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

[openterrain]

Yeah... and if she was worried that we might get ourselves killed voting for the wrong person, why not make sure there are witnesses?

[ninehundredlives]

They would try to stop her.

If it really was a suicide, our investigation wouldn't find anything to contradict that. We'd have to believe the note.

[announcemyvictory]

Exactly. I sincerely doubt this. She might not have thought she could help us herself, but she did have hope.

[openterrain]

But you said she poisoned herself, right? What's to stop her from just taking the poison first and only waiting until afterwards to tell everyone?

[ This is getting complicated, though. ]

My point is... I don't think the note is real. I didn't know Sukuyo very well but she always looked after. If she were gonna kill herself, she'd make sure there wouldn't be any confusion.

Right?

[ninehundredlives]

I don't know exactly how strychnine kills you, but a lot of things...you might not be able to make it to someone first.

But I don't believe the note is real either. It just...it sounds a bit like her, I suppose, but it still doesn't seem right. She says she's doing it out of guilt, but she never even apologized.

[icysemblance]

Didn't she have a family back at home? I wouldn't think she would leave a note without mentioning them, or telling them that she loved them.

[ninehundredlives]

No, she wouldn't...