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.

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cw: suicide discussion

[foundfate]

[Yeah that's hitting him like a ton of bricks. His fingers are now digging into the edges of his podium.]

I...I told her about what Hanyuu and I were going to do, when we got out of here. About returning people's souls to their worlds.

But she shouldn't have taken that to mean to- to just take advantage of the motive like that!

cw: suicide discussion

[elepe]

...You knew her fairly well, didn't you?

[Lusamine pauses for a moment. Something about the way Watanuki said that...doesn't sit well with her, at the very least. But...]

Their souls...they would have been lost, if no one had acted. Did she say anything to you, anything at all after the motive?

[foundfate]

...no. She didn't.

We usually sleep in the same room. Last night I even asked if she wanted to turn in early, because of what night it was. She told me no, that she would be back soon, and for me to just go to sleep.

Whatever she was doing, she didn't tell me about it.