Take Responsibility.

[trustbound]

This particular investigation was likely a difficult one, for various reasons; whether through frustration or sheer disgust at the level of depravity involved, it's been a long day already. It doesn't seem like it will get any easier by the time the door to the courtroom unlocks, gently swinging open to allow everyone downstairs. As always, the stairwell is dark, but the courtroom is already lit up down below, a thin amount of light bouncing up the corridor to guide everyone downstairs; the podium circle stands stark and silent in the center, marking spots for both the living and the dead; by now, the latter far outnumber the former. Kirei, Milla, Angel, and Susan have all had their spots altered, their podiums draped in black cloth and their portraits set atop them; they'll be joining those watching all of you in greyscale as you work today. Do you think you'll do them justice? Either way and as always, the thirty-sixth podium remains empty and unadorned. Once everyone has found their place in the circle, Jericho can be heard over the public-address system; he doesn't seem to have settled any from the investigation. "Peerless, Edifying, and Adroit have all been taken from you - and hey, it looks like you found all of them, we appreciate that. But even if you hadn't, you'd still be down here, and I'm sure I don't need to tell you what you have to do as a result of everything that's happened. This is another one of those things that's either gonna be great or it's going to be terrible, though maybe I'll add in a third option of 'interesting' this time, just due to the setup. As always, you know what's going on here - the innocent versus the guilty. Seventh time lucky, maybe. As always, do your best!" Thirteen Participants remain. We'll see how many leave here at the end of the day.

Comments

[innocentloveholic]

[ She looks at Tarrlok like see people are from not PG worlds too like me, suck an egg, then...

rubs off a little of it by her right wrist. Not enough to make a good estimation of, but she's feeling difficult because of her head. ]

[hesperos]

[ ... Just this face now and he does squint a bit more at that but also his face should read 'are you freaking kidding me' right now. ]

C'mon, you know that's not gonna be enough. All of it.

[innocentloveholic]

[ Were you expecting her to just go with it?? ]

You didn't say it had to be all of it before! You said to kinda rub it off, and I kinda did.

[hesperos]

[ Um, yes???

Actually not at all but shh. Doesn't mean he's not going to keep trying. ]

Guess what, 'kinda' meant 'all', so rub all of it off.

[ God do you have to be such a smartass, Aligula. ]

[innocentloveholic]

[ ...She gets along with assholes, so of course she does. ]

Why don't you back off and give a girl a little space first?

[hesperos]

Yeah?

[ He'll take one step back to test that. ]

Now you have no excuse. C'mon already.

[ ... And you know what, since they're still here-- ]

...Might as well continue to point out the obvious that it's not looking all that well for you. If you keep it up, I think you'll know where people's suspicions will stay.

[innocentloveholic]

Like people weren't already thinking it was me? You're all about as subtle as a bag of freakin' bricks to the face.

[ ...But he's done as she's asked, so she'll rub more off her right arm.

Those are some definitely serious bruises there. A couple on her wrist, some on her forearm, you know. That sort of thing. They're analogous to someone being defended against, since he's been in fights and all—think disarming attempts. ]

[hesperos]

I get that pretty often.

[ The whole not being subtle thing. Sometimes. He can be subtle, but not with his suspicions.

Anyway, what she's showing off here in bruises is a little more than what Yuri expected, but it's ostensibly more than good enough for him. ]

... Yeah, those don't look like bruises you'd get from just rolling yourself out of bed and banging your wrist and forearm on things. Looks like the type you'd get from a fight, when your opponent is on the defensive and trying to disarm you.

[innocentloveholic]

[ Kind of does, doesn't it? ]

[perpend]

[Aligula, he is standing right next to you.]

I'm going to insist you take more of it off.

[innocentloveholic]

[ Don't touch her, Cabanela, you're not gonna like the consequences there. ]

Ask nicer and maybe I will.

[bloodisthicker]

This is definitely the sort of attitude I'd expect from someone who'd leave tasteless scavenger hunt notes around severed limbs, you know.

[fuck it, if she did kill Susan he's Pissed, and if she didn't he can fall into a spiral of self loathing about it later]

[innocentloveholic]

I'd expect something more like Tenacious, actually.

[ just saying. ]

[bloodisthicker]

Well, Tenacious is dead right now. You aren't.

[bloodisthicker]

[THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BRUISES FROM FIGHTS AND DISMEMBERMENT SCAVENGER HUNTS ALIGULA]

[chessturner]

[A sudden thought crosses Kyrie's mind]

That drowsiness, the headache...couldn't they be consequences of having been affected by a stun grenade?

[hey tarrlok get hit by this grenade and tell us if you get a headache alright]

[innocentloveholic]

[ ... ]

Wouldn't there be a little more wrong with me if I got hit by a stun grenade, Pragmatic?

[chessturner]

I think that'd depend of how long ago it happened. If one exploded at you right now of course you'd immediately have more than just a headache, but if you were affected by a grenade hours ago...

[Then the effects would be mostly gone]

[bloodisthicker]

[like, he's still up for it if we absolutely need to]

[hesperos]

[ settle down, grandpa ]