Take Responsibility.

[kingmakereffect]

The elevator doors slide open at the end of the allotted time for investigating, and the ride down is quick-paced and smooth; there's a lot more space in here than there was at the start of the game, that much is obvious. But then, perhaps that's to be expected with almost a third of your original number dead. The doors slide open when the courtroom is reached, the podium circle waiting as always in the middle of what still seems to be an endless dark void; Yato, Taichi and Megumi have joined the ranks of the dead, their podiums draped in black, greyscale portraits set upon them. Watching the proceedings. And as always, they aren't the only ones watching. The Kingmaker waits until everyone is settled at their podiums to begin speaking; it's still impossible to tell where his voice is coming from – other than, perhaps, 'everywhere.' "Protective has been taken from you. Looks like the guilty thought their secret was worth more than her life... Or maybe they just wanted out and decided to be the one to succeed at Rule Seven where everyone else has failed. Whether they succeed or not is up to you." Nineteen Survivors remain. How many are still alive at the end of the day is your decision.

Comments

[sleepingkogoro]

It could be a wig. The other possibility is that someone here dyes their hair, but that is unlikely. Dyed hair would leave dye traces on the hair, and it doesn't seem to me there is any of that here.

[It is almost colorless, like gray hair]

[cherryblooded]

Hm...

As we've been discussing, plenty of us have distinctive hair colors. If someone were to pull off a chunk of my hair, for example, you'd know immediately that it was me because no one else's hair comes close.

[garudynamic]

Dude yeah, not only would it be REALLY easy to frame someone, but hiding your hair would be a really good idea if you were planning to take someone out.

[cherryblooded]

Right. So, aside from me [thank goodness for alibis] which of us have colors that would stick out?

[isafraid]

It depends on the color you're searching for.

[cherryblooded]

Well, I don't think it'd be black. Too many of us have that color to really pick someone out based on that alone.

[isafraid]

So then we should be trying lighter colors then? Maybe try with the lightest first.

[cherryblooded]

What's there to try? Unless somebody has a wig on their person, which I doubt anyone here is stupid enough to do after murdering somebody...

[garudynamic]

Uhm... Aqua, obviously. Sigrun's and Shirazu is pretty bright too. Mine is kinda two tone now. Black, Speedwagon, Misa and Colress all have blondish hair, but different shades. Stan's is gray. I think everyone else is black or brown?

[sleepingkogoro]

It is worth pointing the hair is too short to be Pines-san's.

Let's not waste time taking a further look.

[garudynamic]

And it's not like we have any animals or anything like that it could have come from.

[cherryblooded]

...Doesn't narrow it down as much as I'd have liked.

[captainobnoxious]

Mine's all natural. Unlike yours.

[JUST SO YOU KNOW. FUCKING CALLOUT POST RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW.]

[garudynamic]

WOW.

WOW.

[captainobnoxious]

Black told me!

[She slams her hand down on the podium, careful of the blade.]

You have dyed hair! I thought you were normal! I thought you didn't have a weird hair color like the others, but nooo you lied to everyone!

[It's like real court now.]

Confess, Yosuke! Confess to your crime!

[wokeupdead]

[No mention of the redheads???]

My hair could never be mistaken either!

[garudynamic]

[SORRY LYNNE I MISSED YOU]

Well your hair is pretty long, there's no way it could be mixed up with anyone elses.

[pokexplorer]

Does anyone here actually wear a wig, though? I haven't come across any in the rooms we've explored or the vending machine.

[cherryblooded]

That's the problem with that theory. I can't confirm that there isn't one in the vending machine, but I've never gotten one out of the hundred or so things I've received.

[amygdalae]

We can't be entirely sure. Some things are only dispensed out once from what I can tell.

[And usually those would be items from where they came from.]

[cherryblooded]

That's true. They'd be personal effects. But you can't just ask 'do you wear a wig at home', either.

[bloodisthicker]

...

[...he remembers something from a few weeks ago, because it left an impression. But... what the hell??]

Actually... someone might.

[notjustawriter]

You got an idea?

[sleepingkogoro]

You know someone who might own a wig?

[This is...!]

Who is it?

[bloodisthicker]

...well, it was about the second week here, and I was doing laundry late at night because I didn't actually want anybody to see me wearing that hideous jumpsuit. Unfortunately, someone witnessed my shame, but he was washing something... a bit odd.

[...he gets the feeling that this is Deep Dark Secrets territory and not just a hobby that's more acceptable in the Year of the Horse than it was in generations past. It... feels kind of shitty to do this, but at the same time...

He wants whoever killed Megumi and dumped her body right in the room next door to him to be brought down. He couldn't do anything then, but he sure can now.]

I didn't get the closest look at it, but it was definitely a whitish grey wig, from what I could see. And the person I saw doing this...

[...something about this... feels right, actually. He feels better than he has in a week. He points, maybe a little too enthusiastically, at Norman Bates.]

Well... do you have an explanation for this, Mr. Bates?