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

[goodforsomething]

I guess. Either way, she wouldn'tve left the door open and hid her key, so someone must've been in there.

[cherryblooded]

I've used them before, but I'm not that good with them. Anyway, I was in Mettaton's room all last night - he can vouch that I didn't leave.

[captainobnoxious]

Yeah, but then they've got this to deal with. Why not just get rid of something while you could?

[don't give murderers any ideas, sigrun]

Unless they have a guilty conscience, I guess.

[capyper]

Hmm... well, why would they do something like that?

[ratingspoint]

He didn't, actually.

[...Well, then.]

[notjustawriter]

Not too big, but there were two of them, and they weren't that far apart from each other.

[captainobnoxious]

We've got some good snoops here, that's all. I'd just take care of anything I could, but maybe they just didn't have the time for it.

[goodforsomething]

They killed a goddamn seventeen-year-old, they better.

[isafraid]

Maybe there was something they needed from there?

[ratingspoint]

I can, yes!

[HELLO SHRIMPDAD HE IS HERE.]

I was up all night, as I usually am - he didn't go anywhere.

[capyper]

Was there anything else in there?

[garudynamic]

Yeah, they didn't start the washing machine either. Not that that much blood would wash out- but it would ruin some evidence at least.

I think either they ran out of time or didn't know how to use the machines, personally.

[goodforsomething]

They tossed that blanket in the washer and didn't turn it on, right? If they had the time, it would've been better to wash it for real - or burn it.

[sleepingkogoro]

We have a few lists and I can't say we ever got an update, but let me think...

[Mouri hazily remembers the content of those lists, there's something that jumps to him]

Bruce-san had two bamboo swords, those are made specially for training. Other than that, I don't remember seeing swords in any of the lists provided.

[capyper]

A high school girl's room is like her sanctuary, so it must've been pretty important! Although I guess it's hard to say if anything's missing, huh.

[cherryblooded]

Thank you, dear.

[He appreciates your support.]

And while I did go to sleep, you've seen humans all of a handful of times - I doubt you'd ever be that good at finding a specific artery on a human body.

[Do monsters even have arteries??]

[capyper]

..... I hate to break it to ya, but I think you should probably give up on the weapons list thing...

[ It seems remarkably ineffective... he's sorry, but really. ]

[ignorantly]

Like what? The murder weapon or something? [ Did Mion even own a sword? ]

[goodforsomething]

Of course not! No one's gonna tell you they've got a sword and then go kill somebody with it.

[sleepingkogoro]

Then I don't think it was Sonozaki-san's blood. There were no other wounds other than the one on her thigh, and that wouldn't leave small amounts like the ones you saw.

[cherryblooded]

Probably.

Yato, while I can't say whether you have one, isn't your usual weapon a sword?

[captainobnoxious]

[Hmmm. Her chances are not sounding too good right now. And she's got no alibi. Wow.]

I'm well-versed with pretty much anything that's sharp and anything that shoots, but I'll admit that I haven't had a sword like this in a while. I'm more used to daggers.

And humans aren't my expertise. Animals and trolls are, though I can't say it's all that different either... except for trolls, which have all the weak points. Animals are pretty much the same as humans in where their blood runs. I just don't see a point in the bloodletting this time though, if she was stabbed after she was down for the count or whatever, why not just use the neck or chest?

[sleepingkogoro]

Weren't there instructions about how to use those machines? I think there were.

[He never really paid attention to that]

[goodforsomething]

Maybe she got somethin' of theirs outta the machine.

[notjustawriter]

It looks like Mion was playing cards with someone. There was a friendship bracelet on the card table that was being used, one of those bracelets from the vending machine.

And this little piece of metal was near it. Don't know what it could be, it's a little too small to figure out what it's from.