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]

Do normal people go around carrying their journal everywhere?

[goodforsomething]

No.

[happysweets]

Of course I would. I owe Light my whole life, actually. If it wasn't for him...well, I'd definitely be dead right now. So even if I lose my life right here, right now, I was supposed to die a while ago.

Misa-Misa has two guardian angels, after all.

[happysweets]

Exactly!

[isafraid]

I can't say they do, unless there's a reason for it.

Why do you have that with you, Miss Misa?

[goodforsomething]

If it's really your journal, just let someone see it.

[penduli]

A girl'll never give up her journal. [ That's a key fact of life, Stan. ]

[goodforsomething]

She's suspected for murder.

[prismbloom]

For the sake of everyone here, I think it's best if she does.

[captainobnoxious]

I'm guessing one's Light, from how you speak about him, but who's the other?

[happysweets]

Well, Misa-Misa guesses there's no point in hiding it anymore. She didn't think her bleach lie would be found out that quick...

It's called a Death Note. It belonged to a god of death named Gelus. ...He sacrificed himself to protect me, so, it's mine now.

[penduli]

...so do I. [ Doesn't really null the facts of life any, but-- ]

[sleepingkogoro]

G-God of death...

[Of course Mouri would know about shinigamis, being from the same country and what not]

Then that notebook...does it actually give you the ability to kill without having to physically do it yourself?

[captainobnoxious]

[ARE YOU FOR FUCKIN REAL SHE WAS JOKING ALONG ABOUT THE NOTEBOOK AND SHIT BUT IT BELONGED TO A GOD OF DEATH???]

[prismbloom]

... A Death Note.

What do the letters on the front mean, Misa?

[goodforsomething]

Of course it fuckin' did.

[prismbloom]

... I know. I don't like this, either.

[isafraid]

Aah-?!

[What happened to the stripping and glitter. How did we move onto GOD OF DEATH]

You mean... that book could really...?

[pokexplorer]

[What.

This sounds like something Gabriel would talk about tbh...]

[happysweets]

It does. "The human whose name is written in this note shall die." Those are the rules. "If the cause of death is written within the next 40 seconds, it will happen. If the cause of death is not specified, the person will simply die of a heart attack."

Misa-Misa uses this to be the Second Kira. This and her special Eyes, of course, but she doesn't have those here.

[happysweets]

My second guardian angel.

[happysweets]

Beats me. I don't know if it's shinigami writing or what, but I never got a chance to ask the original owner. I never even met Gelus, actually. He died to protect me.

I don't think Rem knew, either.

[goodforsomething]

What the hell's a Kira?

[captainobnoxious]

You're a hell of a girl, Misa, being protected by a god.

[That doesn't stop her from being disappointed.

... As much as she thinks she might understand. Sigrun shifts uncomfortable on her feet, looking pointedly at the center of the room instead of anyone else.]

So did you kill both of them with that book of yours?

[happysweets]

No point in pretending anymore. Kira is the God of the New World. He kills criminals with his own Death Note and brings justice to society! ...But he doesn't have the Eyes like me, so, in actuality, Misa-Misa is stronger than Kira is!

But Misa-Misa is content just being Kira's Eyes, of course.