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]

So we needs someone that can-

One: Fight
Two: Is strong enough to lift her easily. And hang her, what, hundred lbs of dead weight?
Three: Has either the combat experience or medical knowledge to hit her artery in one clean shot with a big awkward weapon.
Four: And do all of this fast.

[ratingspoint]

That sounds about right!

[garudynamic]

The first one could be over half of us, so let's just throw that out.

As for the lifting, that puts Misa, Megumi and the King out right off the bat. Probably me, Lynne, Yato, Taichi, Cherryblod and Black too, just from size alone.

[wokeupdead]

[rude! she could totally lift that much!]

[garudynamic]

[Almost over your head, Lynne? Long enough to string her up?]

[wokeupdead]

[...not in the short amount of time allotted.]

[garudynamic]

[There ya go]

Any of us that are close to her size would have a harder time since she'd drag. If it's one of us smaller people we'd have to be pretty strong just to counter how awkward moving her and using the rope at the same time. Not Impossible, probably. But hard to do fast.

[cherryblooded]

Hundred and ten.

[He has weight and height written down on his piece of paper.]

[garudynamic]

Hey, always guess down with a girl's size.

[cherryblooded]

...She's not going to take offense now.

[sleepingkogoro]

[Mouri twirls his nib pen in his hand, thoughtful. There aren't that many people who could do that]

There aren't that many who could do all that.

Pearce-san? He is a vigilante.
Eide-san would be another option, military training and what not.

...

I'm not accusing either because there's nothing tangible pointing towards any of them

[That is...progress to fix his jumping to conclusions problem, at least?

Aqua would conceivably be in the list but Mouri steadfastly refuses to even consider her a suspect]

[uro_cyon]

I don't think being a vigilante automatically means I could do that. But you're not wrong.

[captainobnoxious]

Honestly, besides whoever really killed her, I'm probably your most likely bet to be able to do anything like that, you're right. I would've done a better knot for her though or just tossed everything into an already started burner.

[please don't continue to paint targets on yourself]

I'm glad you're getting over your jumpy starts though, good on you. Thanks.

[ignorantly]

And who's good at tying knots.

[amygdalae]

I would be able to do most of those, but I'm not as strong as I look - carrying the victim quickly for one would be rather beyond me.

[he's not really made of muscle.

Also his profile has violence as a dislike so.]

[garudynamic]

... wait. Do we know it was only one person?

[happysweets]

Why would there be an accomplice?

[amygdalae]

Would the accomplice benefit in the first place?

[garudynamic]

Yeah, the issue is the accomplice would end up killed with the rest of us

[amygdalae]

I doubt that most people would be willing to give up their life like this.

[happysweets]

Probably not, since letting the culprit get away with it means they die too, right?

[garudynamic]

To avoid one us getting killed randomly. Like usually it'd make no sense since only the killer can escape. But this incentive changes things up. I doubt it's the case, but it's not impossible either.

[happysweets]

I guess we should make sure we cover all our bases, if nothing else!

[sleepingkogoro]

Are you suggesting there may have been an accomplice?

[Adult stare again, condescension onwards!]

Idiot! If there had been more than one person involved we would have found some clue pointing that already! The more people in the crime the less likely it is to get away with it without leaving evidence!

[garudynamic]

Yeah, no, it's pretty unlikely. It would make it easier to move her... but I doubt any of us would risk getting killed in the trial.