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

[ratingspoint]

See! There you go.

So it's possible the sword did belong to Mion after all.

[shitdamn, he is proud of himself.]

[cherryblooded]

But in that case, what's the mess in Mion's room for? They took her key and rummaged around in her room to do... what, exactly?

There wasn't anything like a fake suicide note, was there?

[penduli]

That's the first thing I went looking for and no, there wasn't.

[cherryblooded]

That's what I thought. So if that's not it, then they might have been looking for something, but - what? What do you even need if you're planning to escape?

The and rope blanket are from the storage room, not her room. If they already had the sword...

[captainobnoxious]

... Knocked her out, hung her up in the art room, took her key to get the sword, and let the blood out? If they didn't already have it, I mean.

[cherryblooded]

That brings us back around to what they knocked her out with.

[capyper]

... You guys. Really? You don't need a weapon to knock somebody out...

[cherryblooded]

You do need something.

[capyper]

But you don't need a weapon. Unless you're counting stuff like the floor or a wall as a weapon?

[cherryblooded]

I'm not. ...And I suppose that injury didn't draw blood, so it's not as though it'd leave evidence. That'd be too easy...

[capyper]

Heh, well, those are just the cards dealt!

... Anyway, I think considering that you can't figure out how this chain of events unfolded, maybe that chain of events is wrong.

[cherryblooded]

...is that really the right expression to be using right now.

[capyper]

[ ...?? HE'S ON THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE CIRCLE... ]

Come again?

[cherryblooded]

Nothing. Didn't say anything important.

[uro_cyon]

Specifically applied force too.

[capyper]

Yep, exactly! There's no need for a second weapon. And seeing as there hasn't been one found, there probably wasn't one.

[uro_cyon]

Easier and cleaner to do just do it with your hands if you know what you're doing.

[capyper]

Yeah, and if you think about it, introducing another weapon into things just ends up being more stuff the killer's gotta get rid of. Using your hands is the best option, if it's possible.

[captainobnoxious]

A table.

[cherryblooded]

Fair. I didn't see the game room, so I don't know how much of that was disturbed.

[ratingspoint]

...Darling, if you thought you were going to die, is there anything you'd ask someone to do? Like let your family know what happened?

Or maybe take something back to them, if you had something?

[cherryblooded]

...Oh.

[Well. That makes a lot of sense.]

[ratingspoint]

Exactly.

[...dear god something mettaton said actually made sense

horsemen, end of days, etc]

[cherryblooded]

[He'll be proud of robot son right as soon as he's done being sad.]

[ratingspoint]

[he's here all day and he doesn't have functioning empathy, take your time]