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

[introspects]

They also may have not known that they had made a bomb, too. They could have only tried to poison Chiyuki-san's drink in hopes that it would kill her, and if there really was a struggle, then they may have thrown the glass at her not knowing it would cause an explosion.

...Which would explain why they were looking for a way to cover up their injuries...

[tsugomori]

[ He'll just chime in from here-- ]

That sounds like it makes sense.

[feistytrader]

...If that was the case, wouldn't the explosion be in the bar?

[introspects]

Not necessarily... Kimbley-san said that with these kinds of chemicals, you would need to do something with them in order to create an explosion. If they were expecting her to die from poisoning, they wouldn't have had to do anything, right?

[feistytrader]

...There's no way they could have expected her to die from poisoning. If that was the case, Gold would be dead by now.

[uncouthhatcher]

And fortunately for you all, I'm still very much alive, cry at my funeral when I'm an old man.

[introspects]

...That's true.

[ gold pls ]

Then...I guess we'll go with what Kimbley-san said, then; the bomb was deliberate.

[foundfate]

Gold was an idiot and licked the glass. He would have gotten poisoned if her drink had been poisoned.

[uncouthhatcher]

Hey, hey, I didn't lick the glass.

I stuck my finger in what liquid was left in the glass and licked that.

[so There.]

[foundfate]

It gets the same result.

[uncouthhatcher]

Just makin' sure you've got your facts straight, four-eyes.

[foundfate]

Don't make me come over there.

[You're like ten feet away tops Gold, he will do it.]

[uncouthhatcher]

Come on over, see what you get.

[which will be a permanent spot beside him and silver, actually, you're part of the Squad now]

[foundfate]

...

I'll give you one last chance to not be a fool first.

[He's a little busy making points in other threads right now to go march over and give Gold a noogie.]

[uncouthhatcher]

[excellent]

You're welcome over anytime, buddy.