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

[trustharder]

[They're pretty thin, but matching them to anything is going to be impossible. All you've got are your eyes, no one's vision is that good!]

[cherryblooded]

Way too thick. You pass.

[He's pleased to report this.]

[isafraid]

[Speedwagon is wearing a white dress shirt under his chimney sweep getup. It is fortunately clean and intact!]

[trustharder]

[You can't tell. They're just fibers, comparing them like this isn't going to work.]

[ignorantly]

[ Shirazu's wearing his hideous jumpsuit, so no white here. ]

[captainobnoxious]

[She's pleased to hear it.]

Can't take you and Mettaton out on a troll hunt if I'm dead, right?

[cherryblooded]

...honestly I'm not sure. Maybe this was a bad idea.

[pokexplorer]

I see. That could mean that the culprit moved the pieces to the stairwell which may have caused the transfer of fibers...or vice versa, if they chose to bring some to the laundry room to wash down. Though the latter seems a bit more tedious.

[wokeupdead]

[Oh right, as for herself Lynne is clean. She only works in bright primary colors, thanks.]

[garudynamic]

[oh of course not. He wishes Kanji was here- he could tell thread count by touch. Yosuke does try to figure out if it's the soft texture of a shirt or the coarse texture of say, gauze or rope. But he just doesn't have the knowledge base beyond that, and the fibers are too small...]

[captainobnoxious]

[Her jacket's white, and there's a few tears that've been sewn up on her left sleeve where she had the stitches last week when they had a strip fiasco, but otherwise there's nothing of note.]

[cherryblooded]

[As earlier mentioned, Cherryblod has white gloves and a white shirt, but as far as tears and injuries he's pristine.]

[trustharder]

[Unfortunately it's impossible to tell the texture with so few fibers. Sorry, Yosuke.]

[amygdalae]

It was an idea. It's just something we can't do without the aid of specialized equipment.

[Doing his best to make you feel better, Cherryblod...]

[cherryblooded]

[He'll try not to be dejected.]

Don't suppose anyone got a microscope from the vending machine... and happened to bring it...

[garudynamic]

[He tried bro, he tried]

[sleepingkogoro]

[Well this is not going very well]

It doesn't seem like matching the fibers will work. Everything looks the same to me! We'll have to think of some other plan.

The remains were in contact with some sort of clothing right before the culprit left, it can't have been something like socks. I think shirts, jackets and gloves are our best chances, the closer to the hands the better.

...unless the pieces were carried wrapped in something, but I found nothing like that.

[pokexplorer]

[Colress is wearing his white lab coat and white gloves, but there are no visible tears or imperfections in either. He also doesn't have any visible injuries!]

[amygdalae]

I doubt the Kingmaker will let it be that easy for us.

[amygdalae]

[Bruce is also stuck in garish neon colored jumpsuits and has been since day 1, so no dice from him here.]

[penduli]

[ Black's decided to forgo his sweater and puffy vest combo today, so all he has is his white plaid shirt. No tears or anything here though!

...and since he was expecting a trial (as they, you know, had one after the last murder) he didn't bother wrapping up his fingers to keep them from getting pricked, so he's clean. Sewing can wait until after this is all through and he needs something to do that doesn't include being anywhere near food. ]

[garudynamic]

[No white... since his whites are now a lovely shade of pale orange.

Yes, even the underpants, you wanna check that, Lynne?]

[captainobnoxious]

What're the chances of the fight just being moved upstairs? It's not like the laundry room is that far from the stairwell.

[cherryblooded]

[No she doesn't.]

[cherryblooded]

In that case, you'd see some of the smaller pieces up there. The pieces that were in the stairwell were only ones big enough to be carried.