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

[capyper]

Yes! Especially you, now that you've gone all shy about it!!

[goodforsomething]

Ah, the kid's just bein' modest.

[Don't pick on the other twin.]

[penduli]

[ God Bless You ]

[capyper]

But he's being so cute about it. It makes me curious!

[penduli]

I'm going to have to respectfully decline.

[ don't make him do this........ ]

I can't handle blood at all anyway--it makes me sick to my stomach, honestly--and I have shaky hands. There's no way I could've done it. [ He would have totally stabbed her a few more times before he hit an artery correctly, is what he's saying.

...if he wasn't completely adverse to the idea in the first place anyway. HE'S A WUSS. ]

I think that's enough to exempt me from being a suspect this time, isn't it?

[capyper]

[ ... Maybe it's the age range and blond hair, but something in the way that he says "I can't handle blood at all" reminds Yato of how Yukine used to be so afraid of the dark, and he loses his will to go on with the strip inquisition. ]

Well, I'll believe that you didn't do it, so I don't mind if you wanna pass over it if everybody else is okay with it.

[penduli]

[ what's great is that they share an english voice actor too A SIGH OF RELIEF... his dignity remains intact for a few more seconds. ]

Thank you, Yato.

[ ...he's not sure if everyone else will agree with passing him over, but he sure hopes so. It'd be silly to waste time checking someone who's got a laundry list of reasons why he couldn't have done it. ]

[capyper]

[ HE'S LUCKY YATO DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY START TREATING HIM LIKE YUKINE ]

Hey, no problem! Like I said... I don't believe you did it. No point in wasting time on a pointless endeavor.