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Trustfell Mods ([personal profile] trustharder) wrote in [community profile] trusthell2016-03-05 12:00 pm

Take Responsibility.

And after all has been said and done and all clues have been found, those large steel doors at the end of the hallway open up.

The elevator both is and isn't a particularly nice one; it rides smoothly and quickly and it's obviously been kept-up, but there's nothing on the interior walls, lending a claustrophobic feeling to what's already a relatively small space, particularly with all of you in there. (Well. Almost all of you.) No distractions from what just happened, nothing to take your mind off of considering what might, just you and your fellow Survivors in an unadorned steel box. There's no visible panel for buttons, either; looks like it's pre-programmed; at least the ride is a relatively short one, though it's difficult to tell the distance traveled before the door opens again.

You would be forgiven for your initial thought being that it opens into a void.

It isn't complete darkness, but it's enough of a visual shift from the elevator that it probably takes your eyes some time to adjust; instead of the usual concrete and steel, the walls are a dark, heavy black, making the room look far smaller than it is. There aren't any corners to it, either; the room is tightly circular, complimenting the setup in the center of it.

In the center of the room is a circle of podiums, twenty-seven 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, just a massive black pit in the center - 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.

Affixed to the podium itself is a glass touchscreen panel; it's dark for now, but it'll probably be relevant later. At least the glass is shatterproof, in case things get heated.

In general, though, all of the podiums are identical, except for the one intended for Zagi. The podium that should bear Adaptable's title has had a black cloth draped over it, and a copy of Zagi's profile photo is sitting on top of it, framed and colorless, an image in greyscale.

It's hard to tell where the Kingmaker's voice comes from, when it does; it seems to come from everywhere and nowhere at once, like it's being piped in from someplace you can't see. But he's very definitely audible when he does speak.

"Adaptable has been taken from you. Looks like the guilty among you is attempting to end the exercise by carrying out Rule Seven. It's up to you whether they're held responsible for their actions or not."
goodforsomething: (⛵ pinchy face)

[personal profile] goodforsomething 2016-03-05 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
They've gotta be tough as hell to keep walkin' and talkin' normal after that.
paidinblood: (Something's not right here.)

[personal profile] paidinblood 2016-03-05 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
...Why didn't you tell us this sooner?
captainobnoxious: (36 that's sad)

[personal profile] captainobnoxious 2016-03-05 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
It's just what's best. In my world, anyway.
neverafters: (the king sniffled)

[personal profile] neverafters 2016-03-05 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
............ The King doesn't like this game...
prismbloom: (ends of the earth)

[personal profile] prismbloom 2016-03-05 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Some sort of plan? The library does have a lot of hiding places.
pokexplorer: (❖ classic glasses pushing)

[personal profile] pokexplorer 2016-03-05 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
My, what a catch. How nice for that to only come to light just now.

It's a good motivator as any, at least.

[Haha...ha...]
goodforsomething: (⛵ looking cocky)

[personal profile] goodforsomething 2016-03-05 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh. Kinda figured that.
cherryblooded: (calm / talking)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-05 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
No, they wouldn't. Perhaps they meant to clean up the whole body but realized they couldn't manage to do it in time.
isafraid: (Guns up)

[personal profile] isafraid 2016-03-05 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh no]

But that's savagery unthinkable!
kingmakereffect: (Default)

[personal profile] kingmakereffect 2016-03-05 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
That depends on your definition of easy. How easy is taking someone's life and covering it up?
goingdigital: (Default)

[personal profile] goingdigital 2016-03-05 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
That's a better idea!

[Taking off his blazer and sweater to roll up his sleeves.

Nope nothing]
kingmakereffect: (Default)

[personal profile] kingmakereffect 2016-03-05 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
You didn't ask.

[this fuckin' guy]
paidinblood: (Of course you showed up.)

[personal profile] paidinblood 2016-03-05 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course.

[This fucking guy.]
isafraid: (Needs more worried emotes)

[personal profile] isafraid 2016-03-05 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Some like... [He pauses.]

...Bloody vampires.
happysweets: (pic#9226733)

[personal profile] happysweets 2016-03-05 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
S-so what is it, then?! We vote for the culprit and if we get it right, they die, and if we get it wrong, we all do?!

Just what is the point of it?! What are you getting out of this, huh?!
amygdalae: remember that you are human (Default)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-03-05 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
We at least have the basics of what we need to know. It's good enough.

[For now.]
cherryblooded: (calm / not as fine)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-05 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a possibility. It would explain blood-drinking as well.
sleepingkogoro: (this cant be right)

[personal profile] sleepingkogoro 2016-03-05 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I still think Zagi-san may have been the one to do the mess in the Library. He wouldn't have been afraid of inconveniencing the Kingmaker.

The culprit must have caught him in that moment and the fight ensued in the Dining Hall. THe Library and the Dining Hall are pretty close, after all.

Then after the fight the culprit returned to their room, bleeding all the way and...took a chair with them...? There was a chair in the hallway...I think?

[That chair confuses Mouri. Yay]
goingdigital: (Pouty mcpout pout)

[personal profile] goingdigital 2016-03-05 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Figures.

What's the point in holding more trials after the one person gets out, right?
kingmakereffect: (Default)

[personal profile] kingmakereffect 2016-03-05 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
That's right. As for the point of it... well, I'm not the one on trial, now am I?

You might want to focus on what happened and figuring out who the person responsible for Adaptable's death is.
notjustawriter: (♟ and the ground was dry)

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-05 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
That it would.
prismbloom: (rainfell)

[personal profile] prismbloom 2016-03-05 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh my god ]

It seems like a significant thing to leave out.
lackinginfaith: Caren eating with a smirk. (we don't have that kind of logical reaso)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-05 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Is this even necessary? We already weren't going to let them go! ...well, maybe he would. [gestures at Mettaton's everything]
notjustawriter: (♟ and the ground was dry)

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-05 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
....I figured as much.
amygdalae: even I don't get it (explain this to me)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-03-05 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's try to take this from the beginning again.

[Alright guys, we can do this. Especially now that we know how much is on the line.]

The fight ended in the dining area, that much we know, but what about before that? What happened in the hallways and the library?

If we go one step at a time, we should be able to start piecing the information together.

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