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.

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[amygdalae]

[...Bruce looks a bit uncomfortable about all of this, but he knows that he can't not say anything since it'd just make him suspicious.]

I've only texted him a few times myself. Most of them are from much earlier--I haven't really bothered at all for the last few weeks.

[Still, he takes a moment to find... the best text which he'll pass it over to Mouri. It's pretty much a text all the way from the very beginning, where Bruce is apparently asking for tea and clothes from the Kingmaker. His name isn't on it, though.

...and he trusts you to not scroll down to see the others, Mouri, because, uh. There are some things in there best not seen by other people. Especially straight-laced people like Mouri.]