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

[sleepingkogoro]

If I had to guess...

...

...you didn't kill her immediately, I mean, you didn't crush her head right there when you were with her at first. It's possible you fought without a weapon. I know very well you are prepared for fighting, faulty ankle or not.

Bruce-san found bruises that may indicate she laid on her side for a while, enough for blood to gather and form the bruises he found.

While she was incapacitated - or unconscious, I don't know - you could have taken the time to go get everything we found, including the crime weapon. Once you had all the objects you chosen the crime weapon and killed her, afterwards taking the time to smear all that stuff with blood in an attempt to confuse us.

That is it.

[He is not confident, but that is what connecting the dots leads him to]

[ratingspoint]

I'm going to stand by my story that I didn't crush her head at all, if no one minds, but hypothetically speaking? All of that still falls under the category of "who does that."

[penduli]

[ ...hummmm. ]

Do you have any guesses yourself, Mettaton?

[ratingspoint]

About who would have done that sort of thing? How should I know. We're looking at someone who knows how to smash someone's head in with a wrench, for crying out loud, it isn't like it's rocket science.

If I had to take a guess, someone found her after I did, already had a weapon with them and killed her with it. It makes more sense than all this business with the stairs to me.