trustfelled | Take Responsibility.

And like last week, after a given amount of time the corridor at the northwestern end of the foyer opens up; it's quiet when it happens, and vaguely unsettling like Juri's first appearance here – it wasn't open, and then it inexplicably was, and even if you were investigating in the foyer you probably couldn't say when it happened.

As before, that podium circle stands in the middle of the courtroom at the end of that claustrophobic little hallway; there's no mistaking that there are fewer of you than there were last week. Mallick and Nephenee have joined those with podiums draped in black, their framed, greyed-out profile portraits observing the proceedings that are about to unfold here.

Juri is nowhere to be seen, but the feeling that you're being watched is still undeniable; he'll wait until you've all found your spots to address you.

"Steadfast is dead. Maybe someone's trying to take me up on the incentive; maybe someone was just feeling opportunistic. Who knows? It's not really important now; what matters is seeing if they manage to carry out the terms of Rule Seven.

It's your job to hold them responsible. Good luck."

Twenty-seven Competitors remain. Let's see how many are still standing by the end of the day.

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[ and here, another doctor, will question you on this— ]

I totally didn't see you hit anything while we were checking out Steadfast's body. [ Or before that, when they found her corpse. ] It'd only still be red if you did it preeeetty recently.

[That's fine!]

I'm well aware of that, Aligula.

[ ...mmmph. ]

I can kinda imagine hitting your knees or something on a counter, but your wrist's sort of a weird place, isn't it? I'd think you'd totally hit that on like, a doorway or something, not a counter.

[.....]

What were you doing when you hit your wrist?

Aligula's right, it's a strange place to be injured.

[Wow, you guys.]

Honest question: do your really want my exact bathroom habits? I imagine the same thing anyone does in the bathroom after waking up for the day?

[Unless some people don't use the toilet in which...well.]

Washing one's hands generally doesn't involve hitting a counter top.

[Come on, man, he's trying to give you an out here.]

Did your hands slip when you were turning the tap on?

[LOOK, YOU'RE ASKING HIM THIS SHIT IN FRONT OF TWENTY-SIX PEOPLE.]

It was when I was getting off of the toilet.

[...DAMNIT HE DIDN'T WANT TO ADMIT TO THIS, ONLY YURI KNOWS HE WEARS IT AT NIGHT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO STAY THAT WAY-]

That onesie is not easy to maneuver in, all right?

[ pfft aahhhhhh

ok he's laughing bye ]

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Did you poop this morning? 'cause I learned from my sugarboo that boys shake after they piss, so they don't really care about the whole toilet paper thing.