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]

[ NO TACT FROM THESE ASSHOLES ]

I'm with Sol on this one. Why aren't you reacting? We're accusing you of murder, you know?

[perpend]

I've been accused of murder once already, you know.

That last time, things didn't go so smoothly.

[blazeit]

... Do you know what I expected you to say right away? I didn't do it, or I never could have done that.

[ Like in the past trials... ]

At the very least, you could defend yourself.

[perpend]

[........]

I could, yes.

I didn't suffocate Sukuyo.

[sunsong]

All right. Did you drug her?

[perpend]

Look over the evidence again.

I want you to tell me.

[sunsong]

I think you drugged her. [ Calmly...she's willing to be told she's wrong, but it's clear she thinks he did it. OBVIOUSLY. SINCE SHE AND BAKUGOU ARE OPENLY DISCUSSING IT. ] With your pills, with sleepin' pills you took...I think Bakugou's right about how the other things fit. You moved her body at some point, usin' your coat to drag her, right? It probably got seriously dusty and dirty...no surprise. My own clothes got like that from being dragged around, too.

[perpend]

That's not entirely correct.

[sunsong]

So you want us to lay everything out exactly as it happened, right? You'll give it up then? If that's your last request, old man, we may as well grant it...if you're not going to make it easy on us, anyway.

[perpend]

I would prefer you find out the truth.

[sunsong]

All righty, then.

[blazeit]

Yeah, what Sol said.

Also, saying "you tell me how I did it!!" is like basically the red mark of "I fucking killed somebody" during these trials. Just saying.

[sunsong]

Hey, if he wants us to do it, we may as fuckin' well. Working with what we know and now knowing who did it, can we lay it all out for him with a nice big bow?

[blazeit]

[ THEY'RE DOIN THIS SHIT ]

[ninehundredlives]

...Cabanela. [For once, she'll call him by his name.] Did you do anything else to her?

[perpend]

...You examined her body, didn't you?

Tell me, what do you think the cause of death was?

[ninehundredlives]

[Susan grips either side of her podium to stop her hands from shaking.]

Don't do that. Don't you dare talk like that!

[blazeit]

We already ruled out suffocation, didn't we? We're saying she was probably killed using pills.

... But you know what I really want you to say with some serious fucking conviction? I didn't kill her.