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]

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.

[sunsong]

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 ]

[blazeit]

They should be grateful we don't just send them straight back to the afterlife at this rate, seriously.

[sunsong]

Right!! They're lucky we're so nice.

[ A BIGGER LIE HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD but no she intends to save their asses no matter how difficult more than half of the are... ]

And then we can tell the ones with super bad plans that they can learn from our example. [ LIKE THEY HAVE A PLAN but determination never hurt anyone, right ]

[blazeit]

Yeah, I feel like we're the prime examples of just because you can probably kill somebody doesn't mean you have to go and fucking do it!!

[ Seriously though, what a plot twist. Adversarial and Volatile: not murderers. Adversarial and Volatile. ]

[sunsong]

[ #WHEN YOUR TITLE IMPLIES LOTS OF MURDER BUT SOMEHOW YOU REFRAIN: THE TEENAGE ASSHOLE MUTANT LIFE ]

Well...we solved the case. We know what comes next. ...But the next time we stand in this courtroom, it better be because Observant's on trial, and not any one of us.

[blazeit]

Yeah, it's about fucking time for us to do the whole "hold you responsible" thing to the guy responsible for all of this.

[ Although in his opinion, they're..... seven weeks overdue for that, at this point... ]

[sunsong]

[ SOL AGREES, TBH. THANKS FOR GETTING HER SISTER AND A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE SHE LIKED MURDERED, MR. INCENTIVE KIDNAPPER. ]

I'm with you there. ...So, let's get this shit over with, yeah?