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

[amygdalae]

If its really iodine, it does explain the purple smoke.

Iodine, when heated, becomes a purple-colored smoke.

[notjustawriter]

That's exactly what I'm thinking.

[amygdalae]

[THINKING MODE GO.]

The purple smoke might as well be its personal trademark, more or less.

[notjustawriter]

...and Colress said he also found a nearly empty bottle of ammonia.

[amygdalae]

[Crap

crap.]

Nitrogen triiodide.

[notjustawriter]

....Whoever did this has enough knowledge to know how to make bombs from household chemicals.

[captainobnoxious]

... I'm guessing that's not common?

[cherryblooded]

Putting it this way, if you mess up even the tiniest bit when you're mixing the chemicals, you're more likely to kill yourself. About the extent of my knowledge is that you can do it - I wouldn't know which chemicals or be able to get the ratios right.

So you're looking for... a scientist or someone who commonly uses bombs, I suppose?

[captainobnoxious]

[........ Oh.]

At least our numbers being thinned makes this easier. Can't say how many people had the know how before, but I know there's at least a few here who fit that description.

[Not that she really believes Bruce would do it, actually. Colress either.]

[cherryblooded]

Right, there's... maybe three, off the top of my head.

[captainobnoxious]

Do we make them testify or will threatening them actually work this time?

[Because, uh.

Because she'll open her jacket to show him some of the throwing knives she's got sewn in there.]

[penduli]

[ ..............MISS SIGRUN.................... ]

[penduli]

[ on second thought why is he even surprised anymore.

never mind, continue on ]

[amygdalae]

[...not that he's mad that you're narrowing down

but]

Looking at it the other way around, it could also be somebody who did this deliberately to shift the suspicion.

[After all, making this does require some rather specific skillsets.]

[notjustawriter]

I don't know what good that would do, unless one of us is secretly a terrorist.

[amygdalae]

I don't know either, but we've all seen our fair share of implausible things at this point.

[ie. Mettaton.]

[cherryblooded]

Is it worth it to blow yourself up in order to frame someone?

[amygdalae]

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

[notjustawriter]

Not exactly, no.

The only reason I know about it is that I did research for a novel once. But I never tried to make it myself because I didn't want to blow up my house.

[isafraid]

....Is it easy at all to learn a thing like that in your time?

[Because that

would be kinda weird if everyone knew how to make bomb things]

[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.

[notjustawriter]

...The internet's a dangerous place by the sound of it.

[captainobnoxious]

[...... huh.......]

Is it bad to breathe in? I know you guys were working around it and don't seem too much worse for wear, but... you were also covering your faces, so.

[She. She might want to burn some.]

[amygdalae]

[Sigrun

Sigrun no.]

Yes, its bad.

[Well not terrible unless its long term, probably, but just. No, Sigrun.]

[captainobnoxious]

[It would've been perfect with her Woodaton.]

Okay. Good to know.