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

[matchbreaker]

Who else is a frequent flier in the chem lab then, Kimbley?

[ Let's get some sort of suspect pool.

Or maybe she's just hasty ]

[alchemicals]

[You know what, apparently he'll quit ignoring you for trials, because that's a good question.]

I've seen Lusamine in there, and Varric likes to play around with chemicals once in a while too. I don't think Varric is too accustomed to what we've got, though, and Lusamine tends to just come in there and sigh about her poor abused elder god.

[introspects]

...If the killer wasn't intentionally trying to make a bomb and was only looking for a way to poison Chiyuki-san, they wouldn't have had to really have knowledge of the different chemicals, would they?

[alchemicals]

The alcohol itself wouldn't have caused an explosion like that, even when laced with sodium azide.

I stand by what I said. This was probably someone trying to cause fireworks.

[introspects]

...Alright. We should stick to that theory for now, then.

[matchbreaker]

Varric also tried to make bombs the other week.

[ Inhale, exhale. ... Actually ]

Kimbley. Did you teach anyone about explosives? I don't know a darned thing, but you do.

[neverheardofhim]

[Thanks Elda.]

[matchbreaker]

[foundfate]

Varric wouldn't have done it.

[Firm, and to the point.]

[matchbreaker]

Sure.

[ Her tone is hateful, but he's not accusatory. More just pained because of her foot. ... And other matters. ]

[foundfate]

Varric has practically adopted like five people here. He wouldn't do all of this, knowing that they would die too.

[matchbreaker]

Sure.

[ that's all she needs to say ]

[neverheardofhim]

[Thanks Goldie. Best son.]

[foundfate]

[ilu smoldad]

[deofoled]

I agree. [ He is here being not helpful and eating cookies, but that seemed worth chiming in for.]

[introspects]

Varric-san wouldn't have done such a thing...!

[ Is this wishful thinking? Or the truth?

We'll see. ]

[matchbreaker]

Just. Saying.

Suspect pool and all.

[introspects]

I know.

[ She can't blame Elda for thinking it. ]

[elepe]

The only reason I've been in there is because Ms. Marker scared me when I tried to use the storage room to write in.

[Can't a woman have a quiet place to write without creeping terrors jumping out from the dark]

[matchbreaker]

[ Okay, that makes her briefly smirk ]

[elepe]

...That's not something to be proud of.

[don't look so smug over there]

[matchbreaker]

[ Still under Gold's dare, and thankful for some levity: ]

Sorry about that, White.

[modernmedicine]

You'll have a space in the infirmary going forward, if you'd like.

[elepe]

[...oh!]

Why...thank you, Doctor. I do believe I will take you up on that.