Take Responsibility.

[kingmakereffect]

And after a given amount of time, those elevator doors at the end of the first-floor corridor open up; as it was last week, the ride down is smooth and quick-moving, even if there are less of you this week. (Technically, you're only down by one in the elevator; Bruce has ensured that Pearl is with you in some way, albeit unconventionally and by the grace of Ziploc.) However, when the doors open up to the podium circle standing in the middle of that black void of a courtroom, there's no mistaking the fact that there are fewer people present than there were last week – Kamui and Pearl have joined those with podiums draped in black, their framed profile portraits watching the proceedings in shades of grey. It's still impossible to tell exactly where the Kingmaker is watching the proceedings from, though it's obvious that he is; he'll wait until everyone is settled before he speaks, his voice coming from everywhere and nowhere all at once. "Devoted has been taken from you. All of you know what the stakes are now, but this happened anyway – looks like someone's determined. Whether they succeed or not is up to you." Twenty-four Survivors remain. We'll see how many are still standing by the end of the day.

Comments

[amygdalae]

I'm not sure. But if we want to account for the towel, we have to see every possibility.

[capyper]

I mean, it's weird at all that the person felt like they needed to wipe up water — and I think given that it was damp but not shiny with gem dust, it was probably used to wipe up water, yeah? Like I said, water shouldn't be damning evidence, it's not like blood or anything.

[amygdalae]

[.......hmmmmm.]

Pearl's 'body', as it is, is supposedly just a hologram projection of a sort, yes? In that case, how would substances like water and such react to her?

[garudynamic]

Actually, towels usually have really thick fibers. Has anyone compared it to the fibers yet?

If their not fluffy it might not be the towel at all.

[penduli]

Well, if the water was there before, whoever it was could've slipped on it, couldn't they?

[amygdalae]

Perhaps. We need to have a clearer picture of exactly what transpired.

[prismbloom]

It was mentioned that Pearl was likely knocked off her feet. Maybe it is her hand print.

HEY MODS

[sleepingkogoro]

...it is worth a try.

[Mouri asks for the towel, so let's do it. Are the fibers a match with the towel?

[wokeupdead]

It wasn't like she couldn't touch things, right? She was solid.

[god they are going to get stuck on alien biology again.]

[trustharder]

[Nice try, but nope. They're too thin to belong to the towels.]

[prismbloom]

As solid as any of us, it's true.

[amygdalae]

She was from what I had seen, but...

[Hell, he doesn't have a clue either. It's just a thought that occurred to him.]

[sleepingkogoro]

[Mouri sighs in relief]

It doesn't match! The chances of it being from the culprit's clothes continue being a possibility.

[garudynamic]

[Yosuke has folded many towels, shirts and sheets in his life as a stock boy. How thin are we talking?]

[lackinginfaith]

Too strange how? They fell, got wet, left a print, and got up. Then whatever else happened happened.

[cherryblooded]

Looks like it's not from the towel. In that case, I propose they're from something else.

If you're wearing something white or white-ish right now, anything at all, could you come over here and we'll try to check the material against these fibers? At the very least, we should be able to tell if the color is the exact same, and probably at least narrow down who's wearing something with the right width of fibers.

[sleepingkogoro]

Since the fibers were mixed with the remains it's likely they were in direct contact with what left the fibers.

Gloves comes to mind!

EVERYONE LINE UP

[wokeupdead]

[There has been enough talk about this mysterious towel. Lynne is going to go around the circle and check everyone over. THIS IS A PAT DOWN, GUYS.

Please note if they are wearing any white or if there are any tears or visible injuries. No strip searches just yet but don't make her. She totally will.]

Excuse me! This'll only take a second.

[garudynamic]

All my whites are peach dyed now. You saw it for yourself. So I'm out.

Re: EVERYONE LINE UP

[sleepingkogoro]

[Mouri's shirt is pretty much white and pretty much intact. You'll have to check somebody else]

[amygdalae]

[Well Bruce has been alternating between his purple and green neon jumpsuits, so he's sort of in the clear here.]

[notjustawriter]

[All clear here.

Gabriel's not in white; he's wearing a jumpsuit in a particularly eye-searing shade of vibrant yellow.]

[captainobnoxious]

[Oh, boy! She could be a murder suspect!

... Sigrun has no issues coming over, because she's not a killer, and while her threads certainly are white as driven snow, they're also rather thick to account for the winters in Scandinavia.]

paging mods, for real this time.

[cherryblooded]

[Cherryblod takes off one of his silk white gloves to compare material.

How're we looking?]

[capyper]

Be gentle with me, Lynne!!

[ He's wearing white ceremonial robes, which covers almost all of his body but there are no tears on it anywhere. ]