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

If everything's been looked through but nothing's missing, then our killer friend here was probably looking for something to help fix up whatever injury they had quicker than an ice pack would. That sound about right?

[Judy hums a thoughtful noise, tapping the end of her pen against her notebook.]

It sounds plausible to me. I'm not extremely knowledgeable when it comes to injuries, but if they were looking for ice right away, they would have gone to the freezer first, not rummaged through everything else.

That's what I was thinking.

[Nick gives a small shrug.]

I mean, I'm obviously no doctor here but that's pretty much the only thing I can come up with. Unless they were looking for some sleep aids to help rest their poor little murderer head after a job well done.

... So, either way, could it be the culprit has quite the injury on them? Should it be something that is checked for?

[ He thinks about it for a second...this isn't exactly his specialty here. ]