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

[feistytrader]

One way or another, we were all going to be upset tomorrow. So she decided to set up something nice for us to keep up everyone's spirits. And she put her trust in whoever was working with her, but... There's a possibility that she could die because of the motive, too.

That was a risk she was willing to take.

The real question is whether she was going to write "Forgive me" or "forgive them," isn't it?

[matchbreaker]

[ . . . Hah. ]

Or a name, I suppose.

[ Forgive me... ]

[tsugomori]

Why would she have written "forgive me"? It would be more likely the latter, wouldn't it?

[ ... He doesn't get where this is going. ]

[feistytrader]

I think the latter is more likely, but didn't she seem like the type that would be apologetic about her own death?

[Orihime was an extremely caring person. She would have known that her death would hurt people. ...He briefly touches his forehead with a finger.]

[oyashiromama]

...Yes, she does. ...Did.

[tsugomori]

Oh, I see. That makes sense, if she was like that.

[ That only serves to make things sadder, really. ]

[foundfate]

I mean, she was apologetic for giving herself up to save her friends once, so you never know.

[SORRY ORIHIME he doesn't mean to share secrets like that, but it might be important.]

[iaspis]

She may have realized the risk of being out on a Thursday night.