trusthell | Take Responsibility.

The time allotted for this week's investigation passes fairly briefly, but not easily - what with the state of the body and the things that have been found, the mood is perhaps oddly sobering. Either way, eventually the elevator will be waiting for you at the exit of your floor of choice, bringing you up to the courtroom swiftly and easily.

There are so few of you now.

Two more portraits have joined the ranks of the dead, watching over the proceedings. Gangrel and Orihime's images watch over you with with eyes that see nothing, all colored in greyscale and set up on their places in the podium circle, black fabric draped over each setting.

As always, the lectern remains empty and unaffected by what's happened here.

After a while, however, once everyone has found their place in the circle, the Wordsmith can be heard addressing the group, voice audible throughout the room.

"Sacrificing one to save many—that is ostensibly why Harmonious is no longer among you. Truly, that is the most pragmatic of options in a situation with no chance of victory. I may even come close to commending such a decision.

But I must also wonder if the dead can be said to have been 'saved', when they have passed beyond your reach in all but mere messages. Unless you should wish to follow Harmonious and join them, hold the guilty accountable for their practicality."

Eleven Apprentices remain. However many leave this place is up to you.

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[Hanyuu casts a dirty look to the lectern. It's worse than the one she gave Kira, before his execution. The Wordsmith's address does not sit well with her today, and it seems she's having a hard time keeping her tongue.

After a few moments of breathing deep, her fist curled on the podium, she looks away from it, focusing on the others here. The hairpins Orihime wore sit in front of her, not evidence, just...something to hold on to.]

I...examined her. [This isn't getting any easier.] Orihime...she was found in the ballroom She bled out from a wound to her chest, one that would've killed her...instantly, I believe. She was struck by someone who knew what they were doing, as it was right...right in her heart.

However, there was definitely a struggle involved. On her hands and fingers, there were cuts from a blade, and...she had bruising on her stomach. Additionally, there- it looks like the person who attacked her tried to strike for her head first, but missed. A section of her hair was shorter, and I found the hairs, nearby.

[...And-]

And...she looked at peace. She was holding yellow roses. It looked like...like she'd been laid down to rest.

[She says no more.]

[ Well! Time to get down to business; he'll add to what Hanyuu has said, at any rate. ]

I managed to find that someone had placed yellow roses as decorations in the ballroom and that the piano bench had been knocked over, probably during that struggle.

Edited 2017-03-11 17:20 (UTC)

Yellow roses? I imagine those were retrieved from the greenhouse. There were a section of them missing there.

[ Yellow roses...

... Huh. That could be interesting or irrelevant, but she'll file it away for later ]

Of course she was at peace.

[ Unless it was staged, but still, that does seem like the girl. ]

A sword as jagged as this wouldn't leave that sword of bruising, right?