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

[heritrix]

[Oh, Rin can answer this one.]

Forced outwards.

[ninehundredlives]

...maybe they did go there first, and then realized Walter tried to kill them. That doesn't really seem necessary if it was all over.

[heritrix]

It's like I've been saying; I think it's impossible it was visited after the fight broke out. With all of that blood...

[It got in pretty much every room but the bar and bathroom. But Rin's not really eager to describe that scene again?]

Besides, it was the third floor bathroom, and the infirmary is on the second. There's no point going back up the stairs when there's a bathroom on every level.

[ninehundredlives]

Why do you think they'd go up there to begin with? If it were me, I'd probably go to the nearest one - or the one on the first floor, if I wanted to go back to my room afterwards.

[heritrix]

I'm saying they didn't. The fight started on the third floor, right? Hence why I think whatever happened in the bathroom took place before that.

[The bar and all that's on the third floor and whatnot, so you go from there to the infirmary, and then wherever the heck after that.]

[introspects]

If there was a fight then there may be wounds in other areas right?

[heritrix]

I think most of the blood was Walter's... But there's a possibility, yes.

[introspects]

Hm...do you think there should be another check for injuries?