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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: (⛵ stan why do you have that on even)

[personal profile] goodforsomething 2016-03-05 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Clean? So what, it was just sittin' in the library?

[That's weird, but doesn't immediately ping him as murder-related.]
happysweets: (pic#9226734)

[personal profile] happysweets 2016-03-05 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Unless something found a way in when we couldn't find a way out, I don't think it's possible...
captainobnoxious: (28 how's it going down there)

[personal profile] captainobnoxious 2016-03-05 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Mettaton's not the only one interested, though Sigrun's more focused on trying to see if she can see anything in it. Even after he straightens up.]

Yeah, basically. When you take people to things like this you already know who's done it and then you kill them.

[simple as that]
garudynamic: (moar ...)

[personal profile] garudynamic 2016-03-05 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Come on man, just... try not to look down too much.
prismbloom: (stormfall)

[personal profile] prismbloom 2016-03-05 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
No, not on the doors. It was on the walls, floors, and chairs. There were also books attached to the wall with duct tape. As far as I could tell, there was no pattern in what books were taped up.
cherryblooded: (sweat / uh oh)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-05 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Not human, hm...

[Before anyone asks, Cherryblod shows his hands. They're completely ordinary, and his nails are short.]

It's true that shrimp do have claws in their animal form, but I don't have one of those - and if I did, I doubt I'd be able to do much harm to Zagi while I couldn't breathe.

Did you notice any kind of pattern to the scratches?
notjustawriter: (♟ and the ground was dry)

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-05 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
The vending machine gives out weapons, so it's possible.
happysweets: (pic#10068760)

[personal profile] happysweets 2016-03-05 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
That lines up with the claw marks in the chair! Does that mean Zagi was trying to defend himself with it, maybe?
lackinginfaith: Caren looking to the side with disdain. (you got told)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-05 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Neither have I. Some kind of warped courtroom.
wokeupdead: (THRILLER NIGHT!!!)

[personal profile] wokeupdead 2016-03-05 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
This is sick. He deserves a proper trial. Not whatever any of this is!

[Protect Zagi's memory, 2k16]
prismbloom: (l'impeto oscuro)

[personal profile] prismbloom 2016-03-05 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, exactly. [ ... ] It wasn't hiding anything, from what I could see.
clubleader: (13)

[personal profile] clubleader 2016-03-05 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
We just have to really think about all of this. We're lucky we have a few detectives.
amygdalae: well I can't have everything I want (should have gotten paid up front)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-03-05 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a possibility.

[They need to have whatever they can get first. Putting the pieces together will come later.]

As Detective Lynne mentioned, there were numerous claw marks on his body, but none of them were deep or big enough to be fatal.

So I think its safe to assume that it was the wound on his neck that dealt the killing blow.
goodforsomething: (⛵ grumpkle)

[personal profile] goodforsomething 2016-03-05 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, the guy's a psycho.

[no offense norman]
bloodisthicker: i am going to arrest your friends k (ahahahahahahahaha)

[personal profile] bloodisthicker 2016-03-05 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose you're not really murderer royalty until you clear one final hurdle.

[...actually, yeah, why does the kingmaker want them to do this. He wants to find out out of spite, but...]
prismbloom: (black garden)

[personal profile] prismbloom 2016-03-05 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She didn't suspect you for a moment, Shrimpdad. ]

The scratches came in sets. Like Misa said, they appear to have come from claws.
neverafters: (the king is puzzled)

[personal profile] neverafters 2016-03-05 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
The King... and all of the ones here. They have only known each other this long; he cannot imagine a motive. So... this is about that bad rule...?

That one's death can lead to another's freedom?
garudynamic: (Wince)

[personal profile] garudynamic 2016-03-05 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Makes sense- Zagi told pretty much everyone that he could fight. Sure as hell doesn't seem like a smart target.
captainobnoxious: (16 what have we here)

[personal profile] captainobnoxious 2016-03-05 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, back where I'm from, we kill them. There's no room or resources to keep prisoners for long periods of time.

[So.]
cherryblooded: (calm / talking)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-05 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Sets of how many, exactly?

[He's trying to rule out his fellow clearly-not-human here.]
happysweets: (pic#9226762)

[personal profile] happysweets 2016-03-05 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Are we sure they were claw marks for sure? Just to be super-safe! There's no way that they could be knife wounds made to look like claw marks?

Misa-Misa doesn't know why anyone would do that, but, it's easier to believe that than that someone here has claws we don't know about.
sleepingkogoro: (this cant be right)

[personal profile] sleepingkogoro 2016-03-05 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed. That knife is undoubtedly the murder weapon. The culprit caught Zagi-san and without hesitation killed him.

What I'm not sure yet is who would be able to do such thing. Zagi-san was a good fighter, that's what he said several times. Not anyone could have overpowered him.
penduli: (02 life is a fire burning inside)

[personal profile] penduli 2016-03-05 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
There were books that were open, but... they weren't open to any passages that stuck out to me. [ There goes any hopes of clues from literature. ] It just seemed sort of random and unnecessary.
wokeupdead: (and no one's gonna save you)

[personal profile] wokeupdead 2016-03-05 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. If he tries to make this is into some giant farce...

[She will throw him into the pit herself.]
goodforsomething: (⛵ hmph)

[personal profile] goodforsomething 2016-03-05 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Nobody here really looks like they got the hell beat outta them with a chair.

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