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]

How was I supposed to know you were, like, shacking up with Logan? It's not like you sent out save the dates or anything!

[sunsong]

Uh, what?

[zomgboom]

The is mad because I, like, broke into Logan's room and stole [yelled for Youko's benefit:] STUFF THAT WAS MINE ANYWAY and she, like, is super in love with him and they were living together.

[sunsong]

[ AGAIN, WHAT...UH... ]

Holy shit.

[blazeit]

... ALRIGHT, that is enough of fucking that. Literally and metaphorically.

[ POINTED GLANCE AT YOUKO ]

Can we go back to figuring out what sick fuck or fucks did all of this killing now?!

[sunsong]

I haven't stopped thinkin' 'bout that.

[ SHE CAN MULTITASK. ]

We're checkin' the petitions against some of our notes right now, right? It's not really a full-room job, but if you want I can go peer over their shoulders 'till they're done.

[announcemyvictory]

Why were they missing from the refrigerator, anyway? Did someone really want to take the fast food petition? Maybe it was a wager for their game, whoever's petition wins...

[sunsong]

I agree with Susan that Hibiki might have been usin' them to match handwriting against something...uh, well honestly, that was my only guess...

[clearasmud]

I'm sorry, I just really hate Tabby.

[zomgboom]

The feeling's mutual, .

[rickdiculous]

HATESEEEEXXXXX.

[clearasmud]

We were living together, not sleeping together. And I didn't love him.

[ yeahhh you keep telling yourself that. it's probably for the best tbh. ]

[zomgboom]

Oh my god, I can't believe you're enough of a to not even admit you loved him!

[SERIOUSLY, YOUKO? WOW.]

[clearasmud]

[ wha ]

.........No, I didn't love him.

[ TABBY DON'T DO IT SHE DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW ]

[clearasmud]

[ ...please try not to be worried by the burst of hysterical laughter ]

Miss master thief completely missed my folded clothes, in plain sight?

I have no idea how you get away with anything.

[zomgboom]

Uh, no. I figured it out once I broke in. How was I supposed to know before that, you idiot.

[clearasmud]

[ ...okay that's a. point. ]

Use your eyes?

[ not enough of one to prevent a cheap shot! ]

[zomgboom]

You guys live in, like, a completely different part of the hall. Exactly when would I have been over there to notice?

[clearasmud]

When you were stealing from other people? You probably know the dorm layout best, honestly.

[zomgboom]

Do you leave your dorm room open so I can snoop in there? No. Stop being a .

[perpend]

[....Youko, honey.

Logan was like.

Super gay.]

[clearasmud]

[ it's basically just like canon ]