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]

Nope. It was my last chance, and I failed. I don't know if I can look him in the face when I see him in nothingness, but, at least I died knowing I tried.

[pokexplorer]

[Colress doesn't know what to make of any of this. He sighs heavily.]

I'm afraid I don't know what to tell you, Miss Misa. But...if he loves you as much as you seem to love him, then perhaps it won't matter.

[Bonds, huh...

But ugh, this is going to sit wrong with him for quite a while though. Would Tarrlok react this way too...?]

[happysweets]

Right now, Misa-Misa is just tired. ...She just wants to see him again. Even if he hates me for not being there to do anything for him, I just want to see the face of the man I love. That's all.

So hit the button and let me see him.

[pokexplorer]

I believe that is a sentiment we all share at this point.

[He is so, so tired.

And also this is an opportune moment to make a rest assured joke and I am not taking it.]

I will as soon as the option is available. ...Good luck when you meet up with him, I suppose.

[happysweets]

And good luck to you guys as well. I hope you can all make it out okay!

[notjustawriter]

May... May your reunion with him go well.

[prismbloom]

Misa...

[ It's... it's hard to listen to all of this. It's hard to think that, in just a few short moments, Misa will be gone. To be honest... this trial has unsteadied her quite a bit. She knows Misa murdered two people, and yet...

For a while, she doesn't do anything. But soon, she makes her way over to Misa and hugs her tight. She doesn't say anything... just hugs her tight. ]

[happysweets]

Aqua...

[ She knows this must be especially hard for someone so innocent like her, someone who's been suffering so much, so, she'll accept that hug and squeeze her, notebook still in hand! ]

Our party was a lot of fun, wasn't it?

[prismbloom]

It was. I'm glad we did it, Misa. Everyone had so much fun.

[ ... ]

I'll eat ice cream for breakfast tomorrow. As a way to remember you.

[happysweets]

And make sure you put cinnamon in your hot chocolate, too, please! It was so good!

[prismbloom]

Of course. I'll make it for everyone--it'll be Misa-Misa's Special Hot Chocolate.

[happysweets]

[ OH NO, SHE'S GONNA CRY... ]

I-if you do that, you have to put some whipped cream with little chocolate syrup drizzles on it! And make sure everyone has a sip, even the grumpier people here..!

[prismbloom]

[ IT'S OKAY... SHE'S GONNA CRY TOO... but she keeps it together for Misa's sake. ]

I'll make sure the grumpiest people get the most. They can't keep being grumpy when they're drinking something so delicious.

[happysweets]

Thank God. They'll need as much as they can get, I'm sure. If there are any fun new rooms on the sixth floor, you'll have to enjoy them double for me!

[prismbloom]

I will.

[ She squeezes her tight once more, and... ah, why not. She gives her a kiss on the forehead. ]

Misa... did you ever do any singing as part of your career?

[happysweets]

Sure did. Misa-Misa has her own song and everything. Why do you ask?

[prismbloom]

I'll sing for you. When the rest of us are out of the Vault. I'll find that song, somehow, and sing it for everyone to hear.

[happysweets]

Ugh, if I knew that, Misa-Misa would've wrote down the lyrics...

...She's not writing them down in this, though, of course.