Take Responsibility.

[antitrust]

And when the door at the bottom of those stairs unlocks and it swings open gently of its own accord, allowing everyone back down into the courtroom, there are decidedly fewer of them than there were just a few days ago. The change in the podium circle is massive this time; Dio, Logan, Marty, Yuuri, Hibiki and Mordecai have all joined the ranks of the deceased, their podiums adorned with black cloth and greyscale photographs. Furthermore, the mass of shadows in the pit at the center seems agitated again, shifting and breaching upward toward the glass if one looks at it long enough. It's been something of a bad week, to put it gently. Not that it's evident from the Conductor's behavior; as usual, the proceedings are being watched from behind that panel of translucent glass behind podium 30, and he'll speak as soon as everyone has found their place in the circle. His words are a bit more rapid than usual; he seems interested in this one. "Temporal, Lucent, Vivacious and Universal...all four of them have been taken from you. Does whomever is responsible for this really deserve your compassion? There can be no hesitation; you should offer no mercy. It's you against the guilty. Take control of your fate, and hold them responsible." Thirteen Participants remain. You've lost five people this week, and eight since the last investigation; we'll see how many more you lose today.

Comments

[zomgboom]

I have, like. [waves the cow manifesto around.] I dunno what these are exactly, but Hibiki wrote them.

MOD CHECK

[sunsong]

Mind if I check it 'gainst them, then?

[ SHE'LL...SHE'LL HONESTLY JUST WALK AROUND THE CIRCLE TO GET TO TABBY, their passing system is shot to hell with all the dead people. Do the letters match up handwriting under close scrutiny? ]

[trustmods]

[They do!]

[sunsong]

All right, looks like Hibiki really did ask Yuuri to the art room. So...that explains why he was there, though I haven't got a clue what they were doin' there.

[ SINCE PRESUMABLY THERE ARE NO DEETS IN THE NOTE OR SHE WOULD HAVE NOTICED IN THE INVESTIGATION. ]

[zomgboom]

I dunno. That seems, like. Weird? Hibiki didn't really seem like the type who was super arty or anything.

[sunsong]

It's unquestionable that the same person wrote this cow...thing, and the letter askin' him somewhere, though. So...we just have to figure out what the hell they were doin' - or at least we can consider it case closed as to why Yuuri went there, even if we don't know why Hibiki wanted him there.

[ she just can't picture hibiki trying to murder yuuri, so she's not even raising that option. come on. ]

[zomgboom]

Hey, Elise - do you, like, how why Hibiki wrote this? [it's got your name on it, after all.] Also, like. Does it matches the weird note Weiss found?