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

[garudynamic]

...wait, so if both her and the dress were really clean is it possible that they... cleaned and redressed her body?

[Okay yeah he sounds pretty grossed out by the idea]

[cherryblooded]

Normally, she wouldn't be wearing that dress at all, so...

Probably.

[He's not happy at all.]

[amygdalae]

It's entirely plausible. Everything seems to suggest that much.

[goodforsomething]

She usually had her star necklace on her too, right? I found it smashed on her bed.

[He takes out a little bundle of cloth and lays it on his podium, holding up one of the larger Wayfinder shards for people to see.]

[garudynamic]

Damn... she loved that thing. That's just cruel.

[True, it was probably smashed in the attack, not on purpose. But still]

[goodforsomething]

Yeah...I'm gonna see if I can patch it up later.

[It's pretty delicate and probably deserves more than super glue, but options are limited]