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]

Hmm... a black cat, I think.

[ Unlucky to most. Especially beloved to some. ]

[penduli]

[ Bad luck, huh. ]

Those are my favorite. [ Heh. ] ...Yato, if it means anything, I really am impressed by how many talents you have, and how much you've helped people, and that you've obviously tried very hard to throw off whatever you used to be. One mistake here doesn't mean you've failed completely--I still believe you're a god of fortune. Or a delivery god, whichever you'd prefer to be known as.

[ ... ] And I won't forget you, so I hope you reincarnate like every other god does.

[capyper]

[ ... He's not crying, he just poured a bunch of eyedrops in when nobody was looking, you guys — ]

... I don't really deserve this from all of you guys. But... thank you, and — you'd better survive, alright? And eat regularly, too.

[penduli]

[ It's raining in the courtroom, right. This place is weird anyway, who says that totally couldn't happen, right?

The "eat regularly" bit makes him laugh--is that really the thing to be reminding him about right now? ]

I will. [ For both things.

...it's going to be so much harder pressing this button than it has for the other two trials, even if he'd been understanding of their plight because they were twins like he was. ]