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

[tsugomori]

[ Oh no, he's not here for this. ]

That doesn't mean Estelle had any part in this.

[acherontiastyx]

Look. You think I wanna do this, man? Nobody wants to do this. I'm just...

Tapus, man. If we all die, do we have any chance of fixing shit?

[tsugomori]

No, of course not. I just don't want to...I can't...!

[... damnit. For a moment, he just ... he doesn't know what to say. ]

It wouldn't make sense for three of them, one right after the other, to kill!

[ Three of his close companions, that is. It's probably a weak defense, but he feels he's out of options. ]

[acherontiastyx]

...

Yeah, I mean, between you and poor fuckin' Jasper this place just needs to lay the fuck off.

[iaspis]

[amen to that]

[tsugomori]

...That it really does...I'm tired of it.

[sportadork]

[gently] You know what things start to look like, when you talk like that.

[see: everything last week was]

[tsugomori]

[ He hates this. ]

Yes, I do, I suppose. But it's not like that, either.

[firstaid]

Thank you, Mikazuki. All I can do is promise you that I did not do this.

[tsugomori]

I believe you. There's no reason that you would.

[ He smiles... he's sure of that at least. ]