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

[sleepingkogoro]

Yato-san, if that's what you were trying then your chances were zero since much earlier than you think.

[Mouri doesn't hate Yato, he just dismisses everything because he knows it's senseless to try to beat down some sense if that person doesn't want to listen. Now that Yato is a bit more vulnerable may as well say what he wants to say]

You can't erase in one moment the kindness and love people felt for you during these three weeks. Believe it or not, it's not so simple. People are going to inherently believe in the goodness you have because what is what they have seen. You murdered Sonozaki-san but that doesn't make you stop being friends of some people here.

We may not have talked much but I could see there was certain sincerity in all that. I'll never approve what you did, but I'm not going to label you a monster for that. A monster isn't defined as easily as you wish.

There's simply nothing else to be done. Why you did it or how you did it doesn't matter now, but you do matter. Surely you see it now.

[capyper]

I... Thanks. It means a lot to me to hear that...