trusthell | 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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Right. [ That gets a very small smile even.]

[ she's further away from him now because of watanuki. thank goodness. ]

And you used Killia-kun's body as a vessel to carry out your plans?!

We're the same person. He just likes to forget about his past and convince himself that he cares about anyone other than himself.

He's pathetic and weak.

Don't you dare!

[Hanyuu's hands slam down on her podium. ...Her eyes are completely red.]

Don't...you disgrace him... Don't you disgrace the person who saved him!

If he wasn't so weak he would have been able to save her.

You're wrong! [...She doesn't know what happened to her, but-] It wasn't Killia's kind heart that killed her... It was the black hearts of those like you! Those he so desperately tried to get away from!

[Her hands shake.]

Killia... He is a good person!

No. He's not weak. I know weakness.

[... okay you know what fuck it he's not running away he's gonna confront the demon bc what a jerk.]

He's stronger than you are.

No! No Killia is not pathetic or weak! I... I won't let you say anything like that about him!

...

[ we are going super saiyan mode here ]

No! You're the pathetic and weak one! Hurting Viktor-san who would have never been able to fight back, only a coward would do something like that! And then going after Varric-san--they're stronger than you'll ever be!

I'm a demon, demons destroy and kill everything in their wake.

Oh, be quiet.

[ so, so wrong. ]

Hanyuu is a demon and she's nothing like you--people I know from back home have those sorts of qualities, and yet--and yet, they choose not to.

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Ori...hime...

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Says who?!

[ Okay, so she was selfishly leaning on Hanyuu for a long while there after he initial laugh, but now she leaps up on top of Gold's Podium to shout at him while balancing on there ]

You shut your mouth! Your other self told me not to judge people based on my standards, but I'm going to tell you something! The devils and demons here have been considerate and kind! Someone who kills people because it's fun is nothing like them!

No, that's because you choose to kill everything in your wake. Demons, spirits, whatever they're called in your world: they're just people, trying to live out their lives. If you're going to be a murderer, at least be honest about your actions.

Man, buddy, watch you don't cut yourself on that edge.

[ That almost gets an amused snort. This is what being an overlord is all about tbh.]

That's not true!

[ that gets her to snap out of it, a little. ]

Hanyuu has been nothing but kind to us all! She would never do a terrible thing like this! Don't go blaming your being a demon for your cruelty!

She's just as weak as he is. It's the law of the Netherworlds, the powerful beat the weak.

If we hadn't followed that we would have died a long time ago.

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If he's 'pathetic and weak', then why is he the real Killia and you're not?

[Just. Putting that out there.]

Who says he's the real one? We both are.

No, he is. Because he was able to resist you for so long. Because he probably would have been able to keep on resisting you, if he had not been stuck here. You said it yourself: strength is what matters. If he has the strength to resist you, then he is the real Killia.

And besides that, only a weakling would resort to violence. Someone who is truly strong knows how to solve a problem or get out of a situation without lifting a single finger.

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[ He's barely able to focus, the words of many much like murmurs to him, besides Killdia's words, which he focuses on clearly. It's quiet, even if it's not any different from what most have said. ]

...he isn't weak.