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

[blazeit]

Hey, you can come over here and check it yourself, if you want. Maybe the possessed pen was already in control of him?

[ And should Cabanela come over, Bakugou will mutter in a low voice: ] Pretty sure the letter's a fake.

[perpend]

[Let's walk on over to take a look at that letter; after all, he's seen Mordecai's invitations.

He'll response back in a low voice.]

That would make sense, wouldn't it? It would be easy to frame someone who isn't around to defend himself.

[blazeit]

Yeah.

... I just wanna see if how he takes it if he thinks are going his way.

[ And then at his normal voice: ]

Just keep the petitions and shit, I don't wanna hang onto them anyway.

[perpend]

...Good idea.

[He'll just take the petitions back.]

I'll hold onto them until we're through here.

[openterrain]

[ SEE, HE TOTALLY KNEW IT. ]

So it is faked. That means it was written but someone that doesn't know her name... [ Hmm... ]

[blazeit]

And somebody wants to pin some murders on somebody who's conveniently dead and unable to defend himself.