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

[pokexplorer]

Should we perhaps return to the idea that the bleach was instead used in an attempt to remove something on Miss Lynne, then? Were there burns anywhere else on her? I cannot quite remember what was said.

[He looks to anyone who was investigating Lynne, since obviously Bruce was downstairs with Tarrlok.]

[captainobnoxious]

Just her face and clothing. Where it dribbled down or whatever.

[pokexplorer]

[He has to think for a second there.]

That would mean she would have at least been sitting up for the bleach to run down her body in such a fashion.

[He just. States that thought, though he's not sure what to make of it.]

[notjustawriter]

Maybe the bleach was meant to be a diversion to hide whatever the real cause of death was?

[pokexplorer]

That is possible. Like they wanted us to believe that she may have ingested some?

[happysweets]

That does make sense...but it doesn't explain what the real cause is.

[pokexplorer]

Indeed it doesn't... That is the one thing we truly do need to figure out. Otherwise we're going to keep going in circles like this.

[cherryblooded]

Shame heart attacks aren't a legitimate answer in this case.

...Even if you did know someone who could cause them, they wouldn't be able to here. I presume.

[happysweets]

U-uwaah?! Cherry, don't say such weird things out of the blue..!

[cherryblooded]

Miss Misa, two innocent people are dead.

If I know that your world has someone who kills by causing people heart attacks then it's relevant enough to the case that I'm willing to accept your wrath by saying it.

[happysweets]

...I guess Misa-Misa hasn't exactly been keeping Kira a secret, but...like I said to you before, no one knows how Kira does what he does. Not even Misa-Misa.

[cherryblooded]

I suppose not.

But humans can't do that sort of thing on their own, can they? I know that much about them. They'd need some kind of assistance. And Gabriel did bring up items.

[isafraid]

Oi! Cherrryblod! Then, you've got an idea...?

[cherryblooded]

Nothing specific.

But even if Miss Misa doesn't remember the method, there's nothing that prevents something like that from being in the machine if it is an item. I've received pictures of Yosuke he doesn't remember taking, after all.

So she could have gotten whatever-it-is, or anyone else could have.

[notjustawriter]

Unless....

Would magical items be stripped of their powers here too?

[cherryblooded]

That's a good point. I haven't gotten anything out of the vending machine that was supposed to be magical in the first place, so I can't confirm or deny...

[prismbloom]

I'm not sure if it's quite the same, but my Wayfinder-- [ pulling it out to show! ] --originally had magic placed on it. It hasn't worked since I received it.

[cherryblooded]

That is relevant, yes. Thank you.

[ratingspoint]

...Who said it had to come from the machine?

Haven't some of us received favors just by asking for them?

[cherryblooded]

Imagine he'd be considerably more willing to help out if your intention was for a murder.

[prismbloom]

... I wonder if he'd even answer, if we asked.

[ratingspoint]

Exactly! Rule One says our needs will be met for the duration of our stay.

If we need a specific thing to kill a person, then...?

PAGING KINGMAKER

[cherryblooded]

Might as well ask.

Gracious Kingmaker [oh boy is that sarcastic], would you provide someone with a specific instrument of murder if asked?

[ratingspoint]

...Couldn't you, though? Sigrun mentioned fright earlier, things like that - causing something like that doesn't have to be through magic.

[cherryblooded]

That usually happens to older people or ones with previous heart conditions, which I suppose we don't know that Lynne didn't have...