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

[foundfate]

He probably wouldn't, but it makes sense, in a weird sort of way.

Look at who's left here. We all get along reasonably well, even if we don't talk to each other every day. And we have been working together to find a way out of here. Maybe we're even getting close, and he's starting to panic.

Would any of you kill someone here just for the chance to escape? I think not. So the motive must have been crafted carefully, with the people left here in mind. While I don't think anyone here now would kill just to go home, especially not since we're figuring out more and more of this place as each week passes, I absolutely believe that many people here would kill to save the dead. Especially if they knew that 'death' here wasn't the end of things.