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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[ratingspoint]

[Mettaton is another that's just kind of staring at the screen; he tilts his head a little, like he's trying to make sense of the touchpad in front of him and something just isn't clicking inside his head, and when he moves to cast his vote the gesture is strange and automatic.]

>BOMBASTIC

[Once he's done it, though, he looks up, and he's smiling again and his voice is doing that weird and superficial thing, and he shrugs a little before he speaks like he doesn't have a goddamn care in the world.]

You're all really great. I know it's not mutual, but I really am glad that I got to know all of you, and that you let me perform for you as best I could. Even in a place like this, you've helped make a lot of my dreams come true.

[...]

I love all of you, you know. Nothing is going to change that.

[cherryblooded]

[He was trying not to cry again, you asshole.]

[isafraid]

....Going off with a smile then?

[....God is he supposed to smile? He might but every part of him feeling kind of like dropping to the floor right now.

So Mettaton gets... a look. It sure is a look.]

Guess that's how celebrities are always supposed to do it.