Take Responsibility.

[trustbound]

And once everyone has finished their investigations of the building, the door down at the bottom of that stairwell in the dorms seems to once again have been unlocked; it opens slowly and as though of its own volition, swinging outward lightly after an audible click of the latch. Hopefully everyone knows better than to stand in front of it by now, but if not...well, it's gentle enough to provide some sort of encouragement to move without straight-out hitting anyone. For the third time in as many weeks, the stairwell that door leads to is dark; the only light visible is what managing to get in from the courtroom below. The room itself remains as unforgiving and imposing as ever with its walls made entirely of concrete and steel; the podium circle stands starkly in the center, wooden structures ringing the darkened pit below. Again, there's been a change in the podium setup; Blue and Walt have joined those with podiums draped in black. Their profile portraits are arranged atop them, greyed-out and observing the proceedings, along with the rest of those that you've lost. As always, the thirty-sixth podium stands empty. Once everyone has found their place in the circle, Jericho can be heard over the public-address system; he seems to have gotten himself together a little more since morning, though he still doesn't quite seem up to the usual. "Methodical's been taken from you; almost all of you know why you're here right now, and even if your secrets aren't safe anymore, I'd still suggest doing your job to the fullest - unless you consider those secrets worth dying over, even if they aren't worth killing over. As for the guilty party...your secret's safe with me, but unfortunately? You're not safe at all just yet. Whether you manage to actually ensure that you are by the end of the trial is a different matter, I guess. Innocent against the guilty. Let's go round three, see how well you all come out. As always, do your best!" Twenty-nine Participants remain. Let's see how many remain at the end of the day.

Comments

[captainobnoxious]

[has her time come.]

Lemme see a close up of that, honey. I've seen some weird slimey stuff in my day.

[sleepytimegal]

Be my guest.

HEY MODS DIDJA MISS ME

[captainobnoxious]

[GREAT EXCELLENT WONDERFUL

She'll go over and study the goo for a moment, obviously contemplating what it could be. Gives it a few pokes. Takes a bit on her finger, rubbing it between that and her thumb

and sucks it off her fingers. One to ten, how bad is this decision gonna be.]

[sleepytimegal]

[ SIGRUN NO!!!! ]

[captainobnoxious]

[STOPS BEFORE SHE DOES IT




THAT LOOK LOOKS BAD.]

What?

[sleepytimegal]

Why- why are you trying to put it in your mouth-?! That could be dangerous!

[captainobnoxious]

Nothing ventured nothing gained?

[BUT MORE SERIOUSLY:]

The quickest way to find out what something is to give it a little taste.

[innocentloveholic]

Or sniff it.

[ come ON sigrun....... ]

[captainobnoxious]

[.......... sniffing it would be a good idea.]

My taste's better than my smell, but I gotcha. Point there.

[sleepytimegal]

Yeah, but the quickest could also be the...deadest. We're dealin' with a case where there was...poison, so- here, let's sniff it instead? ...Carefully.

THIS TIME FOR REAL

[captainobnoxious]

[FIIINE.

She'll smell it.]

[heritrix]

[Holy fuck, Sigrun, you're right next to her and-]

Don't do that! We found that in the bathroom too!

[OOPS, TOO LATE...]

[captainobnoxious]

[NOT TOO LATE alex has a fucking glare, my dude]

Why was it in the bathroom?

[heritrix]

[Bless Alex's death glare.]

I don't know. Milla would be able to tell you better than I would, but when I peeked in that goo was everywhere.

[captainobnoxious]

[.......... oh gross she almost ate bathroom goo.

That is a line. She can't wipe it on her pants because it'll stain but her black sweater's fine.]

Well, that's gross.

[icysemblance]

Why are you putting that in your mouth?

[WE DON'T PUT WEIRD SLIMES IN OUR MOUTHS, SIGRUN]

[captainobnoxious]

[she ate a person's soul once--]

It kind of reminds me of jelly? But it's bathroom jelly, apparently, so I'm not into it.

[ninehundredlives]

....jelly.

Elda, you still have the jelly, don't you? [she means Ditty]

[matchbreaker]

Not on me? I left the thing in my room, actually.

[ But she does still have it in general. ]

[ninehundredlives]

...probably for the best.

[as long as the jelly's location is known and it's not, like. splattered in a bathroom.]

[matchbreaker]

Yeah. I considered letting it see Blue's podium, but that felt more cruel. I'm pretty sure it can squeeze under my door so who knows if it'll escape before we get back, but, yeah. Last I saw it was when I was doing my nails right before we showed up.

[ See, the new coat she has here? waves it. ]

[icysemblance]

[WHY WOULD YOU EAT SOMEONE'S SOUL, YOU AREN'T REAPER]

I don't think eating anything around a crime scene is a good idea...

[explosivecombat]

[it's a surprisingly common practice actually, just saying

...the souls, not the crime scene whatnot, that is disgusting]

[captainobnoxious]

[oh, see

the crime scene is on par with a normal troll attack

the eating souls thing not so much]

[icysemblance]

[WHAT IS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU]