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

[happysweets]

U-uwaah! You remembered?!

[sleepingkogoro]

Eh? What does that have to do with anything?

[Mouri doesn't know the finer details of clothing washing, after all. Does he look like a man who knows about it? It's a miracle his suit is still intact despite he having to wash it by himself]

[penduli]

You cut a very striking figure in it, Misa. [ ...she was really cute and really noticeable. ] And it was just last night.

[garudynamic]

...dude, Misa you KNOW I was into you before I found out about Light. Are you that surprised.

[happysweets]

A-ah, r-right...u-um, that's just because...Misa-Misa didn't know that putting bleach on it would make the color fade out...

[ratingspoint]

Bleach ruins black clothes, Detective! It's really unsightly. Something a proper idol would never dream of doing.

[penduli]

[ OH MY GOD. ]

You usually only use bleach on white clothing because otherwise you'll, well. Bleach the color out of anything else.

[happysweets]

Misa-Misa guesses she shouldn't be so surprised...

[ratingspoint]

Misa. You're like me. Modeling, acting...your clothes are a good amount of your livelihood.

Do you really expect me to think you wouldn't know what bleach does to clothes?

[uro_cyon]

If you bleach dark clothing it stains it white permanently. [He would know, due to his fashion tastes.]

[happysweets]

W-well, I'm flattered I was able to leave such an impression, b-but...

[sleepingkogoro]

[Expression of sudden understanding]

[isafraid]

Misa...

[Speedwagon's... having a hard time looking at you right now...]

[uro_cyon]

You told me yourself how big of a model you were. There's no way you don't know that in your line of work.

[happysweets]

L-look, it doesn't mean anything! You still don't know how Tarrlok got down there, and you still don't know how Lynne died at all!

[garudynamic]

If you were investigating with her then there would have been no time to write anything or... whatever you did. So I'm guessing the bleach was a distraction.

[happysweets]

T-that was a bit of a stretch, I guess, but...Misa-Misa still didn't push him! S-she definitely couldn't have!

[captainobnoxious]

Well, it's at least obvious that Lynne wasn't killed using normal means. I don't know if that whole heart attack thing could be true, because that is a tale, but anyone can be pushed down the stairs if they were shouldered hard enough. Even a little thing like you can use something like that to your advantage.

Just a few ideas.

[happysweets]

W-what's this about writing stuff now..?

[ratingspoint]

[...This is the stupidest question, right here, but.]

Was it an accident?

[garudynamic]

Yeah, Mouri showed us all that just a few days ago.

[happysweets]

But then Misa-Misa would have a bruise on her shoulder, or at least a mark! Tarrlok is huge! There would need to be a lot of force behind it..! But Misa-Misa's shoulder is perfect as always!

[isafraid]

We know you used the bleach. As of right now, you're the last one to have used it, unless someone else comes out with info.

[happysweets]

It...could have been?

[pokexplorer]

Just as well, she could have used that same unnatural method on Tarrlok. If the heart attack theory is correct, she could have given him one while on the stairs...

[It still seems rather strange to him, but since the thought's out there, may as well.]