Take Responsibility.

[trustharder]

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."

Comments

[wokeupdead]

[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.

[goodforsomething]

Arms makes the most sense, maybe around the shoulders. Hell if I know how they didn't get hit on the head, that's the first place you'd aim for.

[wokeupdead]

Yeah... That is pretty surprising with all the steel furniture flying around.

[pokexplorer]

Yes, arms at the very least could be helpful.

It could even be possible that the killer's clothing would be torn during the fight if they were covering themselves up, though they could have easily worn something else for today's events.

[wokeupdead]

I don't think we can go through every single person's room now though.

[Because she would.]

[pokexplorer]

The unfortunate truth, yes. But at least no one can leave their bodies in their room.

[Really, Colress.]

[notjustawriter]

Checkin' arms does sound like a good start, I suppose.

Better than just strippin' in front of everyone.

[LIKE STAN]

[wokeupdead]

Yeah!

[Which is why LYNNE IS TOTALLY DOING IT. She shrugs off the coat (reluctantly) and starts unbuttoning her blouse with no issue.

NO ONE CAN SAY LYNNE DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY WITH HER OWN SUGGESTIONS.

...There's no cuts or bruises at all, by the way.]

So, looks like I'm clean!

[garudynamic]

[ Thank you murderjesus]

[sleepingkogoro]

If Zagi-san wounded the culprit then how deep would the wound be?

[Mouri seems to be thinking of something, somehow]

[goodforsomething]

Works for me!

[Stan shrugs off his suit jacket, then unbuttons his shirt. He's got a white undershirt on beneath it, but it's sleeveless - his arms are clean. He does seem to have some kind of tattoo on the back of one shoulder, but no injuries.]

[goingdigital]

That's a better idea!

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

Nope nothing]

[isafraid]

...I guess there's not much to that then.

[So Speedwagon's getting on that then now. He shrugs off his overcoat, rolling up the sleeves of his shirt to the elbows. And, for his own sake, yep the shirt is going up too. Not entirely, but enough to show that while Speedwagon has a few faded scars, he's wound free on all accounts.

Can't say Speedwagon doesn't follow the crowd.]

[wokeupdead]

[Nice sizzle there, Speedweed]

[devastation]

[...Yes, we would rather do that than strip, thank you.

Megu-nee isn't saying anything, but she does roll her sleeves up better to show that, while one of her arms does appear to have an old scar of some kind, her arms are otherwise clean; no recent injuries or bruises here.]

[cherryblooded]

That seems fine.

[Since his suit jacket is over his shirt anyway, he'll just take off both, revealing that a) he's pretty well built and b) he's scratch-free.]

[sleepingkogoro]

That can work.

[After taking off his suit jacket and rolling up the shirt to his shoulder it's clear Mouri has no wounds at all]

[penduli]

[ That's a better alternative.

...except he's the idiot wearing a sweater, so he has to take that and his puffy vest off anyway. At least he has a white plaid shirt underneath it!

His scrawny nerd arms are injury free, thank goodness for that. ]

[captainobnoxious]

[ehh, that's fine.

Sigrun sheds her coat and pulls her black sweater off entirely, and while she's got her scars the only sliced wound is the stitching she had when she got here on her arm, which is looking better thanks to Bruce's treatment of it.

Additionally, her right shoulder is heavily bruised, because someone didn't put ice on it.

Enjoy?? She has nice muscles???]

[uro_cyon]

[Rolling up his sleeves-- like many others here he has plenty of scars, but nothing recent.]

[amygdalae]

[...well OKAY FINE SINCE APPARENTLY EVERYONE IS DOING IT (and its just the top--)

Bruce awkwardly tries to shrug off the top half of his terrible neon purple jumpsuit, using one hand to grab a hold of the middle section to prevent it from dropping down. It takes a bit, but eventually he manages to just have the top half off him while clutching at the bottom.

It's easy to notice that 1) he is incredibly hairy (just look at that chest hair) and 2) he is completely clean of any wounds.]

[prismbloom]

[ ... okay, fine.

Aqua is, actually, wearing one of those awful jumpsuits. She turns around to unbutton the thing and slip her arms out, then turns back to face the others. Her arms are completely wound-free. ]

[happysweets]

[ Misa's dress shows enough skin on her arms and upper body that it should be fairly easy to tell that she's pretty much wound-free, aside from a couple of little blisters on her hands. ]

Misa-Misa burned herself a little bit baking yesterday, ehehe...they're just tiny little burns, though! Nothing that can't heal in a few days.

[amygdalae]

There is also the point that we haven't been able to find what was used to wipe away the blood on Zagi's neck.

[He's... not going to be talking about the stripping just yet.]

[cherryblooded]

If we're talking creatures with claws - suppose it was licked away.