trustfell | Take Responsibility.

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.

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What would that be? The why?

...No. I think you can guess the "why." I'm willing to explain what happened, if it can't be guessed.

I'm talking about Sukuyo's note and who was missing from it.

Her family? That's the first major thing...

That's right.

[Anyone nearby want to roll a spot check?]

[Susan's right the fuck here I guess what's going on?]

[Then she'll notice, in his pocket, there's a folded up letter.

Care to ask for it?]

[On it!]

That's something she was going to send to them, isn't it?

Any mention about her family?

I want to hear why. I want to hear it from you.

I figured out she was the mole.

Of course, I had no way of knowing that everyone the Conductor accused was the mole, but the fact remains that I found out.

I approached her last night to discuss it with her. I want you to believe me when I say I had no intention of killing her. When I told her I knew, she broke down crying.

So then why is she dead now?

She wanted to die.

She said it was the only way to redeem herself. She was very insistent on the issue.

So she did write that note willingly, huh.

... Did she even realize that making you do it for her would either kill you or all of the rest of us.

...Rude, Sukuyo.

[ RUDE. ]

Seriously, what the fuck. I can't believe she was going to throw us all under the goddamn shadow bus like that, just.

What.

The fuck?!

That's worse than working as a mole, honestly!!!

[ SOL GIVES ZERO FUCKS ABOUT PEOPLE BEING MOLES but she's a little offended about this plan to kill everyone but cabanela, tbh. apparently so he can arrest the shadow? SUKUYO, PLEASE. ]

Since who cares about that, but blowing our chances to figure this shit out together and getting just one person out alive...

Seriously, like what the hell? Some people killed for some seriously fucked-up reasons, and I'm sorry but I have to say it. This was just fucking stupid. I can't believe I was forced to participate in this massive fuck up.

[ HE WANTS HIS MONEY BACK ]

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...did she just... give up...? I really can't imagine her actually wanting all of us dead....

Uh, it's not like it's a secret that we all die if we vote wrong, is it...? Someone has to "take responsibility". If she wanted Cabanela to win, the other fact is she wanted us all to lose.

No, I mean give up on the idea of us collectively getting out instead of just getting one person out. That seems sort of like whatever hope you had sort of just imploded.

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She already sold us out to Observant. This isn't much different.

Oh, well, I knew that, but she honestly seemed like the kind of person who'd do it by complete accident.

I'm not sure.

But I was aware of it.

Believe me, I never had any intention of going through with it.

...Then what happened to make you do it?

[Obviously something happened, and really that's a slight consolation. Cabanela didn't just go out looking to murder someone.]