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

[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.

[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.

[sleepingkogoro]

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

[He never really paid attention to that]

[garudynamic]

I think so, but someone in a rush might not have remembered. Or cared. But it's just as likely they just ran out of time and intended to come back and turn everything on after they were done cleaning.

[isafraid]

If there's not, then someone using them can only be so lucky.

[He would know.]

[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.

[prismbloom]

Sigrun did say the incinerator took too long to start--the culprit may have known that, too.

[goodforsomething]

So they didn't have time to take care of everything, probably. Not too surprising - it must've taken a while to get her up there like that.

[prismbloom]

Exactly. Or, since the blanket Yosuke found was covered in fresh blood, and the evidence of the card game in the game room wasn't taken care of, they may have thought they were running out of time. They either got flustered or knew they would be found when we all woke up.

[goodforsomething]

Hard to think of someone who'd bleed her out and hang her up like that gettin' flustered.

[prismbloom]

In a high-tension situation, even the most composed peeson can lose their head.