Take Responsibility.

[kingmakereffect]

And once the allotted time for investigating comes to a close, those elevator doors slide open at the end of the first-floor corridor, offering another of those fast, smooth rides down to that black void of a courtroom Twelve out of the original twenty-seven are dead; there are four less of you present for this trial than there were last week. That's incredibly obvious as soon as the doors slide open and the podium circle comes into view where it's encircling that dark pit in the center of the room; Norman, the King, Tarrlok, and Lynne have joined the deceased, photographs in greyscale watching the proceedings from their podiums draped in black. Of course and as always, the Kingmaker is watching too; he waits until everyone is settled at their podiums to begin speaking, though it's still impossible to tell exactly where his voice is coming from. "Assured and Perceiving have been taken from you. You guys are really getting excited, aren't you? Two people dead in one night... Whether the guilty party succeeds or not, though, is up to the rest of you." Fifteen Survivors remain. However many will be down by the end of the day is up to you.

Comments

[isafraid]

It's possible... a shame none of us decided to check the bathrooms.

[ratingspoint]

Incorrect - the door was open, according to Sigrun. So either someone found her first or Lynne could have left anytime she wanted.

[garudynamic]

Assuming she was conscious she woulda fought too- got water all over herself. But it's just a possibility.

[amygdalae]

Like I said, its a stretch.

[He's just trying to shoot of anything he can think of right now, as unscientific as that is.]

Suffocation by hot air isn't something I'd think of, but considering that she was in a sauna--as low as the possibility of it is, it could be a thing.

[happysweets]

I'm just saying! We might not be looking at a murder at all here...

[happysweets]

There are ones in the actual rooms themselves, too...but I bet a couple of people's bathrooms are filled with glitter. Misa-Misa went a little hard.

[goodforsomething]

She was pretty young to just drop dead. Seemed healthy...

[amygdalae]

[...yeah. It was a stretch.]

Right. It was a stretch, anyway.

[happysweets]

Lots of "what if"s here, aren't there..?

[ratingspoint]

[Speaking of...]

She's not old enough to just...lie down and die, is she?

[happysweets]

She was doing handstands and cartwheels just a few weeks ago at Truth or Dare. And she'd need to be fit to be a cop. If she was sick, she did a really, really good job hiding it.

[garudynamic]

Ugh, yeah. All I can think is she got bleach on her somehow, ran to get it washed off and the killer was waiting for her.

But that's a LOT of speculation.

[happysweets]

She was pretty young, especially for a detective!

[ratingspoint]

The closest thing I can think of is that she just...lay down and died, but that's usually something that doesn't happen until someone ages enough. I don't know how humans work, but she's too young for that sort of thing, isn't she?

[amygdalae]

[...he'll just assume its fairly large, then.]

If we assume that the bottle wasn't full, then perhaps there is the possibility that the smell of bleach might have already dissipated.

...but that is assuming not much was used in the first place, and its hard to confirm that.

[happysweets]

It's just weird, no matter how you put it! A lot of stuff doesn't add up...

[goodforsomething]

Nah.

[.....]

And just for future reference, I'm not that old yet either!

[happysweets]

We don't even know where she died for real...it's not like there's blood or anything.

[goodforsomething]

Maybe someone used all the bleach for that? But she wasn't hurt either.

[amygdalae]

Far too young. There are heart attacks and strokes and such, but it would have been obvious if that was the case.

[pokexplorer]

I hate to bring us down this road again, but is there a possibility that an ability is at play here?

I know that they seem to be sealed for the most part from the testimony of those with abilities, but if Kamui's display at the first trial is anything to go by...

[May as well get it over with and throw it out there.]

[ratingspoint]

You know, I was wondering...? But thanks for the info, darling!

[...NO...OFFENSE...MEANT...]

[happysweets]

Nowhere she could have bled from, nothing she could have died from except the bleach and maybe the hot air...

We can't figure out who it is unless we figure out how they did it.

[captainobnoxious]

... You know what, you're right, there wasn't any blood anywhere at either of the scenes. Except on Tarrlok's body, I mean.

Speaking of people keeling over at an early age, nearly had a heart attack myself.

[Because. Mettaton.]

[amygdalae]

We're missing something.

[SOMETHING... but what could it be.]