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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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 ]

Yeah, me either. [ AND WHY CABANELA...is arresting the shadows really a serious thing Sukuyo seriously considered Sol is kicking Sukuyo in the shin whenever they save the dumbass ghosts, too. ]

I still believe we can save everyone. If we'd just stop fuckin' killin' one another and apparently ourselves, that'd help with that a little bit. Ugh...we're saving the dumbass ghosts even if only to kick half of them in the ass after we do it.

I know you can save everyone.

Don't give me that shit! Obviously we can!

[ She...

Takes off her shoe and throws it at his head. SHE'S BEEN THREATENING THIS FOR WEEKS, AND NOW...Sol hops on one foot, working the other one off. ]

But why did you two jackasses decide we'd have to do it without you?! This isn't teamwork! I mean, sure, you two worked together, but holy shit! I'm going to fucking knock your heads together after we get you back!

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We haven't saved a single goddamn person.

And now we have to add you to that list.

[ Jean won't be throwing any shoes at Cabanela, but... ]

We were counting on you, you know. Maybe we didn't have much of a choice. Not when there's only a third of us left. But it doesn't change the fact that you were always helping us out during the trials and the investigations, or Sukuyo was always making food for us.

[ ..... ]

And it's not just us. Ashley and Hibiki and Mordecai... They all would have trusted you to keep us on track, not get yourself in some stupid faked suicide attempt.

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Seriously. I can't believe we still have to do this song and dance every goddamn week and the lesson still has not sunk the fuck in yet.

You can help me punch every single idiot we save, okay? They better expect it, because most of them deserve a little bit of bruisin'...

[ NOT THE VICTIMS. MOSTLY. BUT SHE APPARENTLY INTENDS TO SAVE EVERYONE PARTLY TO BEAT UP HALF OF THEM...

is...

is that really okay ]

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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.

Whatever it was she was thinking, it wasn't her goddamn right to choose who she wanted to win like that. I have a hard time thinking the inspector wouldn't be traumatized as hell surviving on those costs either.

Oh, no, I definitely agree. I guess I'm just having a bit of a difficult time parsing this.

...

Then again, I guess it isn't entirely unprecedented.

[see: him, the criminal mastermind]

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Maybe Observant told her something to change her mind, but...you know what, fuck giving up hope, we've made it this far and we've lost this many people, and I'm not fucking going to put up with any more of this shit from you assholes. No one else is fucking allowed to give up hope and murder someone, this is getting stupid. We're officially starting a 12-step program, and all of the steps are DON'T MURDER.

The extra step is: if you still feel like fucking murdering after reading the last twelve steps, go find Sol or Bakugou so they can knock you unconscious for your own fucking good.

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Oh, yeah, no, I'm really just done with all of this. Do we need proof that you can just not murder people and resist the impulse...?

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.