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]

That's not important either. It wasn't very long and she was going to leave afterwards, but I told her what a dumb idea going out past the evening bell would be.

[That's when murders go on and whatnot. As she tells Tarrlok over here, Elda stayed until it got to be stupid early.]

[greenmamabear]

[Wow more relaxed talking to Tarrlok, that's greenist]

I guess that makes sense.

...Still. This mess is a pretty big job.

[heritrix]

[It has less to do with the person, and more the line of questioning. Notice Rin smiling now.]

Yeah. She wouldn't have time for all of that.

[greenmamabear]

[...she's about to stop smiling in a sec.]

....What about two people?

[spiritform]

Under this system, would two people stand to benefit from working together in this fashion?

[She won't deny it's possible though.]

[greenmamabear]

If they just needed to get one of them out, any number of people could work together. A merry band even.

[innocentloveholic]

Didn't we go over this last time, Nurturing? It'd be stupid to throw your life away for someone else.

[ .....granted this is coming from aligula, who does not have the best grip on why humans feel stupid junk, so i mean you know??? ]

[greenmamabear]

Humans do all sorts of stupid things. Its... kind of our character trait.

[innocentloveholic]

I noticed.

[greenmamabear]

So you see my point.

[heritrix]

It's possible? But I don't think we've seen evidence that there were more than two people involved.

[The culprit and the victim, that is.]

[greenmamabear]

Well, Elda's the only one the evidence fits. And you're her only alibi.

[captainobnoxious]

It is kind of bad.

[She likes you both, but. Facts.]

[heritrix]

I wouldn't do something like this!

[She sounds angry, actually.]

[notaccurate]

It might be worth asking Jericho if transforming into a werewolf or some creature like that is possible here, or if that is blocked like other abilities are. Because for it to be someone else, that is necessary.

[brandnewday]

Mm...but if Elda has an alibi, it can't be her!

[And she likes Elda, too.]

Even if the evidence kinda fits, it's not like there are two of her.

[greenmamabear]

But if she's in on it with Elda, than the alibi is just another fraud.

[ninehundredlives]

Do you really think that Rin would throw her life away for Elda?

[chessturner]

Why would anyone be anybody's accomplice? What benefit would an accomplice receive? Because in the end, they'd be in as much risk as the rest of us, wouldn't they?

[spiritform]

I do not believe they would be exempt from the motive either, as an accomplice-- as they would still not be considered the culprit.

[bloodisthicker]

Yes, I believe that's the key aspect of it. I could see someone being an accomplice if it meant that, even if they died, they'd still receive the incentive's benefits and not have their secrets laid bare to the world at large.

[greenmamabear]

Some foolhardy, self-sacrificing love and adoration, mayhaps?

[spiritform]

I believe it is too early to make that kind of conclusion when we are still not aware what the substance we found in the bathroom is or where it might have come from. We need to work together until we have conclusive evidence.

[She appreciates what you're doing and understands but-- still too many questions.]

[innocentloveholic]

Only if they both killed him, but that sort of simultaneousness would be totally hard to achieve...

If they both killed people and then got away with it too it'd work out! Buuuut we've only got one body, so. [ a shrug. that doesn't apply here. ]

[zomgboom]

. . . Only if they both participated, I think. I dunno, that seems like something to ask Jiffypop.