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The Wordsmith ([personal profile] wordsmithery) wrote in [community profile] trusthell2017-01-28 12:01 pm

Take Responsibility.

There's a door at the juncture of the building, to the south of Room 10 and to the west of Room 16; it blends well with the wall, and it's difficult to notice unless you're staring directly at it. Either way, however, it's just appeared to be dead space – after all, were it something vitally important, surely it would have been unlocked before now, wouldn't it? The Wordsmith has promised to provide for you all.

That door is open now.

It's hard to say when it opened; it simply...seems to have, without anyone visible unlocking it. But the fact of the matter is that it's open, and the room beyond seems to be a holding area – somewhere to wait while the elevator beyond the threshold arrives.

Its doors opened without it being called; it seems it was sent from elsewhere, given that there are no call buttons anywhere to be seen. The doors slide open, revealing enough space for all of you; it won't be terribly comfortable, but it'll be safe – the ride itself is fast and smooth, without any alarming shaking or noise that implies you should probably be concerned about the contraption.

It's noticeable, though, that the elevator is bringing you upward.

The door opens into what seems to have been, appropriately enough for a university, a grand lecture hall – it's all polished wood and no windows, with several rows and aisles of seats to be occupied by students set behind long tables for note-taking and doing assignments. Each individual area is outfitted with vaguely outdated-looking lamps designed to make it a little easier to see exactly what one is writing. The front of the room, though, has been cleared out and remodeled, in a big way, and that's where the aisles lead you, clearly where you're supposed to go - in the center of the room is a circle of podiums, thirty in total, arranged so that everyone standing at them can see each other. So everyone can look each other in the eyes, if they so choose. The podiums are interlocked - there's no cutting across the center of the circle, and for good reason, it looks like there's a lot of nothing down there where the floor should be - and each is bearing the title of the person who's assigned to stand at it. No names, just adjectives, emblazoned across two brass panels on the very top and the front of each podium.

(They're all the same height, but the smaller among you will find that there are a couple of steps behind your podium, leading up to a raised platform for you to stand on so you can see over it. It's a little more dignified, at least, than needing someone to fetch a box.)

All of the podiums are identical, outside of the abovementioned physical accommodations, except for the one intended for Adelina. The podium that should bear Securing's title has had a black cloth draped over it, and a copy of Adelina's profile photo is sitting on top of it, framed and colorless, an image in greyscale.

To the north of the podium circle, behind where everyone is standing, is the lectern – a tall podium raised several feet off the ground, presumably where the professor delivering the lessons for the day would stand such that they could be seen and heard by everyone in the room. For the time being, however, that particular podium is empty.

That doesn't mean you won't be addressed, however; once you've all found your places, the Wordsmith's voice can be heard above any ambient noise that may be present.

'In accordance with Rule Seven, the party responsible for the death of Securing must avoid detection in order to end the exercise here at the university. Which means, naturally, that you will all be given a fair chance to foil that attempt. That is why you are all here today.

To the innocent: seek justice for your fallen Apprentice. To the guilty: be prepared to take responsibility for your actions, should they succeed.'
introspects: (pic#9099078)

GENERAL SHOE CHECK

[personal profile] introspects 2017-01-28 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ OKAY SO.

AFTER THE STARTLING REVELATION THAT the boot footprints actually might have belonged to Adelina herself, Orihime's gonna do yet another foot check. please cooperate kimbley--or nah ]


Everyone! Adelina-san was wearing boots when Ziegler-san checked her body, and they were covered in the red stuff, so...the bootprints I found probably belonged to her. That means that we need to do another shoe check for everyone else, too! The other footprint also seemed to have been made by a pair of shoes, not bare feet, so the culprit was wearing their shoes at the time!

If you could please hand over your shoes so I can check the soles and look at your shoe size as well!
introspects: (49-2)

[personal profile] introspects 2017-01-28 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Orihime's shoes are clean, and as for her shoe size, well, Bleach doesn't really say so??? We're gonna go with a medium? ]
ravagers: (gospelle (3))

[personal profile] ravagers 2017-01-28 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Vanille's soles are clean! She also wears, like, a size seven... so, small. ]
Edited 2017-01-28 19:26 (UTC)
certaingiant: (SPRITE //)

[personal profile] certaingiant 2017-01-28 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[Christo's shoes are clean! And they're probably roughly medium-sized.]
matchbreaker: (Wow cool...)

