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

[elepe]

So, how well did you slept last night?

[That'll put some weight to the testimony, at least.]

[foundfate]

I didn't wake up until the morning.

[Which...doesn't actually help really, now that he thinks about it. It could mean that Varric didn't go anywhere last night, or it could mean that Watanuki slept like a rock and missed everything.]

Look, let's just- let's look at the clues, okay? Me hearing or not hearing him doesn't matter if the clues end up revealing that someone else did it.

[elepe]

We will still have to consider that possibility, you realize. You should have just said that in the first place.

[It's...perhaps a bit coldly stated. Maybe it's justified considering the subject at hand, but...]

There's plenty else to discuss, so I suppose.