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

[housenurse]

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.]

[clearasmud]

[ ...you know what ]

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

[perpend]

...No, you're wrong.

I understand better than most.

[clearasmud]

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

[ it's as simple as that. ]

[perpend]

[He just laughs at that.]

Sooomeone's projecting, I believe.

[clearasmud]

[ uh

what ]

Would you mind explaining what you mean by that? I'm curious.

[ HOW IS REAVER NOT CENTURIES OLD AND RUTHLESS ]

[perpend]

[HE THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT LOGAN TBH]

....Nevermind. Let's sty on topic.

[clearasmud]

[ ??????? ]

...Okay.

[ ?????????





AND SHE DOESN'T LOVE LOGAN she loves logan WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP BRINGING THAT UP???? ]

[blazeit]

Holy fucking shit, can we stop circling back around to this. All of your unfortunate romantic shit, if it's not relevant to who killed the other two, then can you take a fucking rain check, thanks. General you, by the way.

[ THAT INCLUDES YOU YOUKO ]

[housenurse]

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

[clearasmud]

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

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

[perpend]

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

[clearasmud]

...Oh [censored for public decency]

[ but she never wanted to understand what happened back there less than she does right now ]

[housenurse]

[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]

[clearasmud]

That's not how love works, Sukuyo.

[ AND SHE'S GOING TO IGNORE THAT LAST PART. ]

[zomgboom]

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