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

[cherryblooded]

Why indeed. It's not as if a workshop's the kind of place you'd want to use one anyway.

[Wood chips. Sawdust. Gross.]

[goodforsomething]

Keep it in your rooms, ya creeps.

[cherryblooded]

Murder case. Relevant.

[captainobnoxious]

You can't judge people on their tastes, Cherry.

[Or how lonely they might get at night??]

[cherryblooded]

You're right, I can't.

It just seems strange to even have one there in the first place.

[captainobnoxious]

Yeah, I can't think of why either.

[...]

So, um. Was... there anything that was broken in there? Like some stuff someone might've been working on? Just wondering.

[cherryblooded]

No, actually. There wasn't any blood on the floor and no one's projects were touched.

[You're good, Sigrun.]

It was just the bloody tools and vending machine items.

[captainobnoxious]

[Whew.]

Okay, good. I need to take a few things back to my room when we're done here then.

[cherryblooded]

Probably for the best.

[...It's not the time to tell her woodatton is really cute.]

[notjustawriter]

What a creep.

[cherryblooded]

Think we knew that already.

[By, you know, them murdering Aqua.]

[isafraid]

[....um]

You're saying that thing could have been used like a murder weapon?

[cherryblooded]

I don't think so. If it had been the murder weapon, there'd be a pattern to the blood.

It's a decoy, probably.

[isafraid]

[nngh]

It's probable. I can say this much: that sounds like a generally awful way to go out.

[embarrassing on top of just absurd.]

[cherryblooded]

There are worse, but I understand the sentiment.