trustfell | Take Responsibility.

Take Responsibility.

And once everyone has done what they need to do and gathered at that bottom of that stairwell in the dormitory, the door before them once again seems to unlatch and swing outward, lightly and of its own volition. It's the fourth time in the span of about a month; perhaps there's some strange, dark sense of familiarity in it.

Perhaps, too, that stairwell leading further down is beginning to feel familiar, dark and unwelcoming though it is; the courtroom is still illuminated at the bottom of it, sending a slight amount of light up the stairs and guiding everyone down to that stark room made of concrete and steel.

The podium circle stands still and silent in the center, waiting for everyone to take their place around the darkened pit below; once again, there's been a change in the circle itself in the form of three more podiums joining the ranks of the deceased. Fern, Tabby, and Sigrun all have their places in the circle marked with black cloth and a photograph in greyscale, keeping watch over all of you in a manner both unseeing and vaguely judgmental.

As always, the thirty-sixth podium stands blank and unoccupied among you.

Once everyone has found their place in the circle, Jericho can be heard over the public-address system; he seems to have collected himself at some point during the investigation, it shows in his voice, as little as anyone really wants it to.

"For better or worse, Boundless is no longer among you. I'm sure you guys all know what that means by now, what you're here to do.

And before you ask, because I know it's going to come up eventually and now's as good a time as any - yeah, we'd have you down here if someone tries to be a big damn hero for the group, because someone's still dead because somebody fucked up. It just means the dead person and the guilty person are the same person.

So you know what, the game's the same, no matter what happened here - innocent against the guilty, fourth time, let's go! And as always, do your best!"

Twenty-six Participants remain. However many leave this place is up to you.

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[ Alrighty guys, time's ticking and Yuri figures it can't hurt to look for something here. ]

So, given that the killer likely had little chance to clean up after themselves, I'm thinking if blood from that blade dripped onto their clothing, they wouldn't have the time to do anything about it.

I'm going to just come around and do a quick clothing check.

[ For the record, even though Yuri's clothing is mostly dark, there are no blood or stains of any kind on them. ]

[...He wears entirely white. If there was blood anywhere, it'd be obvious; as it stands, there isn't.]

[There is no blood on Luca!]

That's making a pretty bold assumption, assuming they didn't do it cleanly, considering Eide-san's possible state. But...

[No stains here! Sayaka's in her usual uniform, which is pretty light in general except for the stockings.]

Edited (wording) 2017-10-07 21:12 (UTC)

[ Ain't no blood on the vampire. Ironic, isn't it? ]

[Susan's pants and jacket are dark, but her shirt's a lighter shade of green. There's no stains.]

[Estelle's just been a quiet girl at her podium since her... fiasco. In any case, no blood here on her usual outfit.]

Edited 2017-10-07 21:13 (UTC)

[ Suoh's wearing the same clothes he usually wears during the week. Plain shirt from the closet, his jeans, and all his pointless accessories.

He's clean! No blood. ]

[Archer's still looking sort of out of it, but he'll let Yuri check him. No blood or stains here.]

[...you gonna be okay over there, friend

like, he is keeping an eye on you today, good lord]

[thanks for worrying, he'll (probably) be fine... maybe.... today has been a day]

Hey...

[She's more addressing everyone, but:]

Is there anything we can do for Archer-san? Does anyone have some water or somethin'?

[She's never spoken to him but? This looks vaguely concerning?]

I've probably got some aspirin in here, if you want it?

[That is addressed to Archer.]

That would be appreciated.

[He doesn't really like attention being drawn to this but his head is killing him so mmmmngh.]

Did you get to sleep by getting drunk or something? You should hydrate more.

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