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

[cherryblooded]

[Why do you not want him to get punched in the face, you have the worst priorities.]

[bloodisthicker]

...

You really shouldn't gamble, then......

[captainobnoxious]

[She will, poised to cut him. What's up with his sleeve?]

[wokeupdead]

[. . . Nope. She can't let that go. Very suddenly and very loudly she slams her hands on her podium.]

STOP BEING SUCH A BIG IDIOT, YATO!!!

[Just in fucking general.]

[capyper]

No, it's the difference in combat experience.

[garudynamic]

I kinda wanna hit him too.

[He remembers Namatame vividly]

But we can't just turn into a mob! If he did it, we'll figure out it! But... not like this...

[cherryblooded]

...well, you may be right.

[capyper]

[ There are some stitches on the outside of it, suggesting that there's something that's been sewn into the inside of his sleeve. ]

[garudynamic]

... so you fit that criteria then.

[He frowns, resisting giving into his own anger. It's a fight though]

Why are you egging him on. It isn't helping anyone.

[cherryblooded]

...Alright. I won't punch him. But only because it's you.

[If Yosuke's the one dead next time, there's not going to be any stopping him.]

[capyper]

[ That seems to startle him good; he actually has to take a half step back. ]

... I... I'm so...

[ He bites his lip. ]

I'll do whatever I want, Lynne.

[garudynamic]

[He gives him a watery smile and drops his hands]

Thank you, Cherryblod.

[captainobnoxious]

[Well then.

Sigrun takes Yato's arm to act like she's steadying it for her precise cut with little pain as possible, but she's going to get the stitches instead of his arm.]

[capyper]

Egging him on? Well, maybe this is just who I actually am, Yosuke! Somebody who can think nothing of being accused of murder... and rub it in everybody else's faces.

[wokeupdead]

[She will yell with the righteousness of a shonen hero and he has to DEAL WITH IT.]

Not if it's causing all these problems! You wanted to help people so help us right now! There's no need for all this dancing around!!

[cherryblooded]

[He shakes his head, then returns silently to his own podium.]

[prismbloom]

If we lose our heads now, that won't solve a thing.

[capyper]

[ ... Out of his sleeve falls a key. It's not Yato's key, by the way, which is still sitting on his podium stand with a few candies. ]

[garudynamic]

...

Or someone being a shit so we won't see that he's scared.

[After all, it's what he'd do.]

[prismbloom]

[ ....

Oh, no. ]

What were you looking for in her room, Yato, if you were the one who made that mess?

[captainobnoxious]

[She raises her eyebrows, staring at him.]

Now do you want to talk, Yato?

[sleepingkogoro]

[Mouri had stayed nearby while Sigrun performed the blood ritual this Vault would be known for. As soon as the key has he feels like everything that happened in the trial led to this moment.

Yeah, he's taking credit for the reasoning and everything. He was the one who found where the metal came from, after all]

Why Sonozaki-san? What happened for all this to end in her death?

[amygdalae]

[............]

Why.

[just one word, nothing else. Not even an attempt of being certain of what he had seen.]

[bloodisthicker]

...

Well, that makes everything fall into place. I'm glad you decided to waste everybody's time instead of coming clean when you should have.

[wokeupdead]

[Lynne is just quiet, fists balled up on top of her podium. This was the last thing she wanted. She wanted to shout at him until he told her he was just joking.

A really really bad joke.]