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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."
amygdalae: the storm lies in your hands. (you're only a victim of your own mind)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-03-05 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
In this case, I highly doubt so.

[But he'll do his goddamn best to prevent this from ever happening again.]
bloodisthicker: IT IS EXPENSIVE COLOGNE. (KID. PLEASE.)

[personal profile] bloodisthicker 2016-03-05 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[you know what, he was ready to be a piece of shit and then you go and say something like that

fuck you, buddy, he's just going to try not to look at you instead]
sleepingkogoro: (furious)

[personal profile] sleepingkogoro 2016-03-05 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Arguing wouldn't lead anywhere. We're all trapped in the Kingmaker's conditions.

But it's good to adhere to your principles. Well done, Hanamura-kun.
garudynamic: (Wince)

[personal profile] garudynamic 2016-03-05 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yosuke winces. God, he knows he can't do THAT, so hopefully not]

Don't... don't try and make it sound like we have nothing to do with it.

[There's no heart in his words though. But he's upset, and has to take it out on someone, even if it's weak and half-assed]
wokeupdead: (and no one's gonna save you)

[personal profile] wokeupdead 2016-03-05 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
That's for sure. I'm not going to let another one of us get hurt. I'll make sure of it.

[oh baby no...]
cherryblooded: (calm / say what)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-05 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
He's still going to die, whether you hate that you had to do it or not. And if the Kingmaker won't be swayed, then... it doesn't make as much of a difference as it should.

I'm sorry.
goodforsomething: (⛵ give you a buck for it)

[personal profile] goodforsomething 2016-03-05 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
No worries, I'm not. Just sayin'...
amygdalae: inspire. expire. (inhale. exhale.)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-03-05 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[No Lynne no.]

We're not going to let the Kingmaker push us however he wishes us to do so.
wokeupdead: (you're fighting for your life)

[personal profile] wokeupdead 2016-03-05 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[And she can't fight that logic either. Lynne just looks away. It's all too hard.]
paidinblood: (No... problem?)

[personal profile] paidinblood 2016-03-05 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
...What part are you having trouble with?
wokeupdead: (you're fighting for your life)

[personal profile] wokeupdead 2016-03-05 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
You always have a say in what you do.

[There's still that determined undercurrent but she sounds pretty beat up right about now.]
isafraid: (Hat trick)

[personal profile] isafraid 2016-03-05 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Hopefully, we can do it soon...
ratingspoint: (REALLY ♥ heel turn one more time i s2g)

[personal profile] ratingspoint 2016-03-05 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
But we don't.

[And that's...detached, incredibly so, even if the usual conviction is still there behind his words.]

Isn't that what you've been saying, Yosuke-darling? None of us would be here if we could be anywhere else, right? Is it really our fault if we don't have a choice?
amygdalae: a typhoon in the eye of the hurricane (like fire and ice and rage)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-03-05 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
It's... it cruel. It's not right to do any of this at all.

But at this point, we don't have a choice.

[Bruce hates it even more than you do, Yosuke. He really, really hates it.]
garudynamic: (Beaten down)

[personal profile] garudynamic 2016-03-05 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's said his piece... now time to ball up]

>DEPENDENT

Screw this...
Edited 2016-03-05 20:34 (UTC)
happysweets: (pic#10068763)

[personal profile] happysweets 2016-03-05 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
How do you jump from playing with duct tape to a fight to the death?!
amygdalae: a typhoon in the eye of the hurricane (like fire and ice and rage)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-03-05 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
True justice, not this parody of one that he's having us do.
happysweets: (pic#10068760)

[personal profile] happysweets 2016-03-05 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Then our say right now is our lives against his.

...You heard him before, didn't you? Misa-Misa doesn't think that someone's walking out of this courtroom now without someone else dying. It could be one person, or it could be twenty-five people. That's what our say is, right now.

...I'm sorry. No one wanted everyone to leave here alive more than Misa-Misa. Honest.
Edited 2016-03-05 20:36 (UTC)
isafraid: (Oh...)

[personal profile] isafraid 2016-03-05 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Speedwagon is hesitant. First, for the fact that he's new to this technology.

And second... none of this was right. Not at all.

He's nervous, but he tries to steel himself...
]

DEPENDENT

[Something tells him what comes next wont be any better]
garudynamic: (Unhappy)

[personal profile] garudynamic 2016-03-05 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Not any more then a gun has a choice but to be shot.

He shakes his head, but it's clear he's not arguing. It's more just a vague resigned expression. He doesn't want to hear this... but at least it's an acknowledgement that he *does*]


...I wish I could think like you right now.
paidinblood: (What was that about?)

[personal profile] paidinblood 2016-03-05 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
...Easily. This place is boring.

[Good... Good answer, buddy.]
happysweets: (pic#10068744)

[personal profile] happysweets 2016-03-05 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
You at least could have made a deck of cards for yourselves...
devastation: (the harsh light of day)

[personal profile] devastation 2016-03-05 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[Megu-nee finds herself staring at the buttons in front of them, not sure of what to do here. She doesn't want to condemn someone to death, but if she doesn't, then she and everyone else here might die, wouldn't they?

She finds herself looking at her own title instead, and for a moment she's reminded of a conversation she had with Zagi about it. Maybe there's some reason that title was picked for you... well, maybe you'll find out eventually.

...The only way to find out would be to stay alive. She wasn't able to protect Zagi-san, but the least she could do is protect everyone remaining.]


DEPENDENT
goodforsomething: (⛵ grumpkle)

[personal profile] goodforsomething 2016-03-05 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
DEPENDENT

[Welp. This has been one hell of a morning.]
bloodisthicker: you douche (you have ruffled my collar)

[personal profile] bloodisthicker 2016-03-05 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[...ugh. uuuuugh. the one time he actually has to convince himself to get on the thing that needs to be done, moral hangups be damned. why the hell did it have to be something he'd have to empathize with.]

DEPENDENT

[He only barely hesitated, but it was enough that he hated himself a little for it.

...]


...Kamui. There's something I feel like I need to ask you.

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