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]

...strip search again?

[captainobnoxious]

See, we really should just walk in here as bare as the day we were born.

[cherryblooded]

Couldn't hurt, I'm sure.

[Cherryblod's shrugging off his suit jacket and then pulling off his shirt - he has no visible wounds.]

[sleepingkogoro]

Let's not turn this room into a nudist colony, thank you.

[what is up with strip searches all the time damn it]

[pokexplorer]

Agreed.

[HONESTLY...

He almost wishes he hadn't brought up the possible injury. He should have known this might happen.]

[amygdalae]

[BRUCE DIDN'T MEAN TO LEAD THEM TO THIS.]

...I'd rather have some semblance of privacy left.

[isafraid]

....That would be a different way to start these terrible trials off, that's for certain.

[goodforsomething]

[Stan's got a few more layers to get through, but he has no problem with being shirtless. No wounds here.]

[notjustawriter]

[....He really hates doing this.

Off his shirt comes, revealing no wounds.]

[uro_cyon]

[ A small sigh but nope, no wounds here either.]

[sleepingkogoro]

...this is turning into a staple in these trials, isn't it?

[As usual, you may see arms and torso. It seems Mouri doesn't have wounds or bruises of any kind]

[cherryblooded]

If you have any better way to determine whether someone is injured, by all means share it.

[penduli]

[ ...is this one of those where he can get out of it again because he doesn't handle blood well and christ there sure was a fuckton of blood— ]

[cherryblooded]

Just the top, Black. It'll be fine.

[Nope.]

[penduli]

[ nnNNNNGH ]

I'd really rather not? [ He is not a fan of showing off his absolutely nothing here. ...especially in front of a bunch of people AND YES, OUR NUMBERS OUR THINNING, BUT THERE IS STILL A GOOD NUMBER HERE. This has not magically changed over the month and a half or whatever they'been here at it!! ] I don't mind doing just arms, but...

[ ya gonna need a good reason for his torso, because I guess "someone is fucking dead, Black, and we want to make sure it isn't your doing" isn't good enough— ]

1/2

[cherryblooded]

Black. I know you didn't do this because there's far too much blood involved. But not everyone else in this room knows that for certain. And I'd rather you not come under too much suspicion for protesting too much.

2/2

[cherryblooded]

Take it off or I'll do it for you.

[penduli]

[ HE'S BEING BULLIED... NOTHING HAS CHANGED FROM HIS CHILDHOOD... ]

Y...yes, Mr. Cherryblod. [ ughh this is so bad... :'| Off goes his stupid sweater, and... after a hesitant moment, he'll unbutton his shirt and carefully lay that on the podium in front of him, too. No visible wounds! He's clean.

Though embarrassed as fuck, which is nice and visible because his blush actually extends very nicely to his shoulders. ]

...can I put my clothes back on now?

[cherryblooded]

Yes, you may. Thank you for cooperating.

[Everything is fine here.]

[penduli]

[ THANK GOODNESS okay he's never yanked on his shirt and buttoned it up faster in his entire fucking life. ]

[garudynamic]

[haha]