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

[ shit's hard man ]

[Shit does look hard.]

Do you need help?

You just-- keep using your Holmes skills-- and find us someone to drop.

I'm trying. She deserves that much.

[He's holding it together but he's going to be decidedly Not Okay when this is over.]

Good.

[ Ugh she'll just lean face down on her podium now, sinking her head out of sight ]

...

[He points to his right.]

I can steal Nick's footstool for you if you want.

[He's only like 2 podiums away, and then she would have something to sit on.]