Take Responsibility.

[kingmakereffect]

The allotted time for investigating comes to an end, and those elevator doors slide open at the end of the first-floor corridor; it's a bit of a walk down from the fifth floor, but at least the ride down is swift and smooth. To say nothing of spacious. Your numbers are running low. The podium circle, as always, stands out against the black-walled courtroom where it's encircling that pit in the center; Mettaton and Shirazu have joined the ranks of the deceased, photographs in greyscale watching the proceedings from their podiums draped in black. The Kingmaker, too, is watching all of you; as always, it isn't until everyone has settled at their podium that he speaks, his voice sounding out through the room for all to hear. "Sacrificial has been taken from you. Maybe this time the guilty party is going to actually succeed at Rule Seven - but of course, whether they manage it is still up to the rest of you." Eleven Survivors remain. How many are still standing by the end of the day is up to you.

Comments

[pokexplorer]

Not any of mine, but plenty of Pokemon are capable of it, yes.

[cherryblooded]

Doubt threatening will get much out of them. But we can at least ask what they were doing last night.

Aiden, Bruce, Colress, could you all tell us where you were last night to this morning?

[amygdalae]

They clearly knew how to handle this, at least. So that is one thing to consider.

[captainobnoxious]

When I was a kid, we'd go out into the sea and trick the smaller beasts to follow us to shore, and we'd split their heads open!

[sigrun]

Kids in the old world were weird.

[captainobnoxious]

[........]

They stay intact? No way. Nooo way. How?

[garudynamic]

Yeah I agree- we don't really have any reason right now to think it was someone else.

[cherryblooded]

I'm not saying that it couldn't be someone with access to the knowledge and too much time on their hands. But for now the suspicion falls on people who are likely to know.

Sorry.

[uro_cyon]

The classics are better than the new ones. [ Because hey, he enjoys gaming when he has free time.]

[captainobnoxious]

[that's right honey let mom handle it you sit back and do what you should with such great legs]

[amygdalae]

[Thank god there is no threatening nobody would like where that ended.]

I did some patrolling on the lower levels right after nighttime, but it wasn't for long and once it was pretty late I spent the rest of the night in my room.

[OF COURSE LAST TIME KING COULD CONFIRM THIS BUT... RIP King. RIP indeed.]

[cherryblooded]

[RIP indeed.]

Noted.

[amygdalae]

It's fine.

[It's not like this will affect him in anyway.]

[goodforsomething]

When I was a kid, we'd build rafts and stuff and go out sailin'! Almost drowned a few times, but that sure did teach us to swim!

[captainobnoxious]

Nothing like some near death experiences to give you hands on experience, am I right?

[pokexplorer]

Miss Sigrun, I am shocked that you would consider threatening me!

[He sounds very offended. Clearly.]

As for my location, I... [There is the briefest pause here.] retired to my room after Cherryblod and Beheeyem's small sparring match, where I remained for the night.

[uro_cyon]

Spent it mostly in my room, though I did go to the bar for a bit. [ Though the only person he really drank with was Tarrlok, so he no one can confirm this either.]

[amygdalae]

From what we can gather, it seems that the person has a knowledge of Earth based chemicals.

[Otherwise they wouldn't know what is what.]

[amygdalae]

[...this maybe isn't the time for more Weird Pokefacts Hour, Colress.]

[cherryblooded]

I'm still sorry about how that turned out.

...And I'm even more sorry about this, because apparently this is just the week I'm mean to your Pokemon.

We have here an electronic that doesn't seem to have any methods of controlling it. Correct me if I'm wrong, but buttons and such are just ways of completing circuits to start electrical currents, aren't they?

Wouldn't a Pokemon like yours be able to start that current without a button?

[isafraid]

[Yup. Just another Tuesday

of something trying to kill him.]

Well it would... be certainly a difficult thing to adjust to, given how babies usually are. [all grabby and bitey, he's heard.] If his dad's got it then you've got some help!

[...] Biting yourself on accident would be a nightmare.

[pokexplorer]

It is a mystery!

[...Okay, he won't do that to you Sigrun.]

They simply expel the energy from their bodies, but it does not cause their own body to explode. They do faint immediately, though, so these moves are typically used as a last resort to take the opponent down with them.

[captainobnoxious]

Sorry, darling, but sometimes a little shove with the point of a knife is needed to get asses in gear. I wouldn't like doing it to any of you for the record.

[... Because she's spent enough time in this damn vault with them. They're all practically her very own company here.

The pause is also noted. But she knows how tiring sparring matches can be, so she'll... let someone else take that.]

[garudynamic]

Internet.

[...]

Only I think Mr. Knight is before that was super common. But yeah if I had my phone I could look it up in like, a few minutes no problem.

[amygdalae]

That seems like the most likely option right now.

[cherryblooded]

Noted. Do you know about what time at night you were at the bar?

[There's not a lot he can say to either Bruce's or Aiden's testimony.]