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

[devastation]

... Um, I'd like to decline from doing so, if you don't mind.

[Not because she has anything to hide, per-say, but... seriously look at her does she look like she would be the type of person to strip in front of people, let alone kill someone. (Also she's not ripped like the rest of you, damn.)

However, she does have the courtesy to turn out her pockets to show that she's not carrying anything on her except for her own room key.]

Maybe... ah, we should have everyone here empty their pockets? Just in case it's possible that someone took Sonozaki-san's room key but didn't have time to put it away somewhere before the trial?

[cherryblooded]

Probably easier to get people to agree to.

[Cherryblod's been cleared already, but he empties his pockets to show that he's only carrying his room key, a pen, and a piece of paper.]

[sleepingkogoro]

That could work.

[Pockets. His own personal key, one of those nib pens and a handkerchief, nothing else. His notes and stuff are in his room, so he brought nothing here]

[capyper]

Oh, detective! So you have one of those pens too, huh?

[happysweets]

Misa-Misa doesn't have pockets! So she's clean.

[ #Modelproblems ]

[capyper]

[ Yato already established he has no pockets o7 ]

[ignorantly]

[ After getting the top half of his jumpsuit back on, Shirazu empties his pockets. His room key and some lint, but nothing else. ]

[goodforsomething]

[Pockets! Stan places his own room key on the podium, along with a few coins for the vending machine. That's all!]

[notjustawriter]

[Might as well.

Gabriel empties his pockets to reveal the bit of metal he found in his investigation, the friendship bracelet, his room key, and his Kingmaker-assigned phone.]

[garudynamic]

Oh hey, Gabriel, has anyone looked at the bit of metal yet?

[notjustawriter]

I gave it to Speedwagon earlier.

[devastation]

... Is that the friendship bracelet someone mentioned finding at the crime scene, or is that one you got from the vending machine?

[Just so we're clear here]

[notjustawriter]

It's the one from the crime scene.

[It's bagged up and everything.]

[psychoh]

[pauses. empties jacket pockets onto podium.




that is a sizable pile of candy there.]

[devastation]

[... You know, Megumi's not going to say anything but Yato's right, someone should do something about getting Norman to eat healthier...]

[isafraid]

[Thank you so much for being on of the sane people here, Miss Megumi. But wasn't it worth seeing all these shredded people? No, no it wasn't.]

That's... a much better plan then what we had, but that was probably worth a shot too...

[His shirt is back on, and Speedwagon quickly digs through his pockets. Apart from some lint, a pocketwatch, some crumpled paper and a pencil, he's good.]

[devastation]

I'm glad you agree that this is a better course of action to take.

[Don't get us wrong though, you're all lovely people and if this wasn't a murder trial, she might not have said anything.

...But this is a murder trial and a teenager is dead so let's move on.]