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]

...I thought about refusing sometimes. And I...know. There were plenty of people here that I've come to really care about.

But sometimes things just don't work out that way.

[sleepingkogoro]

Maybe you should have gone ahead with killing me back at the third week.

At least at that point those people you care about wouldn't have gotten so attached to you.

[Mouri is not suicidal. He is just empathic enough to know Mettaton's confessions must be causing havoc among many people here. The emotional blow for them may have been slighter back then]

[ratingspoint]

...It's probably terrible to say that I'm glad I didn't, given what's happening now. But I suggested you back then because I was still angry with you.

I know the feeling's not mutual, but I'm glad that I got to talk to you a bit more before all of this.

[sleepingkogoro]

You are right. I wish I hadn't.

[Because now all the effort Mouri had made to understand Mettaton feels like it was a waste of time, and now he can't avoid wondering if there was something amidst his conversations with tinman that could have hinted any of this.

He really doesn't want to think there was]