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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."
happysweets: (pic#9226730)

[personal profile] happysweets 2016-03-05 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
N-no way! I'm not doing something so perverted!
prismbloom: (precious stars in the sky)

[personal profile] prismbloom 2016-03-05 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
There was the duct tape in the library, but it was clean. Neither roll seemed to be running low.
lackinginfaith: Caren eating with a smirk. (we don't have that kind of logical reaso)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-05 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
One he could win. Everyone wants out of here.
neverafters: (the king was exasperated)

[personal profile] neverafters 2016-03-05 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
... The King refuses!
lackinginfaith: Caren, Noel, and Coco. (awwwwwwww yeah soooooooon)

[personal profile] lackinginfaith 2016-03-05 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's prepared of you.

[...are there fire sprinklers in here]
prismbloom: (the nightmare)

[personal profile] prismbloom 2016-03-05 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Absolutely not.
goodforsomething: (⛵ lawl eyepatch)

[personal profile] goodforsomething 2016-03-05 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, I'm just cooperatin' with police investigation!

[Stan your profile literally lists federal authorities as one of your dislikes]
captainobnoxious: (08 you sure you're not 16)

[personal profile] captainobnoxious 2016-03-05 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
... You kind of have to, birdy. Your talons could make a mark if you wanted them to.
cherryblooded: (calm / not as fine)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-05 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright. That rules His Majesty out.

[He seems a little relieved to put that in the air.]

In that case, we're looking for someone who we previously assumed to be human, who is not.
paidinblood: (Of course you showed up.)

[personal profile] paidinblood 2016-03-05 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I have some dignity, thanks.

[personal profile] ignorantly 2016-03-05 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
No.
wokeupdead: (THRILLER NIGHT)

[personal profile] wokeupdead 2016-03-05 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[LYNNE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA...]

Maybe not everything but we could check arms? Places that would normally get hit during a fight, you know?

Although everything might be good too.
amygdalae: (not what i signed up for.)

[personal profile] amygdalae 2016-03-05 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
...what?

[WHY ARE THEY JUMPING TO STRIPPING.]
isafraid: (I don't know anymore)

[personal profile] isafraid 2016-03-05 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Can't say I've gotten anything of the sort out of the machine. Only went through it with a handful of coins I'd gathered.
neverafters: (the king hesitated)

[personal profile] neverafters 2016-03-05 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
... The King has not used his coins...
garudynamic: (Drank)

[personal profile] garudynamic 2016-03-05 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not so sure- I mean he could have just been full of shit, but Zagi was really into the idea of trying to find all our worlds so he could, I dunno, fight people. We talked a lot about how stupid jumping the gun would be... but he could have just been lying. None of us know each other well enough to tell that kinda thing.
captainobnoxious: (14 kill it dead)

[personal profile] captainobnoxious 2016-03-05 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
You're a perverted old man who's gonna get his kicks off these young people stripping. Turn around.
prismbloom: (the corrupted)

[personal profile] prismbloom 2016-03-05 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure, either. The library is far out of the way compared to the dining room.
isafraid: (Oh no! Friday!)

[personal profile] isafraid 2016-03-05 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[what]

I... I can see the point, but maybe not.
cherryblooded: (calm / concerned)

[personal profile] cherryblooded 2016-03-05 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
A bird's talons wouldn't be in the right pattern to make the kind of marks that were on the body. His Majesty is probably the least likely person here.
ratingspoint: (ASIDE ♥ okay but enough about you)

[personal profile] ratingspoint 2016-03-05 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
And we've got plenty of it elsewhere - those aren't the only two rolls we have.
isafraid: (Hat trick)

[personal profile] isafraid 2016-03-05 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
He never did strike me as the killing type.
goingdigital: (Still got a ways to go)

[personal profile] goingdigital 2016-03-05 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Well...what if that is what it actually is?

[This little thing with the odd duct tape pratice...reminded him of what Diaboromon did.]

A distraction to keep us from figuring out how much duct tape was actually used in the crime?
ratingspoint: (KISS ♥ sparkle up your day!)

[personal profile] ratingspoint 2016-03-05 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
See? There we go.
notjustawriter: (♞ the paper money rolls)

[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-03-05 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
....why?

[Stan, no

You're right next to him, he doesn't want to see you naked.]

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