Take Responsibility.

[wordsmithery]

The time allotted for investigation this week is a bit longer than normal - not due to anything done wrong on the part of the Apprentices, but perhaps due to a basic understanding that two corpses are going to be decidedly more difficult to handle than one. However, at the end of the time period you've been given, the elevator is waiting for you, as cold and sterile as always in its journey up to the courtroom; you're down to almost half of your original number, and if anything is going to indicate that this shows no signs of stopping, it's probably this week. The deceased have had three more join their numbers since you were here last - Gold, Varric, and Viktor's portraits have been greyed-out and set atop their spots in the podium circle, the podiums themselves draped in black fabric. As always, the lectern above stands empty. Whether he's with you or not, however, once everyone has found their place in the circle, the Wordsmith's voice can be heard throughout the room. "Welcome back. Two more Apprentices are missing from your number today, and I have little doubt that weighs heavily on your minds. Balanced and Capricious have been lost to you, so that the guilty may have a chance to leave the academy and possibly even gain something otherwise impossible to attain. If you wish for your fallen Apprentices to receive justice in death, then you know what to do: yet again, hold the guilty accountable." Sixteen Apprentices remain. However many leave here at the end of the day has yet to be seen.

Comments

[tsugomori]

[ Well then, it certainly looks like they've got one hell of a trial on their hands, but as usual he's calm in the face of all of this. ]

Well, I did notice a few things in the music room. The trombone was lying on the floor and was dented rather badly, but it had no blood on it -- oh and the piano was in quite a very bad shape, including the keys.

[introspects]

Is that where Viktor-san was found?

[tsugomori]

Yes. Although I think Hanyuu had looked more closely at him than I did...

[ Because there was no way in 100 hells he was getting near that mess. So god bless Hanyuu. ]

[oyashiromama]

[OH BOY DID SHE EVER]

[sportadork]

So, if we can only figure out who can play the trombone... We'll find the killer! [GOOD JOB EVERYONE LET'S WRAP THIS SHIT UP]

[tsugomori]

Ha ha ha, that's quite a good idea, isn't it?

[ if only!!! ]

[acherontiastyx]

I don't think you have to play trombone to bean someone over the head with it.

...actually, wouldn't someone who did wanna keep their instrument of choice in good shape? Unless they actually hated it, I guess.

[tsugomori]

Well... hmm...I wonder if they were trying to use the trombone to defend against something too.

[elepe]

...Trombones aren't exactly good for that sort of thing. You would have had better luck with a saxophone or oboe.

[just. sayin'.]

[tsugomori]

Haha, well, it sounds like you'd know better, so I will take your word for it.

[ He's not familiar with the instrument anyway. ]

[elepe]

My parents tried to get me to play an instrument as a child. I went through far more than I care to count.

[She's no band geek but she at least knows them on a basic level.]