trustfell | Take Responsibility.

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Why did you want to do that, anyway? Why wasn't the seance method enough?

It's not safe! If the shadows can kill ghosts, just letting their ghosts wander around the place... If they're hidden inside chickens, they can be safe until we could get them out and somewhere more permanent!

-- Also, Logan-sama really liked chickens, so I figured that if I was wrong and we couldn't get them out, he'd at least be happy being a chicken forever. He was the test subject!

[ if youko knew of the christian lord, she would be swearing to him right now.

instead: ]

That's horrible and you don't even realize how horrible that sounds to others.

.....I'm sure she means well.

[This is Sukuyo we're talking about.

...besides, Logan probably would be happier as a chicken.]

Uh. We've seen that play out here before.

[ DIO WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, JEEZ MAN

...AND LOGAN'S LIFE CAN BE IMPROVED SANS CHICKENIZATION ]

.....protecting ghosts is a biiiit different from turning people into vampires.

Turning people into chickens, turning people into vampires.

Of the two, I'd actually rather go with Dio's stupid plan.

[........]

Why do you think it's Sukuyo so strongly, anyway? She didn't kill the chicken the other day.

Chicken, salt, and "S". It's either Sukuyo OR somebody's trying to frame her.

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. . . I dunno. That's, like, the least crazy thing she's ever said. It almost makes sense.

[ maybe it was a good thing she didn't spend too much time with croquette queen ]

[DID YOU NOT HEAR ABOUT HOW YOU BEAT UP OTHER KIDS IN SCHOOL TO GET A BETTER HOUSE, LIKE

CROQUETTE QUEEN'S A LITTLE OFF-COLOR.]

[ SHE DID NOT AND IT IS PROBABLY FOR THE BEST ]

Doesn't sound that bad to me!

[ BLUE. ]

I'm sure Reaver-san will still love him even if he's a chicken!

[that's the problem right. because she's already thought that one out.]

[ ...you know what ]

...Absolutely none of you understand how hard "love" would be for that man.

...No, you're wrong.

I understand better than most.

Unless you fell in love with a centuries-old, ruthless man? You do not.

[ it's as simple as that. ]

[He just laughs at that.]

Sooomeone's projecting, I believe.

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... I don't know which one you mean. [because it kinda fits both?]

...Reaver. I'm talking about Reaver.

[ LOGAN WAS IN LOVE WITH HIM, HIS CAPACITY FOR LOVE IS NOT IN QUESTION HERE ]

....I'll admit, I thought you were talking about Logan.

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[NOT LIKE... NORMAL PEOPLE LOVE...]

It's not like any of us got to know Reaver-san very well! But, Logan did! And if Logan-sama loved him, that meant he was a person worthy of being loved! And that's that!

... Gosh, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you were a little... [jealous]

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Dude, if an immortal being made of the cosmos can fall in love, I'm willing to believe anything can.