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The Kingmaker ([personal profile] kingmakereffect) wrote in [community profile] trusthell2016-04-09 12:04 pm

Take Responsibility.

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.
ratingspoint: (KISS ♥ sparkle up your day!)

[personal profile] ratingspoint 2016-04-09 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I told you, I didn't. I have the hydrogen peroxide in my room, actually - I took it from the second floor. I've told Colress that I'll show it to all of you once we're done here.
garudynamic: (Huh?)

[personal profile] garudynamic 2016-04-09 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
But why go for proxide instead of bleach? The first floor laundry was closer.
ratingspoint: (OH ♥ but you're all half-centaur darling)

[personal profile] ratingspoint 2016-04-09 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[...That's. Uh. That's a good question, actually...]

Well, I...guess it just didn't occur to me, that's all.
captainobnoxious: (60 you get used to it)

[personal profile] captainobnoxious 2016-04-09 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[...]

How wouldn't it, Mettaton? You're a fashion person. Bleach would definitely have helped more, since it... lightens or whatever, what you said during Misa's trial, and it's not like you have to worry about being burned under your gloves.

[She's cracking a little.]
ratingspoint: (RECOVER ♥ it's either me or you)

[personal profile] ratingspoint 2016-04-09 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
It just didn't?

[...]

So what is the accusation here, then? Aqua helped me fix what I needed her to and I...what? Kicked her in the face? Really.
garudynamic: (Wince)

[personal profile] garudynamic 2016-04-09 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
...well you have pretty deadly looking legs. She'd be below you, perfect attacking angle.
ratingspoint: (GLARE ♥ do you want them all to perish?)

[personal profile] ratingspoint 2016-04-09 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Oh my fucking god- ]

You can't be serious.
garudynamic: (I didn't say shit)

[personal profile] garudynamic 2016-04-09 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I'M JUST SAYING!
isafraid: (JONATHAN WOULD DO IT)

[personal profile] isafraid 2016-04-09 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
At this point it's about as fair an explanation as any.
ratingspoint: (GLARE ♥ do you want them all to perish?)

[personal profile] ratingspoint 2016-04-09 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
And then I suppose I just wandered up to the sixth floor and grabbed a wrench to finish her off with once I'd knocked her out with my supposedly deadly-looking legs, and I bruised her up for good measure. Really.

Who the hell does that? Any of that!
garudynamic: (Moar sweatdrops)

[personal profile] garudynamic 2016-04-09 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Ngh, I don't know! I feel like I should be calling for the lightning round at this point!
ratingspoint: (ASIDE ♥ okay but enough about you)

[personal profile] ratingspoint 2016-04-09 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[And he just kind of laughs a bit at that.]

If you want to engage that badly, go ahead, sweetheart - I'm not going to stop you!
garudynamic: (Alksdchsf?!?)

[personal profile] garudynamic 2016-04-09 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
...Engage? Wait, is the Lighting Round a fight?!

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[personal profile] captainobnoxious 2016-04-09 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I wanna know what the wrench was doing in the restroom, honestly. Her head was pretty caved in and we know that it's the most probably murder weapon.

[...]

You were the last person to see her, you do have her phone, and yours smells a little like the peroxide on your gloves, as fried as it is, and it was left at the scene of the crime.

I believe you for the most of it with the music room and the repairs, since I can see you doing that. It's the everything else that's messing me up. But I know a few things for certain:

You don't hate her, but you could kill anyone... or mostly anyone if you needed to. The incentive might've not been for you, but for someone else entirely. And you're putting on this big show instead of answering right out if it was you or not -- and you've never done this before, Mettaton, you've never made a spectacle out of it like you have now, so as much as I-- I don't want to lose you, what am I supposed to think?
ratingspoint: (REALLY ♥ heel turn one more time i s2g)

[personal profile] ratingspoint 2016-04-09 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[...]

Think whatever you want, Sigrun. At this point, I don't know what else to tell you, and I know you're going to believe what you want to believe because you're just like that.

It's not a bad thing. It's just how things are.
captainobnoxious: (41 bro please)

[personal profile] captainobnoxious 2016-04-09 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sure feels like a bad thing. Leader first, leader first, if Mettaton's innocent then it's important to be a leader still because letting her feelings get in the way won't help prove that any more.]

If you come clean, either one of us is going to be sitting on the summit or both of us. And I want it to be both of us. But if you really did kill her, for whatever reason-- I know you can't show me my soul without your magic, but maybe you could still try and see if they're around a little after death like they are in your world?

[It feels a little like a longshot there and her face shows it, but she decides to go with it. As tired as she's feeling.]
ratingspoint: (STRIKE ♥ that's enough of this)

[personal profile] ratingspoint 2016-04-09 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's quiet for a moment, and he doesn't...quite understand where she's going with this, to be honest.]

...Human souls linger after death here.

I've seen them. I won't speak for Aqua's, but I know their souls are still here in some way.
captainobnoxious: (30 serious mode 2)

HEY KINGMAKER

[personal profile] captainobnoxious 2016-04-09 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
You've never stuck around the bodies long enough to take one. And it'd be weird if you suddenly did that, anyway, but if you killed someone yourself, you'd have a good chance at it. And then you'd be strong enough to save who you wanted to or if not you could maybe save a world you wanted to live in yourself, since there's nothing left for you back in yours. Either way, win-win.

... And this whole production isn't shining an innocent light on you, honey. Really.

[... That's that, really, though she's gonna be speaking out to the Kingmaker too now.]

Out of curiosity, Kingmaker, did this guy ask anything about the incentive you gave us this week? Exceptions included.

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[personal profile] notjustawriter 2016-04-09 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
....What?

They're still here?

[.....]

That's incredibly depressing.
ratingspoint: (REALLY ♥ heel turn one more time i s2g)

[personal profile] ratingspoint 2016-04-09 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. Just...trust me, I know they are. I can't interact with them or anything, but I know they're here.

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garudynamic: (Drank)

[personal profile] garudynamic 2016-04-09 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
After last trial I dunno if I really buy that.

[You Ellie'd Misa, he knows better man]

And if you were trompimg up and down the stairs you could have heard Aqua being attacked- the Music Room has great acoustics, after all. Everything they did had to take a long time- how did you miss ANYTHING suspicious?
ratingspoint: (ARROGANCE ♥ that's what she said)

[personal profile] ratingspoint 2016-04-09 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
...How long do you really think it takes to kill someone? Just as an estimate.

If the timeframe was wrong, there's plenty of opportunity.
garudynamic: (Serious face)

[personal profile] garudynamic 2016-04-09 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Not just the killing though, but cleaning up, changing her clothing, setting up the items in the workshop. You're right, it's a thin time window that you'd be out of your room but it's worth asking.
pokexplorer: (❖ considering)

[personal profile] pokexplorer 2016-04-09 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Indeed... There was an entire process to this, not simply the killing itself. That is what I was getting at earlier, when I was initially questioning you about your "adventure".