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

[goodforsomething]

I was thinkin' it was for him - she'd have noticed if he was lyin' dead at the bottom of the stairs.

[amygdalae]

[Nods.]

Right. She wouldn't have just ignored a call for help like that, too.

[prismbloom]

I think before we proceed, we have to figure that out. But... how, exactly?

[captainobnoxious]

[SHUT UP YOSUKE]

Totally. Why wouldn't it?

[penduli]

Some people do opt for cremation and keep their loved ones' ashes in an urn on the mantle, but burying your dead is still popular.

[notjustawriter]

If it was for Tarrlok, why would it be addressed in the third person?

I agree with Bruce, it sounds like it was bait for Lynne.

[penduli]

It would explain a few things. [ ...THIS ISN'T THE TIME TO MAKE FUN OF YOSUKE

HOWEVER. ]

[amygdalae]

We've more or less ascertained that Mister Tarrlok's body had been moved, so the possibility is there.

[isafraid]

[YOSUKE NO STOP POISONING YOURSELF]

Well that's just dangerous! And for your hair?

[prismbloom]

Surely she would have alerted us if she had seen him dead. I agree with you and Bruce, too.

[pokexplorer]

[A nod.]

This seems to be more evidence to support that, if our line of thinking about the note is correct.

[captainobnoxious]

It must be nice to live in a world where they don't come out the ground like moles.

[penduli]

Maybe Mr. Tarrlok's name started the note? Not everyone writes "Dear so-and-so" when they write a letter or something.

[penduli]

[ .......................... YEAH.................... ]

It... sure is, Miss Sigrun. [ HAHA........ HA...................







ANYWAY, ]

[amygdalae]

As it stands now it could easily have been one or the other first; although considering the fact that Mister Tarrlok's name was on the note, the chance of him being the first victim might be higher.

[penduli]

Humans are ever striving towards perfection—it's just something we do, I guess. Or most of us.

[happysweets]

Well, we don't know what this note said for sure. If we knew more about it other than just the scraps, then...

[captainobnoxious]

And some of us are just born that way.

[penduli]

[ Oh my god. ]

And may fortune always smile upon them.

[notjustawriter]

If it was slipped under his door why address him at all though?

It's a possibility, though.

[amygdalae]

[Yeah, they can't prove anything for certain without the complete note.]

All we seem to have are these two scraps, so the best we can do is to make the best assumption we can make.

[captainobnoxious]

Say that he is and Lynne was tricked. Wouldn't someone be smelling like the burny water?

[goodforsomething]

That happened to us one time. I punched some of their heads clean off!

[amygdalae]

...why would you say that?

[That's... not what Bruce had been expecting.]

[captainobnoxious]

Aiming in the dark. But I mean, it is a strong smell. Couldn't it just... you know, work like that?