Take Responsibility.

[kingmakereffect]

For the third time, those elevator doors at the end of the first-floor corridor open up at the end of the allotted investigation period; the ride down is, as ever, smooth and quick-moving. You're down by five. When the doors slide open, the podium circle still stands in stark contrast to that now-familiar black void of a courtroom, and once again, it's changed to reflect your losses – Caren and Mion have joined those with podiums draped in black, their framed greyscale profile portraits staring out at the rest of you. (The portrait of Pearl hasn't been removed from her room, but it seems the Kingmaker has replaced it with another; either way, her photograph is in the courtroom along with the rest.) As before, the Kingmaker waits until everyone is settled at their podiums before he speaks; he still isn't visible, but he can clearly be heard, his voice coming from everywhere and nowhere all at once. "Capable has been taken from you. I'll confirm one thing for you so no one will waste time asking – the killer wasn't me. Looks like the guilty decided to take a shot at Rule Seven after all – and whether they succeed or not is up to you." Twenty-two Survivors remain. We'll see how many the group has lost at the end of the day.

Comments

[garudynamic]

But if the killer cleaned up Mion they would have cleaned themselves too!

[cherryblooded]

Probably easier to get people to agree to.

[Cherryblod's been cleared already, but he empties his pockets to show that he's only carrying his room key, a pen, and a piece of paper.]

[happysweets]

If Misa-Misa was strapped for time and needed to kill someone she knocked out, and she had a sword, she wouldn't go for the thigh. Just saying.

[wokeupdead]

[And since people are talking about it and I forgot to do it in the first tag...

Lynne turns out the pockets of her jacket. The only things that come up are her own key and a few scratch pieces of paper. And probably lint. No stolen items here.]

[garudynamic]

[Without a shirt (again) he can't hide how he blushes almost all the way down to his shoulders]

Dude, you could grate cheese off Aqua.

[Life isn't fair]

[sleepingkogoro]

That could work.

[Pockets. His own personal key, one of those nib pens and a handkerchief, nothing else. His notes and stuff are in his room, so he brought nothing here]

[cherryblooded]

Miss Misa, you don't have any experience with killing people, so it's natural you'd go for the neck or maybe the heart. But if you want to get someone to lose a lot of blood very quickly, and you're confident you can find it, an artery isn't a bad way to go.

[trustharder]

[It looks like it's close to a slipknot, similar to a hangman's noose, but it looks like the knot tier wasn't formally taught.]

[wokeupdead]

[ . . . ]

OH! YOU'RE RIGHT!

[oops looks like Yosuke just reminded her of something important.]

There was washed out blood pooled at the bottom of the sinks in the art room! They totally cleaned something off in there!

[psychoh]

... [WELL IF EVERYONE ELSE IS... he doesn't wanna look suspicious or anything.

wow look at that impressive 0 pack and complete rib bone outline. but, significantly more importantly, no evidence whatsoever. this was totes worthwhile.]

[happysweets]

Misa-Misa doesn't have pockets! So she's clean.

[ #Modelproblems ]

[penduli]

[ ...for posterity's sake, Black's pockets contain a piece of red candy, his room key, and the phone provided by the Kingmaker.

That's all! phew. ]

[isafraid]

[WHY WOULD HE WANT TO DO THAT HIS NAME ISN'T DIO BRANDO

but thank you.]

Satisfied then?

[capyper]

Not intentionally! But it was hidden and now we all know and I, for one, feel edified by this new knowledge!

[capyper]

[ Yato already established he has no pockets o7 ]

[garudynamic]

They could have washed up.

...though I would think they'd wash up the murder weapon too.

[penduli]

[ Why, God ]

She's a Keyblade Master whatever that is and you're an ordinary high schooler. You really can't compare the two.

[capyper]

[ ... ... ... ]

It's okay.

Everybody's somebody else's type.

[ratingspoint]

...Are we sure it was intentional?

[While we're all talking about murder and how good we are or aren't at it.]

Perhaps someone was trying to subdue her and not kill her. Hit something wrong. Panicked. Maybe?

[wokeupdead]

Was the sword clean? What else would someone wash in a sink at the scene of the crime?

[capyper]

Very satisfied, thank you for asking!

[prismbloom]

Of course.

[ She'll fix her clothes before making her way to Misa and checking her over. ]

[happysweets]

I see...but if I chose that, then everyone would know I was someone who knew what they were doing. Which is a little incriminating in and of itself, right?

[garudynamic]

[Look, Kanji exists. He can't buy that anymore. But he does sigh and shrug his top half of his jump suit back on, half rezipping it]

Still, it's kinda distracting...

[cherryblooded]

Then they're obscenely unlucky.

But in that case, why would they need both the blow to the head and the stab wound? Just the head injury should be enough.