Take Responsibility.

[wordsmithery]

Again, the elevator is waiting for you after the allotted time for investigation is over; it idles almost patiently at each floor, waiting for everyone to be on board before sending all of you up to the courtroom high above. Over a third of your original number is dead. The losses are made all the more apparent by the addition of several greyed-out portraits around the podium circle at the center of the room; Kira, Mercy, Judy, Nick, and Kimbley have all joined the ranks of the deceased, their podiums draped in black. Meanwhile, the lectern above stands empty. The Wordsmith waits for everyone to find their place in the circle before he speaks; once that much has been done, his voice can be heard easily throughout the room. "Welcome back, Apprentices. The past several days have been troublesome indeed, and I need not point out that your number has dropped significantly. But a matter even more pressing requires your attention at the moment. In accordance with Rule Seven, the guilty seeks to leave the university and rewrite history. If you wish to prevent that, hold them accountable and have them take responsibility for the fate of Incendiary." Nineteen Apprentices remain. However many leave here at the end of the day is up to you.

Comments

[uncouthhatcher]

Now what's that, for the people who don't know a thing about chem.

[iaspis]

Elda, Chiyuki, and Kira.

[neverheardofhim]

Any idea what caused it? A hammer? A bat?

[uncouthhatcher]

[... Oh....]

Hey, Elda! Kimbley thought you were a hot piece of meat!

[The, uh, other two are dead, so.]

[foundfate]

[Watanuki at least knows what nitroglycerin is, so.]

It explodes very easily.

[oyashiromama]

[...]

We can speak...after this, Jasper.

[firstaid]

Is it safe to say that the pool is likely the scene of the crime?

[neverheardofhim]

... You said too. Does someone else have one of those? [LOUD SQUINTING AT GOLD.]

[matchbreaker]

Wait, blood? Does that man he was bleeding before he dipped in?

[ ... Good on you with the changing room though. Elda even gives a little thumbs up from over here. ]

[quadruples]

[ ...Ah, wait, one small correction. ]

Concentrated chlorine gas, to be more specific.

[foundfate]

[...WAIT]

How do you know what the chemical compound for nitroglycerin looks like?

[plegia]

[...]

Well his taste wasn't completely terrible, I guess.

[chiyuki is objectively Damn Fine and Jasper could step on Gangrel and he'd thank her so uh.]

[feistytrader]

We gave you a six.

[tsugomori]

Oh yes, speaking of which... did you manage to find anything in the infirmary as well? You were in there with Hanyuu and I, after all.

[uncouthhatcher]

Glass? Who the hell throws glass near the pool? That's dangerous.

[HE'S WITH YOU, LUSAMINE.

... NOT BESIDE YOU BECAUSE SILVER'S ALONE OVER HERE AND HE'S WITH HIS BUD, BUT HE'S WITH YOU.]

[iaspis]

...He was keeping track of things he was remembering. I don't know why he chose the walls for this.

They didn't stick out too much to me, except for the most recent one.

"Everyone in the Devil's Nest is dead
He didn't care about the mission he just needed a corpse
Bastard sent me to die"

[.....]

Kimbley and I didn't discuss our memories much. Did anyone speak with him about them?

[elepe]

Very likely. If it isn't and someone ruined it for the sake of it, they're even more despicable than they've proven to be!

[foundfate]

[His face is in his hands]

Can we please go one murder trial without talking about how hot someone or something is?

[firstaid]

Forgive me for not knowing, but what is the significance between the chlorine gas and concentrated chlorine gas? If anyone knows.

[uncouthhatcher]

You're a little too hairy and short for anything else, but you're good lookin' otherwise.

[matchbreaker]

Yeah. Some of the bandages where taken out of the cabinet. I took an extra roll with me. Also that dame cabinet got hit with enough force to dent it. Kinda looked like it was punched.

[elepe]

Unless someone decided to drain his blood into the pool, then yes.

[Thank you Elda, you got her back.]

[foundfate]

That wasn't on the wall when I saw it last.

[On last Sunday, so maybe things changed.]

[uncouthhatcher]

No way, dude! This is bonding time! How's about you give us a quick list too?

[oyashiromama]

Hmm... Well, I- th-the other spots. They didn't have blood in them. One was centered near the cabinets, and looked to be trailing from the cots to there. The other, aah...it was a larger concentration, sort of near the cots but also not really near anything. I couldn't think of a significance for the location.