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

SELECTION.

[wordsmithery]

Enough.

[Even the Wordsmith sounds rattled by this point, but calls out above the imminent anarchy in the courtroom]

You know what to do. Hold the guilty accountable.

[uncouthhatcher]

[Fuck this, Gold has never gone back to his podium so fast (sorry Phi) to unrepentantally slam a fist onto the fucking name of his choice:]

> AVERAGE

[elepe]

> AVERAGE

[Lusamine slams the button down as hard as she can manage. Serves him right. She's not going to be an object of someone's twisted fetish.

...she's gonna make a quick trip to retrieve her heel though and go back once that's taken care of.]

[modernmedicine]

> AVERAGE

[no hesitation, no doubt.]

[introspects]

[ Orihime does not believe in hurting others; having other people die for absolutely nothing; sending people to death for something they've done. But this...she's so upset over Chiyuki's death that she does not hesitate to hit the button. ]

> AVERAGE

[officerhops]

> AVERAGE

[She's never felt more justified in making this choice.]

[neverheardofhim]

[Still considering jumping into the fight, Varric instead returns to his podium. Thankfully, this week doesn't involve much thought at all. He can keep his promise to Mikazuki, at the very least.]

>Average

[Any of his girls need help?]

[introspects]

[ Absolutely not. ]

[tsugomori]

>AVERAGE

[quadruples]

[ VIKTOR SLAMS THE BUTTON LIKE THREE TIMES BECAUSE FUCK YOU, YOSHIKAGE KIRA. ]

> AVERAGE

[feistytrader]

>AVERAGE

[Normally, he slams down his vote quickly for the sake of survival. This time, he's out for blood.]

[officerwilde]

[Yeahhh... Nick is ready to end this. He pretty much immediately makes his choice:]

>>AVERAGE.

[firstaid]

>AVERAGE

[deofoled]

Average

[ Yeah he's just gonna input his vote and keep snacking.]

[oyashiromama]

[Both times so far, Hanyuu has taken the sins of the killers on to herself. To return to her husband and daughter, to save her dead race.

This time, however...

This time, she doesn't press that button.

She stares at the podium, and then-]

Yoshikage Kira.

[avoidcomplications]

Yes?

[avoidcomplications]

...I won't lose.

[Once he was finished getting away from everyone out to kill him, Kira scowled out that much and raked his hair back into place. He had done nothing wrong. He only lived as he was meant to, according to his own tastes and preferences.]

[Luck was always on the side of Yoshikage Kira.]

>INCENDIARY

[feistytrader]

You've already lost. We're going to survive, not you.

[sportadork]

[wow weird all his moral qualms are just. gone today. where did they go.]

>AVERAGE

[acherontiastyx]

[...okay yeah time to scoot back to his podium for a few seconds]

>AVERAGE

[...and then he's scooting back next to Lusamine short of Charles coming back and Elda needing to vote because uh]

What the fuck was this trial.

[plegia]

>AVERAGE

[will he ever stop laughing???]

[foundfate]

>AVERAGE

[The only delay in that vote is in how long it takes for him to get back to his podium.]

I've seen what waits for us beyond death. I know exactly what you have to look forward to.

Burn in Hell, asshole.

[plentyfriendly]

[Let's get back to her own spot for a hot second.]

> AVERAGE

Your only hope now is a quiet, peaceful death.

[iaspis]

You were clever, but you got caught in the end. Your luck isn't as good as you claim.

>AVERAGE

[alchemicals]

[God, and for a good long moment after he stalks back to his podium he just stands there vibrating for a while; he seems highly agitated but at least he doesn't seem quite as inclined to lash out, he's just...shaking a lot, and clutching the sides of his podium so hard his knuckles are blanching, and he's...

dear god he's laughing to himself again, he's just kind of standing there laughing and shaking his head a bit and he doesn't seem too inclined to. do. otherwise.

...he should probably vote, he's not moving to vote.]