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

[ninehundredlives]

It sounds like a secret worth keeping, for however much life he had in him.

[notaccurate]

Maybe it was more to protect his family? Our secrets are to be leaked in our home worlds, yes? If he was engaged in illegal activities that made money, then that money would be forfeit. If his family was relying on that money to live, then that might make him feel guilty, even if he wouldn't live long enough to see the consequences of it.

[bloodisthicker]

Or perhaps he didn't remember whatever diagnosis he had and wanted to get back to all of his money and power for himself.

[ninehundredlives]

Even if he didn't remember, he must have known something was wrong. He probably had pain, fatigue...coughing...

[She's trying to remember if she'd seen him coughing a lot before. But Susan never really spoke to Walter much.]

[notaccurate]

But cancer poisoning takes a while to kill someone, he would have had to lose a lot of memories in order to forget that.

[shuttermouse]

That makes sense, since family is listed as one of his likes on his profile. It's also possible that his secret being leaked would put his family in danger.

[notaccurate]

Ah, that is true. Illegal activities do tend to jeopardize one's family. If he didn't have the money to pay for well-trained guards, they would have been at risk.