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

[penduli]

Let's try to do smaller cuts so we don't accidentally actually hurt someone, please? [ so no stabbing, sigrun. ]

[captainobnoxious]

Yeaaaaah, fiiine.

[So.

Who's up first to be cut?]

[cherryblooded]

[Cherryblod will volunteer! He comes over directly to Sigrun's podium and holds his arms out.

When he's cut, it'll soon become pretty obvious that his bleeding is completely normal - no super healing, nothing.]

[lackinginfaith]

[Caren goes next, and while she cringes at the cut, she bleeds normally and doesn't heal.

[sleepingkogoro]

[When it's Mouri's turn you'll notice it is completely normal]

[garudynamic]

[He's right there, so he offers his hands- they are already rather nicked up. Thankfully a bit healed already, from the first day. Still, normal as can be]

[prismbloom]

[ Aqua makes her way to Sigrun's podium, offering her own arm. There's no rapid healing to be seen here. ]

[isafraid]

[whhhhhyyyyyyyy

Speedwagon cringes a bit, but he's completely normal.]

[penduli]

[ ...please don't hurt him too badly. Black'll make his way over too--he hasn't put back on his sweater (he's left that at his podium)--and while he winces at the cut...

He's a perfectly normal bleeder, no super healing here! ]

[notjustawriter]

[This is utter insanity and y'all need Jesus.

Gabriel bleeds completely normally.]

[goodforsomething]

Hey, if I'm gettin' cut by anyone, it's gonna be me.

[But he holds out a hand - he's willing to go through with it.]

[captainobnoxious]

That's fair, gramps.

[Have a knife.]

[ratingspoint]

[damn it's great to be made of metal and incapable of bleeding right now]

[pokexplorer]

This is extremely unhygienic. I hope you plan to clean those knives in-between uses, Miss Sigrun.

[Why has it come to this...]

[wokeupdead]

[Lynne is down for anything to help solve this. After the cut she bleeds normally and it doesn't heal exceptionally fast either.]

[paidinblood]

[...

He doesn't resist being cut. He can't, really.

The wound lasts a few seconds, then closes up immediately.

What's more is that his eyes have gone from a shade of blue to a very bright slitted yellow from the injury.]

I can't believe you came up with that.

[cherryblooded]

[Well then.]

If it works, it works.

[wokeupdead]

[...You can't just do that and then NOT EXPLAIN?]

Wha- How'd you do that?

[captainobnoxious]

[Ah-ha.]

It's an easy way to find out things, broody. [Though she seems a little disappointed he could be it.] You're a serious suspect now, on that train of thought.

[isafraid]

It... it closed right up!

[Yes, thank you speedwagon]

[amygdalae]

[.........]

Was it you?

[Just asks this very, very quietly.]

[ignorantly]

[ Shirazu wanders over to Sigrun's podium and holds out his non-dominant arm. Everything is normal; no super healing or abnormal bleeding or anything. ]

[amygdalae]

[When Bruce gets cut he looks distinctly uncomfortable--but his bleeding is completely normal despite his apparent discomfort.

Also no magical healing abilities here too.]

[devastation]

[Megu-nee doesn't like this at all, but you'll find that there's no super healing to be had here]

[goingdigital]

[Since the Kingsmaker is useless...yeah lets get this over with. He bleeds normally and doesn't heal.]