Take Responsibility.

[wordsmithery]

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.

Comments

[officerwilde]

I've got no clue, but whoever was playing didn't get to finish their game. Looks like they got interrupted by something... and I'm willing to bet it was by someone trying to murder them.

[It could have also just been the murderer playing until they got bored or something... but that's probably not likely, right?]

[iaspis]

Yes, that does sound like the most likely scenario right now.

[officerwilde]

Then if that's what happened, she would've been attacked in the bar first... ooor maybe she met the killer there first.

[Though he's not sure if that's right, considering everyone else saying they've found pieces of her in the game room..... well, he's just throwing out ideas here, anyway.]

[neverheardofhim]

There wasn't a sign of a struggle there.

... Could be someone she knew, maybe even trusted. Made a drink around them, played a card game or two, then went off to play something else?

[officerwilde]

[Nick gives a little bit of a shrug at that.]

Could be. Could've been someone who asked her to meet them there first... hey, didn't someone say something about poison? Maybe they tried to poison her in the bar, watched as their little plan didn't work and followed her to one of the other rooms?

[neverheardofhim]

Unless they used a different glass, it's doubtful. Gold is still alive after drinking from the broken one we found at the scene.

[officerwilde]

Sooo.... then what? You think they were just having a grand ol' time until then of them randomly thought: "hey, here's a good idea! While my dear friend and I are having a wonderful time together, I'll just kill her while she's here! Then I wouldn't have to worry about anyone finding out my dumb secret that's totally not worth killing someone over!"

[neverheardofhim]

Or they lured her into submission with murder in mind. [A shrug.] Just an alternative theory to everything else being thrown around.

[foundfate]

Varric.

[neverheardofhim]

It's a suggestion. And it's better than badgering Kira when it's clear neither of them are going to be forthcoming.

[foundfate]

[He hesitates. Because based on what he knows about Varric, there's absolutely no reason he would have done any of this. But.

He grits his teeth.]

Just...stop.