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]

...Alright.

[ Mikazuki almost smiles, but it's too painful for him to bear, so he doesn't. It's...something to do at least-- telling Orihime those things, that is. ]

You are too kind, as always.

[ Of course it's not an insult, as it was said too softly to be that, but he appreciates it anyway. ]

[oyashiromama]

I choose to be kind, rather than the alternative. I told Estellise something of that nature, awhile ago.

...You know, I...

[She...takes a moment, then, and looks around, again and everything and nothing. She doesn't know where to look, who to address, but-]

Yoshikage Kira? ...If you are here. Or if anyone can tell him... I know it probably doesn't matter to you, one way or the other, but...I forgive you. [This is much less ceremonious than usual. More flippant. She looks a little sheepish-] I know all of you were pleased with me for not, but...it's not in my nature. Not with what I've remembered, or experienced, and... Especially...not when I have people asking for goodnatured requests.