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

[happysweets]

It's like Cherry said before. It's someone who knew what they were doing...but Misa-Misa's stumped. None of the clues are coming together...

[ratingspoint]

...Why are we bothering to try to figure out the chain of events in the first place, then?

A lot of this comes down to "who could have done this," right? We're looking for a skillset. Who cares how it happened, the point is that it did.

[uro_cyon]

You can definitely screw it up if you've never done it before though.

[bloodisthicker]

...so, either shortsighted or very likely the most disgusting person in the room, then.

1/2

[captainobnoxious]

We've got almost everything we need, but it's just not connect right, so we're still missing something and that something is something that needs to be found soon or I'm gonna raid every one of you for your high class candies, honestly!

[captainobnoxious]

[...]

Except you, Misa. You can keep yours.

[garudynamic]

Yeah, but like, half of us know how to fight in some way or another. But it'd have to be someone that could knock her out in one hit AND know where to stab her. Mettaton is right- it might help if we focus on the who first.

[ratingspoint]

Possibly! Unless someone got more information than I did when I asked about it, self-sacrifice is definitely on the table.

Or, well, it was, before all this business with Mion-darling happened.

[garudynamic]

[well]

[cherryblooded]

Wouldn't it also have to be someone who could beat her at cards?

That's hard to pin down, I realize.

[capyper]

I'd also like to see the metal thing!

[wokeupdead]

I may be a pretty great detective but there's no way I could do all that. The only thing I'm trained in using is a gun.

[So, you know, whenever one of those shows up in a murder trial-]

[amygdalae]

It could be what we're actually overlooking.

[capyper]

... No, it wouldn't have to be. If you were right in assuming that there was a bet on cards, even still... all that matters is the killer's ability to, you know. Kill.

[bloodisthicker]

...

I'm really glad all of us have our priorities in order, with five people being dead and all.

[that's as much as y'all are getting]

[garudynamic]

So we needs someone that can-

One: Fight
Two: Is strong enough to lift her easily. And hang her, what, hundred lbs of dead weight?
Three: Has either the combat experience or medical knowledge to hit her artery in one clean shot with a big awkward weapon.
Four: And do all of this fast.

[cherryblooded]

...Just grasping at straws, I suppose.

[ratingspoint]

That sounds about right!

[capyper]

You should learn how to take a compliment! It'll help you get more votes!!

[notjustawriter]

[Assuming he got it back from Speedwagon, Gabriel will hand it right over, in its helpful plastic baggy.]

[cherryblooded]

Hundred and ten.

[He has weight and height written down on his piece of paper.]

[garudynamic]

The first one could be over half of us, so let's just throw that out.

As for the lifting, that puts Misa, Megumi and the King out right off the bat. Probably me, Lynne, Yato, Taichi, Cherryblod and Black too, just from size alone.

[amygdalae]

Maybe, but the more telling fact is ghat there were no signs of her struggling against the rope. There is a chance she was already dead when she was hung.

[sleepingkogoro]

[Mouri twirls his nib pen in his hand, thoughtful. There aren't that many people who could do that]

There aren't that many who could do all that.

Pearce-san? He is a vigilante.
Eide-san would be another option, military training and what not.

...

I'm not accusing either because there's nothing tangible pointing towards any of them

[That is...progress to fix his jumping to conclusions problem, at least?

Aqua would conceivably be in the list but Mouri steadfastly refuses to even consider her a suspect]

[garudynamic]

Hey, always guess down with a girl's size.