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

[wokeupdead]

Yeah, it is pretty hard to believe. It doesn't sound like anyone else knew this either so how did the culprit know?

[it couldn't just be a lucky guess, right?]

[happysweets]

It was probably someone who knew her...maybe a friend?

[ Which makes this whole thing even more gross... ]

[wokeupdead]

[ugh totally.]

Does anyone know who was close to her? I only spoke with her once.

[lackinginfaith]

I wasn't particularly. But it could have just been an educated guess, too.

[notjustawriter]

I only spoke to her once.

[pokexplorer]

I hadn't spoken to her prior. Hence, quite a bit of this information about her is news to me.

[captainobnoxious]

Never even spoke to her, saw her though.

[amygdalae]

The only time I spoke to her for an extended period was the very first day we all arrived here.

[cherryblooded]

Spoke to her twice, once very briefly at a meeting.

[happysweets]

Even Misa-Misa didn't know her well enough to know about that..

[prismbloom]

We spoke several times, but she never mentioned anything like that.

[cherryblooded]

...This may be a difficult question, but do you remember how big her hands were compared to yours?

[There's the possibility the handprint is Pearl's - which would make that fairly useless as evidence.]