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

[blazeit]

So... I guess it comes back to why somebody would want to make us think it was rat poison instead.

[sunsong]

Maybe whatever pills they used would point back to them somehow...?

[blazeit]

If somebody has pills that specific, then they'd probably have had to drop from the vending machine, right? ... I only got the arsenic that apparently half of us have, I don't know anything about pills.

[sunsong]

Uh...true. The only other pills I know of that didn't come from the infirmary would be the painkillers Observant gave to the old man back in week one.

[ With the bandages and shit. ]

But none of us checked the infirmary, right? So we don't know if anything was missin'...usually Dio did that.

[perpend]

I've used up the pills-- we have been here for seven weeks, after all.

[sunsong]

Jesus, has it really been that long? I'm so done with this shit.

[blazeit]

At this point, somebody could've taken some sleeping pills a few weeks back and been keeping them in their room, so I'm not sure checking the infirmary would've really helped anyway.

[sunsong]

True enough. I think some people were messin' around with them before any of this, anyway...

[ but she's not sure. she's generally kept away from medication of any sort. ]

But we're agreed that a sleepin' pill murder is more likely than rat poisonin', right?

[blazeit]

Yeah, the important thing is that the rat poison's not the poison used.

... Man, this murder just confuses the hell out of me. I also can't tell if the killer is a genius or an idiot.

[sunsong]

Let's settle for "complete asshole" and work out the intelligence ratin' later.

[blazeit]

I think we can throw in "sick fuck" there too, but yeah, agreed.

[sunsong]

[ mimes a high five of agreement across the courtroom ]

[blazeit]

[ AIR HIGH FIVE... at least trash talking the killer feels good, even if it's not productive... ]

[perpend]

[Cabanela tugs at his collar.]

Whoever did it was a reeeal monster, that much we can surmise.

[blazeit]

Do you mean you more so than the other murderers, or...?

[perpend]

Not really.

Just as much as any other.

[blazeit]

I guess so... I mean, I guess I wouldn't label all of them monsters.

[ ... ]

But that's not really relevant, I guess.

[sunsong]

Might be.

[blazeit]

You think? How so?

[sunsong]

Dunno. I just find it a little weird when people change their tune.

[blazeit]

... If you're thinking what I think you are, then you have an issue with what the inspector just said, right? Because it doesn't align with what he's been saying until now.

[perpend]

[....]

We still have a case to solve, after all.

[blazeit]

Yeah, first things first.

[withabigsmile]

I agree!

...But yeah, it really isn't relevant right now.

[And she's probably still in deep shit.]

[blazeit]

Yeah, and I feel like we always get sidetracked whenever we start talking as a group about how morally upset we are, and how even more upset we are people aren't reacting the same way.

Sooooo we should probably get back on track, yep.