actually are.

Like Yosuke when he tries to talk about raptors.