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

[garudynamic]

Maybe she already had a name? I mean, there might be a base person she was patterned after. Someone in these files?

[notjustawriter]

"Glory" sounds a lot like "Vainglorious", don't it?

[isafraid]

You think that'd be her then?

[He seems a bit doubtful.]

[notjustawriter]

The person she's modeled after, maybe.

She's an AI, remember.

[garudynamic]

I actually met an AI once... well, two of them. They were based off a person then grew into a whole new person over time, apparently.

It's not unheard of- if she's supposed to pass as a human then it'd be the easiest way to do it.

[isafraid]

Maybe. If she is modeled after someone, then it'd be easy for the Kingmaker to draw comparison between them wouldn't it?

[garudynamic]

She said she's had 'many names' right? Might be.

[sleepingkogoro]

Spirited is the one who looks most similar to the Glory I saw as a hologram, but the clothes were different and she wasn't exactly the same person in this photo.

I don't think it is likely Glory took the appearance of one of those people.

[Speedwagon may have a different opinion, though. He's the only other person who ever saw Glory]

[captainobnoxious]

Oh.

[...]

Well, worth a shot.

[isafraid]

[Nods!]

The detective's right. Spirited's about the only one that matches her look.... maybe she made her own appearance?

[sleepingkogoro]

It could be a mix between more than one person. If Glory is a blend of memories, then maybe her appearance would follow that possibility too.

[isafraid]

Well, we both saw what she looked like: nothing more complicated then some black clothing!

[amygdalae]

It could also be an amalgamation of many different people's looks.

[...sort of thinking of Vision here.]

[isafraid]

.... An amalga...?

[I'm so sorry, Bruce.]

[amygdalae]

[...sorry, Speedwagon.]

Its just as detective Mouri said - a mixture of many different people.

[isafraid]

...Ah. R-right then.

[Whoops. Moving on.]

[amygdalae]

[We're all cool here, Speedwagon, don't worry...]

[notjustawriter]

Sounds possible.

A mix of many different people, all from memories of the past Kingmakers.

[amygdalae]

[A nod.]

And we've been told that Glory wasn't something new to this particular round, so she's clearly been around for a while.

[As different names and such, he supposes, since that was a thing too.]

[captainobnoxious]

Maybe. I wonder who. Not that I know what she looks like, but if she was made to be like someone, then maybe she looks like them too?

[... She left shortly before she could see what Glory looked like, so that's all Mouri and Speedwagon.]