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

[hesperos]

[ Okay though, it looks like they won't have to worry about Kyrie anymore.

Still, that wound... ]

Luca, can I see that?

[ If it's bad enough, he'll call Rideaux over here. ]

[notaccurate]

[Well there's a crossbow bolts sticking out of his right forearm, so.]

It's not going to have to be amputated, is it?

[...yeah he's never been hurt like this before. It's extremely painful any time he moves it.]

[hesperos]

[ Ugh, it is pretty bad. A doctor could probably do better at removing this without causing such a damn mess and more efficiently conduct the clean up.

Even if Yuri knows first aid, he'd prefer someone like that would handle something like this. SO... YOU KNOW... ]

Only if you let it stay like that.

[ ANYWAY...he'll pass a glance at Rideaux and then at Luca. He'll reach a hand out to him, in case he needs it. ]

C'mon, you're going to want to have Rideaux look at this. He'll be able to do something better with it than I could.

[ He's just glad Luca is alive, to be honest. ]

[notaccurate]

[Yeah, that hand is much appreciated. Luca will take it with his uninjured hand, and Yuri might even be able to feel that he's shaking just a bit. Adrenaline is wearing off, and he's starting to really feel that arrow now.]

Yes, I- whatever needs to be done.

[hesperos]

[ He feels it and he ...frowns. Once again he's glad he didn't lose anyone important to him again today. As he's helping him, holding onto that hand, his grip tightens to something more secure, though not into a painful grip. Just a strong one. ]