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]

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... ]

[captainobnoxious]

[...]

I could be right?

[captainobnoxious]

I don't see why not. I mean, our keys specifically open our doors, so why wouldn't they turn on specifically for us? It'd keep privacy too.

... Not that I know how that'd work, because that sounds waaaay too techy for me, but it popped into mind.

[cherryblooded]

I've used Yosuke's key for him before.

[captainobnoxious]

So I'm wrong.

[that is so saddening]

[penduli]

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

[cherryblooded]

Sorry.

[It was a good thought!]

[isafraid]

[He glances over to her.]

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

[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]

I mean, besides the fact we can only call and text him? And that anyone can turn them on? I don't know what else this thing could possibly do.

[amygdalae]

We're know that they're durable, but there has to be a reason why hers isn't functioning right now.

[notjustawriter]

It must have gotten broken somehow.

[cherryblooded]

Hm.

Well, it can't be because she's dead, we've gotten into dead people's rooms before.

[amygdalae]

We have, yes.

[Although they're usually already opened, so...]

We've seen these devices go through a lot and they come out of it alright. Why did this particular one stop working for Aqua?

[amygdalae]

There could be some sort of fingerprint sensor, I suppose...

[Hmmmm.]