Take Responsibility.

[kingmakereffect]

And once the allotted time for investigating comes to a close, those elevator doors at the end of the first-floor corridor open up; the ride down is fast, smooth, and understandably tense as far as atmosphere goes. You're down to less than half of your original number. The doors slide open and the podium circle comes into view, standing stark against the black-walled courtroom and encircling that pit in the center; Misa and Aqua have joined the ranks of the deceased, photographs in greyscale watching the proceedings from their podiums draped in black. Of course and as always, the deceased aren't the only ones watching; the Kingmaker will make his presence known once everyone has settled at their podium, his voice sounding out through the room for all to hear. "Resilient has been taken from you. Maybe this time the guilty party will actually succeed at fulfilling Rule Seven, seeing as this is the sixth try and all. Whether they manage it is up to the rest of you." Thirteen Survivors remain. However many will be down by the end of the day is up to you.

Comments

[amygdalae]

I suppose... and they didn't want to get caught by taking items from the laundry room, most likely.

[garudynamic]

Maybe? But it seems pretty over the top. Like, ugh, if it was me I'd cover her head or something. Ya know?

[captainobnoxious]

There's too many to count, so maybe... But it'd definitely be nicer if we knew which one she died by. I don't really want to put this thing back in the workshop if it's got her blood on it, you know?

... I mean, even if it wasn't the murder weapon, if they wanted to hide which was the real one I guess they could've just put some on it and called it a day, since it was pretty much in plain sight, but still.

[amygdalae]

As you said, a lot of the items don't have any kind of pattern to show that they could have been used. So its entirely plausible they're all there just to throw us off.

[captainobnoxious]

Do these things turn on if they're not in our hands anyway?

[cherryblooded]

I wouldn't want to walk over to the laundry room while bloody, personally. Anyone might be up.

[goodforsomething]

Anyone could've seen them goin' in her room, too. Carryin' her bloody clothes.

[cherryblooded]

That's likely. If someone less... experienced [with blood, and murdering people] had investigated that room, they might not have known to check the pattern in the first place, and we'd be even more likely. Maybe they were betting on that.

[amygdalae]

Did it run out of battery or something?

[...although that shouldn't be the case, since his own is still working...]

[isafraid]

The murderers certainly not getting himself any sympathy so far.

[captainobnoxious]

Maybe? I don't know where she could've hurt them though, or with what.

[cherryblooded]

...True.

Guess that's what getting rid of witnesses is for...

[goodforsomething]

Us specifically? Can they tell?

[That's creepy.]

[ratingspoint]

I've seen my share of morbid performances, darling - this is a bit over-the-top even for my standards.

[isafraid]

....Battery?

[UHHH....]

[amygdalae]

Hydrogen peroxide only disinfects, though - its certainly not a miracle cure or anything like that.

[garudynamic]

They really aren't. Though hell, we've turned around on people before- who even KNOWS why it's set up like this. I just don't get the point if all you're wanting is to escape. I'd think there'd be easier ways to confuse us.

[penduli]

Like through fingerprint recognition or something? [ ...huh.

That's not a bad idea, and it'd keep identity theft low... ]

[captainobnoxious]

I don't see why not. I mean, our keys specifically open our doors, so why wouldn't they turn on specifically for us? It'd keep privacy too.

... Not that I know how that'd work, because that sounds waaaay too techy for me, but it popped into mind.

[captainobnoxious]

[...]

I could be right?

[garudynamic]

Yeah, and you'd know.

...though hell, maybe that's the point. To get us talking about how weird it is and distracted.

[amygdalae]

There could be some sort of fingerprint sensor, I suppose...

[Hmmmm.]

[captainobnoxious]

I was going to ask if you ever had something like this on one of your shows. Just out of curiosity.

[amygdalae]

[...sorry, Speedwagon.]

Energy. Devices like these need stored energy for it to function.

[cherryblooded]

I've used Yosuke's key for him before.