trusthell | Take Responsibility.

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I was out at night and Chiyuki was the first person I encountered. Truthfully, I would have preferred Lusamine, but I couldn't risk waiting any longer this week.

Why? Why Lusamine-san?!

Because she has a quality that I favor in women.

Then--then why?! Why would you want to kill Lusamine-san because she has something you like?

Obviously. I have no use for the rest of her.

I...I don't understand...

Sweetheart, I don't think you want to know.

...!

[Hanyuu seizes up.]

Is it...a part of her...you find well kept?

Of course.

Is that your hobby, Yoshikage Kira?

...You looked at her hands earlier. Do you have a hand fetish?

[mmmmBUSTED]

[entirely unruffled, kira countered with:

Since we're all being so honest here, why don't I admit to the real Yoshikage Kira? Do you want so desperately to know what my real secret was?

Why don't you go ahead and tell us then, Yoshikage-san?

Yoshikage Kira is a serial killer with over 48 victims.

Truthfully, that seems both like harsh wording and a high number.

[hahahaha holy shit]

.......

[ What is wrong with both you and Kimbley, dear lord. It's no wonder you're a match made in heaven. ]

So much for wanting to live an ordinary life.

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[Goddamn, Kira. That is a lower number than Reaper, and he's motherfucking Reaper.]

[holy shit]

Oookay, I think it's about time we wrap it up here, huh? Let's throw our murderer friend over here into the pit of black tentacle monsters and call it a night.