Take Responsibility.

[trustbound]

This investigation seems to have been difficult for many; while your time here hasn't been particularly easy on anyone, it's been eight straight weeks of people dying, of losing those you care about - or at least, losing those you had some sense of solidarity with. There's only about a quarter of your original number left. Either way, however, there are some things that remain constant, even if your numbers do not - the corridor down below the dorms, the way the door sounds when it unlatches, the gentle outward swing of the door. The darkened stairwell that it leads to. The courtroom. The podium circle remains in the center of the room, the spots marked out from the dead having increased in number yet again; Aligula, Hibiki, Sayaka, and Alex all have had their podiums altered, draped in black with greyscale portraits set atop them. They'll be keeping an eye on the proceedings today, for better or for worse. As always, the thirty-sixth podium remains blank. 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. "Attentive and Submerged are gone - and trust me, for at least one of them, it's better for everyone that way. Maybe you disagree with that, maybe you don't, I don't really give a fuck - and at least for the guilty party, their deaths might be their ticket out of here. So it's probably better for them, anyway. Either way, I'm pretty sure I don't need to tell you what you're here to do. Once again and as always, it's the innocent versus the guilty. Whichever side wins is mattering less and less every week, isn't it? Even so, you should still put some effort in, just to satisfy the dead - so you know what, do your best!" Nine Participants remain. However many leave here at the end of the day is up to you.

Comments

[chessturner]

You talk as if your votes on me hinges on me not using this crossbow.

[She's well aware a majority here would vote for her, anyway]

[bloodbiter]

[She takes a breath in.]

Maybe so. If that is the case, there is no point in hurting anyone else, is there? You can either end this as someone who made a sacrifice because she thought she was doing what was best for her world, or you can be remembered for this.

Put the crossbow down.

[chessturner]

Don't be so naive. I know very well I'll be remembered as the woman who killed Sayaka-chan and Alex-san. Nothing will change that. Everyone, even those who are dead, will associate that with me.

[Which isn't really a pleasant fact, but yeah, that's what happens in times like these]

[bloodbiter]

If that’s what you believe... Then don’t make it worse then it already is. Don’t add to the blood that has been shed.

[She takes a step towards her, but with her hands raised to show she means no harm.]

I think, given the motive, everyone at least understands your intentions. I know that I do.

[chessturner]

As you can see, it's not like I'm going to kill all of you. I'm rather sure if I did that, I'd die anyway. That's not going to be an option.

[And as long as she isn't attacked, she's not going to shoot anyone, yeah]

[hesperos]

[ ... ]

Still, there's no point in adding to the count - it won't do you any good. All it'd do is give more for Jericho to laugh over like the sick bastard he is.

[chessturner]

I guess it depends on how much of a sore loser I am.

[...]

But you're correct. I won't kill you all. [As if to give strength to her remark, she tosses the intact grenade into the pit. A preparation for when it's time for her to go down into the pit?

Despite what she said about not killing them, Kyrie doesn't seem any more worried about what's going on, though]