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

[pokexplorer]

Indeed... We have so many objects covered in blood, it truly is near impossible to tell.

I suppose it can be filed away for consideration for now.

[sleepingkogoro]

It is rather concerning the culprit was so cold-blooded they went to create so many red herrings just after killing her.

It is likely this was all planned carefully.

Maybe we should focus on the objects used to create the false weapons. Those vibrators...not everyone had them, right? If I remember right, some time ago there was this box where people were invited to leave theirs in there.

[captainobnoxious]

So I'm wrong.

[that is so saddening]

[amygdalae]

It's entirely possible.

With so many possible weapons used it could easily take our attention, and its not like we have forever to figure out what happened.

[penduli]

It was a good thought, Miss Sigrun. [ Like... from a technology-stupid viking, it really was... ]

[ratingspoint]

Oh my god. No?

[...]

I mean, monsters don't leave bodies to begin with, so this specific sort of thing would be impossible, anyway. But even so, we don't desecrate the dead.

[cherryblooded]

The problem with that is that anyone could have gotten more even if they'd dumped all of theirs in the box then. We don't know.

[isafraid]

[...He sighs.]

Maybe the murder didn't feel right leaving her in however way they originally killed her. That'd be as good an explanation for this madness as any.

[cherryblooded]

Sorry.

[It was a good thought!]

[garudynamic]

Yep!

[cherryblooded]

...I've been wondering, though. Why is the wrench separate from the others? What's different about it?

[amygdalae]

[RIP Lynne]

The blood on her was mostly dry, too. It mostly likely means that the person had a lot of time to do all of this.

[Between the workshop, and the setting up, and the bathroom...]

[goodforsomething]

Anybody could've taken one out, even. I didn't spend that whole time guardin' the vibrator box.

There weren't that many in there when I took it back. Two or three.

[isafraid]

[He glances over to her.]

As good an idea as any we've had so far.

[cherryblooded]

You may as well argue for why someone had a vibrator out of their room to begin with.

[pokexplorer]

I understand that, we do have similar things in my world. I wasn't expecting it to be anything like a Potion, of course.

[Haha, Pokemon healing items...]

When I think about it more, I wonder if they would even have time to try to treat themselves that thoroughly while also working on...whatever they appear to have done here.

[amygdalae]

I suppose there's only one way to find out.

[Time to examine the wrench??]

[garudynamic]

Possible. Makes more sense then just posing her for a show.

[captainobnoxious]

... Oh, yeah, that's true.

[Not like they haven't had humans before though, she knows. But... not desecrating the dead earns points.]

I don't think I've ever asked the kind of stunts you pulled before. Remind me to do that later, honey.

[goodforsomething]

Not exactly the first thing that comes to mind when you think "fake murder weapon."

[cherryblooded]

If it was early in the night, and nobody else would want to leave their rooms on a Thursday night... Then they could rely on having uninterrupted time to clean up.

[amygdalae]

It was a thought.

[Although having said that...]

I suppose we should actually know what the actual limitations of these devices are.

[Does anybody... want to do the honor of asking the Kingmaker...]

[captainobnoxious]

What kinda thing are we looking for?

[Since she has it, and all. Surely nothing can go wrong with the viking inspecting a possible murder weapon.]

[isafraid]

So that's it. [He gets it! Sort of! God he's sorry for this.]

Well I guess that's possible then. But then wouldn't all of our little gadgets be turning off by this time too?

[cherryblooded]

Not exactly. Doesn't really fit with the 'regretted leaving her in that state, so he cleaned her up, dressed her up nice and posed her' theory, if he wants us to think he might have killed her with a vibrator.