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

injury check;

[tsugomori]

Hello everyone, may I have your attentions for a moment?

[ This is about to probably sound really stupid, but -- ]

It may be possible that our "culprit" is hiding some sort of injury, maybe from the broken pool stick, choosing an ice pack or something for the next best thing. Normally people place ice packs on their heads, right? And I'll just ask to see everyone's hands just in case they were injured there too.

[ If anyone checks his hands or head, it's clear he's free of any injuries. ]

[introspects]

Nicely done, Munechika-san!

[ SHE'S PROUD OF YOU.

In any case, no injuries here! ]

[modernmedicine]

I'll check yours once I'm done.

[There are no injuries on her hands or her head.]

[neverheardofhim]

[Varric'll go ahead and volunteer himself for this. Clean head and hands.

Are we sure they're just injured there? It could have been broken over their shoulder or back... Anywhere else, really.

[tsugomori]

Hmm, I'm not sure, but it's where people usually put ice packs, right?

[ Listen he is a sword, he doesn't know much about these things. ]

[neverheardofhim]

I think if someone was trying to keep an injury down, they'll do anything.

[officerhops]

[Judy holds up her paws, and even folds her ears back so her head can be more easily seen. No injuries.]

[iaspis]

Are we sure someone is actually injured? We've done this before.

[no injuries here]

[quadruples]

[ No injuries here! ...He looks a little distressed during the head check but that's because he worries about having a receding hairline. ]

[avoidcomplications]

[Kira is uninjured.]

[...But his nails are getting absurdly long again and starting to look almost like cat claws.]

[. . .And he is seeming terribly unsettled by the second instance of a hand check.]

[introspects]

[ Orihime's noticing that expression... ]

Is something wrong, Yoshikage-san?

[avoidcomplications]

Everything is fine. [He seemed to briefly glance to Lusamine's hands in particular, before pulling his own back and adjusting his tie.]

[introspects]

[ Well then... ]

...Lusamine-san?

[elepe]

[...uh.]

Yes, Orihime?

[introspects]

Um. Yoshikage-san is....looking at your hands?

[avoidcomplications]

...It's nothing. Lusamine just has a well-maintained manicure, that's all.

[elepe]

[No injuries here. Head or hands. Like she'd let something happen to her perfectly good nails, really.]

[foundfate]

[Watanuki's nose is probably still a little red, but everyone saw him get punched in the face at the truth or dare game, so.

Other than that, no injuries.]

[plegia]

...If you touch my crown, I'll stab you.

[no he won't (probably), he just feels the need to be overly defensive because you're kinda sort of his friend, shhh.

Anyway, he'll even remove his gloves so you can get a good look at his hands - no injuries here either.]

[deofoled]

[ Clear of injuries.]

[officerwilde]

[Nick is also uninjured.]

[feistytrader]

[There aren't any injuries on his head! As for his hands, he's reluctant to take off his gloves, but eventually does; there's a burn scar on his right hand and his knuckles are lightly bruised, but given that he's constantly punching Gold that shouldn't be much of a surprise.]

Re: injury check;

[oyashiromama]

[Hanyuu is uninjured!]

[uncouthhatcher]

[Consider Gold and Silver get into fights like, every day, it shouldn't be surprising that Gold's got some light bruising on his knuckles too!

... The split lip he got from Silver after the first trial has healed pretty nicely too, leaving a light scar in its place. Thanks Mercy. Nothing else on his head though.]

[plentyfriendly]

[Phi is uninjured in both those places.]