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

[ratingspoint]

If it was, I didn't do it, because when we met in the music room there wasn't one there.

[garudynamic]

... then maybe the wrench isn't the murder weapon at all. It's impossible to tell for sure what hit her, and the wound had like, punctures in it, right Bruce?

[amygdalae]

Shallow puncture wounds, yes. But that was just due to the impact of whatever it is that hit her more than anything else.

[garudynamic]

Still, it's possible it was something else and the wrench was another plant, just like the other stuff. Not that there's any way to know for sure either way.

[ratingspoint]

And what are you even suggesting this "something else" might have been, Yosuke-darling?

[garudynamic]

There could be almost anything in the music room that would work. Hell, the killer could smashed her head in with the piano cover for all I know. If they had enough time to make plants they had time to clean up the real weapon. It just had to be heavy and the right size. Bash her in the side with a guitar even- if something was smashed with the rest we'd never notice it as out of place.

[amygdalae]

So the instruments... all of them being destroyed would be been a cover up instead?

[garudynamic]

Maybe? Maybe there wasn't a big fight at all.

[amygdalae]

...now that you've brought up the possibility, its quite probable.

[WHY DIDN'T HE THINK OF THIS EARLIER. Because the mun is an idiot.]

[ratingspoint]

So that's your final answer, then? "Something that was in the music room, we just don't know what?"

Please. It's a wonder all of us haven't died yet.

[garudynamic]

Oh come on now you're just being an ass.

Okay fine, there's only so many instruments that wouldn't splinter into her wounds but still be heavy enough. Again, maybe one of the guitars since they have sharp edges and various switches and prongs on them that could have made the secondary wound. The Harp might be heavy enough too.

[ratingspoint]

I'm going to be an- I'm going to be like that because you're accusing me with absolutely no definitive proof that I did it! You don't even have a murder weapon! You're just assuming that I, for some reason, killed one of my friends with an unknown weapon because...of course I did, I guess.

[cherryblooded]

Because you have her goddamn phone.

[Oh, look who's back again.]

You haven't given a single reason for that.

[ratingspoint]

And what reason could I possibly give that you would consider good enough?

Really, the answer could be something as simple as "I broke my own and stole hers because I was feeling opportunistic." I have a lot of conversations I wouldn't want anyone to see.

[garudynamic]

Ugh, you know if you just explained your phone we wouldn't think it was you Mettaton. All this hoopla isn't helping either- you never did this any other time we looked at you during a trial.

[penduli]

Or a ukulele.

[ ....hi lemme piggyback here ]

There was a smashed one in the workshop, wasn't there? And that wouldn't have been out of place in the music room. ...not saying that's what got used, but I got reminded by your comment.

[garudynamic]

Yeah that follows the same logic as a guitar- it has lots of edges and bits to make a jagged wound.

[amygdalae]

...we assumed it was just something from the vending machine too, due to the other items that it was accompanied with.

[sleepingkogoro]

...do any of you have the ukelele? Because...as far as I know the ukeleles from the vending machine have a certain quality I'm sure any ukeleles found in the Music Room wouldn't have.

[Kinda bluffing. Mouri has never seen the Music Room ukeleles, but may as well try]

[garudynamic]

What, being two sided?

[garudynamic]

Hell, that was probably on purpose.

[ratingspoint]

Entirely too light and would have splintered into her injuries, but it was a nice try.

[ffs

now he's just being an ass about it.]

Face it. You don't have anything.

[garudynamic]

That doesn't discount any of the other instruments! If you're innocent why are you cutting us off every turn in finding the truth, damn it!

[ratingspoint]

It's called logic, darling! Why let you follow an obviously wrong train of thought?

[penduli]

...maybe she was bludgeoned with the vibrator.



[ IT HAD BLOOD ON IT AND IT'S THICK ENOUGH THAT IT WOULDN'T SPLINTER, I DON'T KNOW ]