trusthell | Take Responsibility.

The ride up to the courtroom occurs, as before, after an allotted period of time for investigation; the elevator waits patiently for you at each floor - third, second, first - before sending you upwards and on your way to the courtroom high above.

As always, the trip is a smooth one; granted, after everything that the morning had been, any small comfort that fact may bring is likely not helping much.

There are three less of you this time around, a fact reflected in the podium circle standing in the middle of the room; Alani, Milla and Chiyuki have all joined the ranks of the deceased, their podiums draped in black and their portraits in greyscale keeping a watchful eye over the rest of the trial circle.

There's still no one present in the lectern above; however, once everyone has found their place in the circle, the Wordsmith's voice can be heard throughout the room.

"I can see that matters are beginning to seem dire for you, Apprentices. I am sure that you all cared for Sympathetic in some measure—all except the guilty party.

And now it falls to you once again to determine who that is. For your own sake as well as Sympathetic's, hold her killer accountable and have them take responsibility for their actions."

Twenty-four Apprentices remain. We'll see how many remain at the end of the day.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Do...you think someone was intending to poison her, but...was unable to, because of the state of her body?

[That's an awkward way to put it but how else is she going to ask this question]

...Wouldn't an easier plan B be to smash her with one of the bottles of alcohol or something instead of blowing her up?

...Aah, yes... [Hm.] I can't say I can figure out what was going on in that person's head, if that's the case.

[...................]

Well, if they tried, they uh. Failed with makin' a poison. 'Cause I'm fine.

[he licked the evidence]

[Don't worry, Silver's already smacking him on the back of the head for everyone.]

[a true friend to all

he knows he deserves this, he's just also pettily slapping him back]

Since you don't listen to me when I tell you not to put this stuff in your mouth, next time I'll just duct tape it shut.

[oh my god]

I wouldn't have if it smelled like the other stuff in the room!

[... but that doesn't discount the fact it could've been poisoned or something he knows]