Take Responsibility.

[trustbound]

Once again, as people finish their investigations and make their way toward the door at the bottom of those stairs in the dorms, the door down there is unlocked once again. It opens as though of its own volition, with a loud clicking sound and a soft outward swing, not firmly enough to harm anyone who might be standing in the way but enough to give them some slight encouragement to move. The stairwell it leads to is once again dark, the only light coming in from the courtroom below, if it can really properly be called that. It stands as cold and unforgiving as it did last week, all concrete and steel and the podium circle in the center, surrounding the darkened pit in the middle. Nothing can be seen down there for the time being; it simply seems like a large black hole leading nowhere. Three more podiums have joined Jean's in being arranged differently from the rest; Caren, Yosuke, and Chitoge have all joined the ranks of the deceased, their podiums draped in black with their profile portraits sitting atop them, greyed-out and watching the room with unseeing eyes. The thirty-sixth podium remains empty and blank, as always. Once everyone has found their place in the circle, the public-address system comes to life once more, and after a moment Jericho's voice can be heard "Dexterous has been taken from you; seems like a lot of you were friends with her, and you all know why you're here by now and what you're supposed to do. So hopefully you guys won't be disrespectful assholes again and expect me to make you give a damn this time! Be self-centered about it all you want, just do your jobs. After all, it's in your best interests to do that. As always, do your best - I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes." Thirty-one Participants remain. However many are left at the end of the day is up to you.

Comments

[notaccurate]

You don't think someone smart enough to use another person to commit a murder would also be smart enough to have them clean up the mess after the murder?

[matchbreaker]

... Backing up to the rules though, wouldn't that still kill Blue?

Like... only the murderer - the winner - survives. So any accomplice'd probably drop too, right? The girl's smarter than that.

[notaccurate]

Yes, it would. It would have to be quite a bit of leverage against her to get her to act when she knows she would die too. Assuming that it's true and Blue is not the murderer.

I don't like how quickly she admitted to it, nor do I like how certain people here were so eager to jump right at it and end things.

[matchbreaker]

I agreed in the first place, but letting the illusion go on... well, if you're right, we're all dead. But if you're not, then it seems almost insulting to the woman, doesn't it?

[notaccurate]

I would much rather keep living. Blue claimed to be selfish, but she is not the only one.

[But given the outburst in the other thread, this is probably done with, so he'll let it go.]

[heritrix]

I do, but that's obviously not the case this time. We've only been here for two weeks; Blue's personality doesn't match such an obedient accomplice who would carry out such orders at the expense of her own death.

[notaccurate]

[He's losing this fight, so he's not going to push it anymore. But he does say one last thing:]

Anybody can be blackmailed. Don't overlook that.

[bloodisthicker]

With what, though. I mean, I'm not disagreeing with the basic premise of what you're saying, but the only ones who might have the cards to do the blackmailing would be Alena and Jericho, who wouldn't need Blue to give them an in to kill Chitoge.