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

[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?

[kingmakereffect]

As long as it's a necessity, yes.

[cherryblooded]

I see. Thank you.

[Well that was actually more helpful than anticipated.]

[garudynamic]

...great. Now someone is gonna request a bazooka.

[cherryblooded]

I don't think you could spin a bazooka as necessary. A knife would do, or any sharp weapon, and there's certainly plenty of those around...

...unless you're terrified of them?

[garudynamic]

Like say if I wanted to kill someone that was scared of something specific? Or if... I was too scared to kill someone the normal way?

[cherryblooded]

That's not quite what I meant.

Misa would never be able to use a knife to kill someone. She had enough problems with the bloodletting.

She would definitely be able to make a case for needing a different way to kill someone.

[happysweets]

S-stop talking like Misa-Misa's guilty here..!

[cherryblooded]

We're only throwing around theories. Nothing more than that.

[pokexplorer]

What exactly would it be, then? If she doesn't know or remember the method this "Kira" uses, how would she know what to ask the Kingmaker for? Or if it came from the vending machine, would she recognize its capabilities straight away?

[He doesn't mean to be play devil's advocate, but...]

[cherryblooded]

There's a few options.

She might have remembered what it was in between the conversation we had about it and now, and simply be lying. She might have known enough to specify it in a vague sort of way. She might have gotten it from the machine and been testing it, or its function was obvious.

For all I know it comes with an instruction manual.

[garudynamic]

...if she had that kinda power though, why push Tarrlok at all? Unless the power is what made him fall or something?

[cherryblooded]

Generally it's hard to keep your balance during a heart attack.

[garudynamic]

And we have no idea he even had one- we don't have that kinda equipment.

[prismbloom]

There's still one detail I'm confused about--there was dried blood on Tarrlok's body, wasn't there? If he had just fallen down the stairs, how did it get there?

[notjustawriter]

Maybe what she asked for kills people on sight. If he was using the stairs when it happened....

[garudynamic]

WAIT what she asked for... she outright wrote 'Tarrlock somethingsomething accident' maybe that was the request?

[notjustawriter]

.....Maybe you're right.

[prismbloom]

... Then it may be some sort of wish-fulfillment?

[penduli]

[ ...he doesn't want it to be Misa, he's writing a short play for her... ]

She is an actress—I'd hope that she could act [ lie ] if it was for her job.

[cherryblooded]

Oh, I know that she can act. She's been doing a good job of pretending not to despise me for a few weeks now.

[pokexplorer]

Hmm, I suppose we can't say for certain... But we certainly cannot throw the possibility away now, especially with the Kingmaker's response.

[sleepingkogoro]

I don't think the Kingmaker would give anything that could help us escape. I'm pretty sure a bazooka would fit that category.

[garudynamic]

...it'd be pretty awesome though.