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

[alchemicals]

He likes being boring, apparently.

[plegia]

Apparently. I can't see how anyone would.

[he just sounds sort of insulted now???]

[uncouthhatcher]

Agreein' with you here, dude, borin' is borin'. I gotta have some excitement in my life!

[plegia]

Exactly! I'm glad someone here understands!

[uncouthhatcher]

[THIS IS WHY WE'RE FRIENDS, GANGREL!!!]

[alchemicals]

I mean, it's not like anything we do is going to matter in the end, anyway. If he likes being boring, then he should just be boring, there's not much point in caring about what he does.

[plegia]

Well, maybe it won't matter for most of you, but I'm the King of Plegia! My legacy shall live on long after I've died!

[because you were a horrible tyrant everyone wanted dead??]

But I suppose you're right. If he wants to be as dull as dirt, he's welcome to it. I suppose the world does need people like him.

[...for npcs]