Take Responsibility.

[wordsmithery]

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.

Comments

[matchbreaker]

Don't be stupid.

[ Elda's tone is... not quite harsh, but it is biting ]

You two would be no match for some of us here, even two on one.

[ ... Okay, maybe not, but she figures that would be backhanded helpful to Watanuki ]

[foundfate]

That's not what I'm talking about, Elda! Sure, there's plenty of people here who COULD kill us both. But I'm not sure they WOULD, especially if there's the risk of one of us getting away and warning the others.

And...And if it was a friend, then...

[He clearly has another thought on his mind, but he's having trouble saying it.]

[firstaid]

She would have kept her guard down around a friend, is what you are saying. Both of you would have.

[foundfate]

[He nods.]

She...she trusts too much. If it was someone she knew well, someone who had convinced her that she would be okay, then they could have easily killed her without her realizing what was going on.

[firstaid]

That's likely what would have happened. Then again, she wanted to trust everyone here. She hoped for the best and wanted for the best.

[foundfate]

...

Whoever took advantage of her like that, they're going to regret it.

[matchbreaker]

[ Elda would consider letting him get through his chain of thought but with it so ill-formed as that? Her response: ]

Everyone is a friend here, Kimihiro. And if you took off, then if I were to have been so desperate, I'd've slain you too.

[foundfate]

I'm saying you wouldn't have done it in the first place, because the risk would be too much.

...but I suppose it's pointless to talk about now. I wasn't there, so that didn't happen anyway.

[matchbreaker]

[ The risk was too much... ]

No one was there, other than who killed her.