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]

But why pose her like that?!

[Grossgrossgross]

Just to throw us off?

[notjustawriter]

Whoever did this is a sick fuck.

[garudynamic]

That's what I'm thinking too. All that effort to make her look like some, what, performer? It's twisted as all hell. It's just so damn... overdramatic.

[isafraid]

The murderers certainly not getting himself any sympathy so far.

[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.

[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.

[garudynamic]

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

[isafraid]

Still... it's a bloody awful thing to do. Not many people would even think about wanting to mess around with a dead lady.

[this whole thing's nuts, okay?]

[ratingspoint]

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

[garudynamic]

Yeah, and you'd know.

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

[captainobnoxious]

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

[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.

[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.

[ratingspoint]

Anything you'd like, sweetheart, you know I don't mind.

[sleepingkogoro]

...remorse, maybe?

[Judging by Mouri's expression he thinks having remorse wouldn't change a thing. A murderer is a murderer]

Redressing her and posing her on the piano doesn't hide clues or misdirect anything. Maybe the culprit regretted having attacked her so brutally and wanted to lessen the shock.

That makes it all worse, in my opinion.

[garudynamic]

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