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

[captainobnoxious]

[Well, she made her promises to Misa already...]

CAPTIVATING

It's getting pretty lonely in my corner now, you know. And now it's just me and Aqua as far as girls go. That's the one thing I won't forgive you for, Misa.

[happysweets]

Sorry about that. Make sure that number doesn't get any lower for me. If anyone can do it, it's you.

[captainobnoxious]

I haven't been all that good at it this far.

[Just a moment of honest humanity over leadership, here.]

But thanks. I'll do what I can.

... And I'll give you the win on our little challenge from before, too. You really do love that guy too much.

[happysweets]

No such thing as "too much". But you can rest easy knowing that you'll take silver.

[prismbloom]

You have my word, Misa. No more murders, after this.

[ ... ]

You still have that lucky charm I made you, don't you? The Wayfinder? I hope you can show it to him, when you see him.

[happysweets]

He's gonna love it, don't you worry!

[ She knows he won't, but... ]