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

[goodforsomething]

Could've been. The door to her room wasn't shut.

[amygdalae]

Do we all have ours on us right now?

[Can't hurt to... check?]

[isafraid]

It was sitting on the bench right beside her. Don't know why, but nothing's working when you try to turn it on.

[or that. that might just be him being awful with technology.]

[goodforsomething]

[Huh.]

Is it cracked or something? [Stan doesn't really know how these things work either]

Mods?

[isafraid]

Suppose it could be.

[Did he ever actually check that?

....How bout we do a quick check of that.]

[trustharder]

[It isn't cracked.]

[isafraid]

[He turns it over in his hands, then shakes his head.]

Not a crack on it. Only thing is, it doesn't feel like turning on when I try it.

[captainobnoxious]

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

[goodforsomething]

Us specifically? Can they tell?

[That's creepy.]

[penduli]

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

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

[amygdalae]

Did it run out of battery or something?

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

[isafraid]

....Battery?

[UHHH....]

[garudynamic]

[So if it's not ID recognizing...]

Still, that means someone broke it without smashing it. Water maybe? Or they took the battery out? These kinda phones can be really touchy. Hey Speedwagon, toss it over.

[He loves ya bro, but he doubt you'd even know where to start looking]

[isafraid]

Uh, right! Catch!

[Yeah he's... kind of lost. Completely lost, if we're being honest.

But hey, he's got a good throwing arm. Think fast, Yosuke. He's trusting you to figure out this mysterious little brick.]

[cherryblooded]

And it's not as though her dress has pockets, from what I recall... On the other hand, it would be convenient if it was the culprit's.

Not expecting much, but just in case there's a way to solve this in five minutes, does everyone have their keys with them?

[He'll pull out his key from his pocket.]

[goodforsomething]

[Stan takes out his own key and sets it on the podium.]

[captainobnoxious]

[She actually has her in one of her little bags, like a responsible person.]

Got mine!

[notjustawriter]

[Gabriel takes out his key from his pocket and sets it on the podium.]

[isafraid]

[Reaching into his overcoat/inventory, Speedwagon produces his own key.]

Mine's here as it's always been.

[ratingspoint]

Of course.

[His room is pretty and being locked out would suck a lot, even if he doesn't need to sleep, so.

Onto the podium it goes.]

[amygdalae]

[Bruce pulls out his own device and sets it next to Aqua's shiny gold bracelet.]

[sleepingkogoro]

Here is mine.

[Mouri shows his own key]

[pokexplorer]

[Colress produces his own out of his coat pocket, where it tends to be!]

[penduli]

[ Yep, Black's device is also going on his podium. No worries here. ]

[garudynamic]

Yep!