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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.

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I was already cleared with the hair thing, right? I'm just peachy.

[ . . . Wait. ]

... From our perspective, yes. But then, the clothes you wear are also green for us, but you see it differently, right? So what color do you think your hair is?

.............blonde.

Do you mind ripping out some of it from your head?

[ she says this with a smile, clapping her hands together. ]

Or you can take off your top! I just want to test something.

Excuse me?

[She takes a step back.]

No thank you.

Are you sure?! I'm pretty sure it's something we ought to look into! It's basically just you and that Terumi fellow resisting, after all!

I'm not the spooky prick prancing around with weird food tastes.

No, but you are the woman who has Green hair and skin and clothes... that aren't actually green. For all I know, you've got on a white top and black hair.

You cheeky-

Well, its clearly not going away anytime soon, innit?

While it's on your person it sure ain't! But I don't think I've happened to see what happens if you take the clothes off you or we rip the hair or skin from your head! Do they stop being green, by chance?!

What, you want me to take my clothes off?! Are you barmy?!

What about a single strand of hair?

That should be more than enough. There's no need to undress Fern-san.

You bet your sorry ass I do! Let's see it, sister!

[ She says this with wide, bloodshot eyes, baring her fangs and taking a step closer. ]

[She lifts up her fists pretty much instantly.]

They won't fall for your tricks. Lies must come easy out of your mouth hole, eh?

Even if they do, Green, I didn't kill Walter White!

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[... She probably shouldn't carry knives everywhere she goes, but the fact of the matter is she does, even if it's just one from the kitchen.

She's gonna slip over and take off some of Fern's hair.]

[I mean.

If Sigrun gets close she's gonna try to deck her.]

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That would be the other option I was referring to, Ms. Marker. Regarding why nothing came up during the check.

[It's someone we haven't checked in the first place.]

....In hindsight, that's an obvious solution, isn't it.

I did say it was simple.

[ Ever the Observant one... ]

[...also an asshole, but yes.]

[...she kind of feels like a twit for discounting Fern based off looks.

This is why he's Observant and she's Attentive.]

[...at least you're less obnoxious about it, sayaka]