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]

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.]