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]

Let's hope that isn't the case, right?

[amygdalae]

The stairs would naturally be the easiest way; just push him off and let gravity do the rest of the work.

[But even then, would it be that easy...?]

[isafraid]

Not much sense in apologizing for it right now.

[besides it was fun.]

[happysweets]

Misa-Misa's not all that curious about falling down them and trying it herself...

[amygdalae]

Even being able to push him would have still required some amount of strength, I think.

[He was tall and built. That's like double quarterback or something.]

[goodforsomething]

Yeah, don't sweat it. It was a good time!

[sleepingkogoro]

Hmm...

...well, his name is on the sheet, the body had glitter, and there was glitter on the bottles you found, too.

The problem is what he wanted the chemicals for.

[happysweets]

So why wouldn't the culprit just push him down to the bottom floor and leave the body be?

[prismbloom]

That would make the most sense, wouldn't it? But why would he leave behind something so obvious if he planned on using them in a murder?

[prismbloom]

... No, I don't think it does. I think we're missing something, but I can't be sure.

[amygdalae]

Maybe... but again, that would most likely mean that somebody actually had had strength to throw him in the first place.

[goodforsomething]

Even if you snuck up behind the guy, I can't see him goin' down that easy.

[Although...Tarrlok was sort of having a hell of a week.] Unless he was drinkin' or something.

[captainobnoxious]

It's too bad we couldn't just use one of the bodies as a test dummy.

[happysweets]

But then they would have had to lug him all the way to the bottom floor from the fifth....

[notjustawriter]

Is it possible the signature was faked?

[ratingspoint]

[...you know, between the vampire, the mermaid, the literal god, and fucking everything that Norman Bates decided to be- ]

Actually. My hopes aren't high.

[penduli]

I think Mr. Tarrlok's death might've been an accident.

[ It's not just conjecture either! He's brought his notebook today, and in that notebook, there's... some scraps of paper. They're almost too signed to make out, but Black'll lay them flat on his podium as best as he can manage. ]

Yosuke and I found these in the incinerator—which was turned on by the way. I guess we were lucky that we got there in time before it all got burned up...

[ But again: why would you ever use the incinerator. ]

There's not a lot to make out except for two words: TARRLOK and ACCIDENT. [ which is why he thinks it may...be an accident, congratulations Black, you did the fucking detective work. ]

[happysweets]

We could always volunteer Mr. Kingmaker.

[goodforsomething]

Maybe they were makin' sure he was dead and moved him around a little?

[captainobnoxious]

... So, to be clear here, what kind of chemicals were in there?

[Because when the fucking ever does Sigrun go to the modern laundry room.]

[pokexplorer]

That, and I am also considering the bottles themselves.

Not all of them had glitter on them, and they looked as though they were neatly placed. That is to say, if he had actually fallen down the stairs with them in hand, wouldn't they be scattered all over the place?

[garudynamic]

Okay, so Sigrun, Speedwagon and me examined Lynne's body.

She was found in the men's sauna. it didn't look like it had been used and she was still fully dressed. I'm guessing she was face down and you guys moved her, right?

[He showed up late okay, let him be]

Anyways, there was no signs of a struggle. No bruises or any way to tell what killed her for sure. But she did have slight chemical burns on her face. They looked like something was poured down her face- most of it was centered around her mouth. Sigrun checked her mouth and I checked her nostrils. It doesn't look like she drank or inhaled any thing that would have burned her.

There was also an empty bottle of bleach. Which I'm guessing caused the burns. Plus there was water all over the floor- it hadn't evaporated yet.

[happysweets]

People do tend to love their secret identities here, don't they?

[ratingspoint]

We're four for four right now, sweetheart!

[prismbloom]

[ Passing it on over to him!! ]