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]

It'd be kinda weird if it was. Does it look like anybody else's?

[amygdalae]

Yes.

[AND JUST... going to slowly look at Misa here.]

It's... Miss Misa's.

[goodforsomething]

[Also...turning to look at Misa.]

[happysweets]

U-uwaah?! B-but...I didn't write it!

[amygdalae]

It's hard to forget your handwriting - especially considering the crossword and invitation in this last week. I'm quite positive this handwriting here is yours.

[HE DOESN'T WANT TO SUSPECT HER, BUT... THIS NEEDS SOME EXPLAINING.]

[goodforsomething]

Well...I ain't sayin' this happened. But if you were gonna forge someone's handwriting around here, she'd be a good bet. Like you said, we've got a lotta samples.

[prismbloom]

It would have to be someone with a careful eye and hand. Is there anyone with a talent for forging signatures?

[captainobnoxious]

I don't think they'd come out willingly about that, Aqua, if we've got it on the table.

[prismbloom]

I'm not saying they would--it would be more surprising if they did. It's more that I was thinking out loud.

[amygdalae]

None that instantly comes to mind.

[And really, who would admit that?]

But as you said, anybody with a good eye and hand could probably be able to do it, too.

[goodforsomething]

They'd have plenty of time to practice if they wanted to. Anybody could probably get it after a while.

[And that is all he has to contribute to this conversation, lol........]

[amygdalae]

[It's okay Stan, its okay...]

So there is a possibility of this note being a forgery.

[penduli]

[ ...........what a fucking moral dilemma, he's never had this before. ]

A con-artist would be pretty good at forging signatures. [ He's not naming names! ...right now! ] But... you and Mr. Pines are right. You could probably do it with a steady hand, a good eye, and a lot of time—which we're not exactly short on here.

[happysweets]

Practice makes perfect, right, Black..?

[goodforsomething]

[Not. Saying. A. Word.]

[happysweets]

T-that's true! And it's not like they didn't have time! Misa-Misa sent out those things on Tuesday, and she's wrote a bunch of stuff all throughout the weeks. And it's not exactly like it's all that hard to copy, I mean, Misa-Misa doesn't write in fancy script or anything...

[isafraid]

There would be no small amount of things to copy off of, at the least.

[happysweets]

Exactly! But they picked a really bad person to frame! If we're looking for someone who moved Mr. Tarrlok, I'm the worst candidate! Misa-Misa's the smallest and weakest person here, and Mr. Tarrlok is the biggest!

[amygdalae]

[Bruce nods. Just as there is suspicion of her because of this burned letter, the possibly of it being forged is also prevalent.]

But if framing Miss Misa was the intent of the note, why even go through the trouble of burning it?

[To make it more suspicious??]

[goodforsomething]

...maybe they were usin' it for somethin' else? We're all slidin' notes under doors all the time. If I got one from Misa tellin' me there'd been an accident some night, I'd go upstairs and check it out.

[notjustawriter]

[...Also staring at Misa now.]

[captainobnoxious]

[... Sigrun's also going to look over at her.]

Her? You're sure?

[pokexplorer]

[Also staring...

Colress can't say he expected this.]

[isafraid]

[He glances at Misa, but it's not long before his attention snaps back.]

...Not like we can say for certain just yet, right?

[prismbloom]

[ ... ]

It does, actually.