trusthell | Take Responsibility.

Take Responsibility.

The time allotted for investigation this week is a bit longer than normal - not due to anything done wrong on the part of the Apprentices, but perhaps due to a basic understanding that two corpses are going to be decidedly more difficult to handle than one. However, at the end of the time period you've been given, the elevator is waiting for you, as cold and sterile as always in its journey up to the courtroom; you're down to almost half of your original number, and if anything is going to indicate that this shows no signs of stopping, it's probably this week.

The deceased have had three more join their numbers since you were here last - Gold, Varric, and Viktor's portraits have been greyed-out and set atop their spots in the podium circle, the podiums themselves draped in black fabric.

As always, the lectern above stands empty.

Whether he's with you or not, however, once everyone has found their place in the circle, the Wordsmith's voice can be heard throughout the room.

"Welcome back. Two more Apprentices are missing from your number today, and I have little doubt that weighs heavily on your minds. Balanced and Capricious have been lost to you, so that the guilty may have a chance to leave the academy and possibly even gain something otherwise impossible to attain.

If you wish for your fallen Apprentices to receive justice in death, then you know what to do: yet again, hold the guilty accountable."

Sixteen Apprentices remain. However many leave here at the end of the day has yet to be seen.

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If I knew that, I'd tell you! Do you think I want you all accusing me of murder!?

No, I don't! You--

[--promised are the words she wants to say, but she settles on a glare instead.]

Give us some kind of direction. Any kind of direction.

[Okay, give him a moment to think. He doesn't know much about solving mysteries since he's spent all of his time here laughing instead of being useful, but...]

Figure out what happened! Leave the fur out of it and figure everything out! If you... If you idiots still think I'm guilty after all of that then we can compare the fur!

[It's an attempt, anyway.]

Is it possible to compare it now so that we know it's from your outfit? That way if you're certain that someone framed you we could go in that direction.

No. I'm not letting any of you close enough for that. I can see how worked up you all are - I don't trust any of you!

[Except Jasper, who's standing as his bodyguard right now.]

You--!

[She calms down. Right... getting upset isn't going to help anyone.]

Gangrel, I beg of you. Please let us compare the fur. The fact that you are acting this way is putting more suspicion on you than anything else. I believe we have established that at the moment we came to a premature conclusion without looking to the rest of the evidence. If we can identify where this is from, it will eliminate the question of where the fur is from, but until we review all of the evidence, we cannot truly identify who the culprit is.

[She'll bow now, a rather low one. It's also one of apology.]

So please, I beg of you, let us compare the fur to your outfit.

Absolutely not! I don't care how suspicious it looks, this is better than you all assuming wrong when you do compare it!

Figure out what happened first, then you can compare it!

[You picked a fight with the wrong girl, Gangrel.]

And I absolutely will not back down until you let me compare the fur!

[She's stubborn as fuck.]

You get any closer and you'll have to deal with Jasper! And if Jasper doesn't want to throw you across the room - like you deserve at this point! - then I'll handle you myself!

[i mean a tales character vs a fire emblem character would be hilarious but is this really productive]

[To Estelle? It's hella productive.

She doesn't look scared at all, dude.]

Such threats won't work against me. I don't know why you're so against it when we have established this won't accuse you of anything?

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