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

[penduli]

It's rude to ask after someone's internet history, Miss Sigrun.

I know you don't care, I just thought I'd mention it.

[captainobnoxious]

It keeps track of you? Isn't that weird to you?

[penduli]

Not really? It's useful if you accidentally close something you didn't mean to, or if you want to go back and check something a couple of days later.

[uro_cyon]

You can hide it if you're good enough.

[captainobnoxious]

Like how?

[uro_cyon]

Involves knowing your way around code and networks. But a good hacker is nearly untraceable.

[captainobnoxious]

[Oh...... Okay.]

Are you any good at that kind of stuff?

[uro_cyon]

[ Is that a smirk?]

I'm not bad at it.

[captainobnoxious]

[Looks like someone's got some skills.]

Sooo, Mr. Not Bad At It, what else can be hacked? Besides trees and trolls.

[uro_cyon]

Anything electronic, presumably. [ Though here he's not so sure, given the Kingmaker and all.]

If you're talking about internet trolls, I'm impressed.

[captainobnoxious]

Only if they're half as fierce as the monsters back home. Do you have any idea what this metal thing could be then? 'Cause I'm really stuck on it.

[The weird electronic one she and Cherryblod have pieces of, which she'll show off of course.]

[uro_cyon]

Not so much. [ Aiden doesn't like internet trolls, too flashy for him.

He takes a moment to look at the bits.]

Hard to tell with just this, it's definitely a part of something though. You'd have to have something to compare it against.

[captainobnoxious]

[Then they're not worth her blade.

... But that's disappointing.]

That's a shame, since I don't know where to start comparing it.

[uro_cyon]

It could be one of the things out of the vending machine, but that might be a long list. [ ...Cherryblod's cache comes to mind.]

[cherryblooded]

I don't immediately recognize it, but without everything I've gotten to compare it to, I could easily miss something. Besides, there's probably still plenty in there I don't have yet.

MOD PAGING

[cherryblooded]

Nothing, hm. Can't even figure out what it does...

[Okay, basic electronics 101 with Cherryblod. Sometimes things do not have a button on them because they have a button on a remote, and those things usually have an antenna to help pick up the remote's signal.

Does this have an antenna?]

[trustharder]

[Nope, no antenna.]

[isafraid]

[but how does one hack efficiently?

It would have to cause quite the mess.]

[uro_cyon]

[ Speedwagon, one day he should really try to teach you about technology. Or maybe just Pac-Man.]

[isafraid]

[One of these days, he's really gotta ask.]

[garudynamic]

I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO HIDE!

[penduli]

[ ....... ]

You're really easy to embarrass, you know. I really doubt there's nothing you'd like to keep from the prying eyes of the public with a sense of shame like that.

[garudynamic]

Don't you start, Black! I don't even wanna THINK about what's probably in your search history.

[penduli]

[ ... ]

There's nothing that bad, actually. [ but like, yosuke..... that pretty much speaks volume about what's in yours, doesn't it... ] Mostly just research papers, news sites, and... cute animal videos. Angelica—she's our main teleporter—loves sending them to me.

[garudynamic]

I don't buy that.