Take Responsibility.

[transmittable]

The past several weekends have been an unrelenting barrage of death in particularly disturbing manners; either the method or the number of people, sometimes both, have been particularly extreme. This week has seen fewer dead than the last; however, the way that that one kill seems to have happened... It's not a particularly good tradeoff. Either way, however, expectations still need to be met and investigations still need to be carried out; once the allotted time has passed, those doors in the center of the second corridor slide open once again, the sight managing to be at the same time familiar and unwelcoming. The fluorescent overhead lights of the operating theater beam down, flooding the room with bright and steady light as soon as the first person walks in; the seats surrounding the podium circle in the center of the room remain as empty as ever. Four more are gone, their absence notated by their portraits joining the others in watching the proceedings through greyed-out and unseeing eyes, Kogami, Madison, Sakura Matou, and Osomatsu's podiums all draped in black. Once everyone has found their place in the circle, the public-address system comes to life once again in a light crackle of static; the Transmitter can be heard throughout the room shortly thereafter. "Fraternal is dead. You guys...you know what to do. Put together what you've found and try to seek out the guilty. You know what'll happen if you can't. Good luck." Eleven Patients remain. We'll see how many leave at the end of the day.

Comments

[doctorize]

Yes, but you didn't come close to the body. You were busy checking the rest of the room, weren't you?

[preciousking]

This is getting stupid.

[ Either on his side or in general. But his opinion of basically everything atm is: "this is dumb." ]

[doctorize]

Since when have these trials not been idiotic to deal with?

[but you're right, this is stupid]

[preciousking]

That's true.

[ More or less. ] Supposin' it ain't you, who else here knows how to sew?

[doctorize]

Hmm... I know George does some sewing of his own here, but otherwise, I don't know who else here does among those of us left.

[preciousking]

And it'd be pointless to ask everyone up front.

[positivespin]

Pretty much. QQ does sew though. But still can't make tiny shirts look right.

[ One day, she'll make Coda look like Coda. ]

[cadmiums]

I know how to, and so does Pizzazz.

[journalname]

Sakura, as well...

[preciousking]

Mm. Might be too many people to question when everyone's already confused.

[ A beat before he looks at Asgore closely. ] How's your sense of smell?

[journalname]

[what]

I would say it is fair.

[preciousking]

Think you can check everyone? I wanna know if anyone smells like rum.

RUM CHECK

[journalname]

...if you like...

[Seems like a human could also detect the scent of literally all of the rum, but okay? Asgore will circle the podiums, looking rather sheepish about the whole sniffing people thing.

Ftr goats and lions and whatever else Boss Monsters have in them can smell very well!]

[cadmiums]

[ Ryoji smells clean and not like rum. ]

[arebetter]

[ I mean she smells like vodka right now, mostly, on account of the tall vodka-based drink she has in her hand?? No rum smell, though.

But she also kind of. Gives him a sympathetic look. You don't deserve to have to go around smelling people, goatdad. ]

[journalname]

It is quite likely that my sense of smell is the best here...

[Though yeah he isn't thrilled with this job.]

[dangerousfool]

[Mostly metal, but there seems to be traces of something indescribable in terms of smell.

Don't sniff Wheatley for long, moon dust isn't good for your health]

[ossifragant]

[No smell of rum here.]

[positivespin]

[ Smells like soap.

No rum here. ]

[cthulwho]

[Thanks for doing the Kogami Brand check this time around Asgore.

No rum smell on Lovecraft!]

[doctorize]

[... Funny story about that.

The moment Asgore starts to come near him, Danny jerks away.]

No. I don't trust any of you people anymore, finding whatever reasons you can to start throwing wild accusations at me over having been in the same room as the body.

[ossifragant]

[look man, greed is giving mikoto shit because he's a dick, but he is going to stan the hell out of goat dad if you don't stop]

[positivespin]

[ qq's feelings right now ]

[preciousking]

[ All the rum is gone and he didn't take it.

AKA, he is clean. ]

[arebetter]

Yup.

[ Vague gesture to her current tank top. ]