Take Responsibility.

[antitrust]

After a while, 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; it's not as bad as it was last week, but again, there are decidedly fewer of them than there were last time. The podium circle has changed once again, with Rick, Tabby and Sukuyo joining the ranks of the deceased, their podiums draped with black cloth and adorned with greyscale photographs. The shadows are quiet down in the darkness of the pit; for the time being, it's hard to say what the pit itself looks like after the explosion last week. One way or another, we'll find out by the end of the day. As usual, the proceedings are being watched from behind that panel of glass behind podium 30; he'll speak as soon as everyone has found their place in the circle. "Familial has been taken from you. Regardless of what her affiliation was – whether she was with me or the lot of you – you know what you have to do by now. 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." Ten Participants remain. However many more we lose today is up to you.

Comments

[ninehundredlives]

It was probably this.

[Susan holds up a bottle.]

Strychnine. It was by the body too.

[announcemyvictory]

I see. And that's what would have been used... in that case, I've got no idea about Giovanni's jar.

[ninehundredlives]

I took some of it out of the teacup she had. Do you want to see?

[announcemyvictory]

To compare the jar and the bottle, then?

[ninehundredlives]

We might as well.

[oftheland]

Oh, well, that's a relief.

[ninehundredlives]

...why, what did you think it was?

[blazeit]

What's... strchinngghngn?

[ninehundredlives]

Strychnine.

[This word is probably gonna come up a lot in the next few hours, let's clear up the pronunciation.]

It's a poison. They use it to kill...rats and things.

[perpend]

It's a highly toxic poison.

It's often used as rat poison.

[blazeit]

Okay, I'm just calling it rat poison, then.

I know we have arsenic dropping from the vending machine, but what about rat poison? And I guess the princess's question still stands, does anybody know if it could be from the lab?

[perpend]

I've never seen anything like it come from the machine, but then again I haven't ever gotten arsenic either.

Was anyone in the chemistry lab yesterday looking around?