[personal profile] matchbreaker 2017-01-28 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ELDA DOESN'T HAVE SHOES.

FUCK YOUR SHOES ]
foundfate: (woe is me)

[personal profile] foundfate 2017-01-28 07:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[STILL BAREFOOT

His feet are probably not the right size anyway.
]
deofoled: (♨ Taste)

[personal profile] deofoled 2017-01-28 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ At some point after mostly everyone else had offered their shoes, Christo probably persuaded Killia to offer his (it helps that he's eating now anyway). They're clean and medium sized.]
tsugomori: (☾ jiji)

[personal profile] tsugomori 2017-01-28 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Do these count?

[ He's wearing geta (which are like sandals).

Well just in case they do anyway, he's around a medium size and they're clean! ]
elepe: (NEUTRAL ❇ This is on company time)

[personal profile] elepe 2017-01-28 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
I do not believe that my shoes could have made such a mark, but just in case...

[Lusamine's heels are clean, and the shoes themselves are about of medium size.

...She also feels really short now, those things add an extra couple inches of imposing height, this is weird.]
Edited 2017-01-28 19:30 (UTC)
byday: (pic#10979953)

[personal profile] byday 2017-01-28 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bruce's dress shoes are clean, slightly bigger than average.]
avoidcomplications: (built-in remedy for kruschev and kennedy)

[personal profile] avoidcomplications 2017-01-28 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[they are both clean and suitably, average-size.]
officerwilde: (Frog goes "croak")

[personal profile] officerwilde 2017-01-28 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[and here is where nick would give orihime his shoes.........



IF HE HAD SOME]
feistytrader: (hi your window was open I swear)

[personal profile] feistytrader 2017-01-28 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Silver has average teenage boy feet. Idk man, I don't know dude shoe sizes. They are clean, though!]
Edited 2017-01-28 19:34 (UTC)
oyashiromama: (i feel it break my skin)

[personal profile] oyashiromama 2017-01-28 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[What the fuck size are Hanyuu's feet you know, we're going to say smallish for argument's sake, she's pretty short- but they are also clean.]
modernmedicine: (Default)

[personal profile] modernmedicine 2017-01-28 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mercy's shoes are clean, and they're a US size 8 - so average.]
chessturner: (1)

[personal profile] chessturner 2017-01-28 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Here you go.

[Kyrie winces, taking off her shoes, and slowly goes to Orihime so she can check them.

There are no stains on the shoes at all, and her shoes are medium-sized]
Edited 2017-01-28 19:35 (UTC)
plentyfriendly: (phi$_)

[personal profile] plentyfriendly 2017-01-28 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Still clean. Still pretty small.]
iaspis: (✧ nothing to lose)

[personal profile] iaspis 2017-01-28 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jasper's boots are melded to her body so they don't come off. But she'll let Orihime inspect the soles of her feet.

They're clean. And huge.]
plegia: (DONE ♛)

[personal profile] plegia 2017-01-28 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not taking my boots off.

[THEY'RE A HASSLE TO GET OFF, THEY GO UP TO HIS KNEES. But you're welcome to check the soles, they're clean and his shoe size is large.]
officerhops: (Default)

[personal profile] officerhops 2017-01-28 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[AGAIN NO SHOES...just paws.]
stepout: (08. step sequence)

[personal profile] stepout 2017-01-28 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...but she loses like three very important inches if she gives those up. She doesn't mind it that much but really—

Also, something that's occurred to her: ]
They went to the laundry room anyway, didn't they? Wouldn't they have just cleaned off their shoes?

[ So checking cleanliness probably isn't really that helpful. ]
oyashiromama: (i feel it break my skin)

[personal profile] oyashiromama 2017-01-28 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
...ah. [Why didn't they think of this earlier. Dang.] You're right, so it's really size that matters only.

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[personal profile] neverheardofhim 2017-01-28 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Regardless of whether or not a mess would have remained, Varric takes off his shoes and hands them over. As mentioned, they're small, and devoid of tomatoes, at least. No accounting for blighted Fererldan mud.]
firstaid: (trust)

[personal profile] firstaid 2017-01-28 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Estelle's shoes are clean. Her shoes are more on the smaller side.]
spiritform: (Default)

[personal profile] spiritform 2017-01-28 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Milla's shoes a clean; being about a medium size shoe.]