[CONTINUE + 4] week 1 || act: indict

[foundationmods]

[Saturday dawns, bright and early again. No one comes to the Inn, but you feel compelled to go to the Core anyway.

It's as if you're forced to. As if....it's inescapable. Puppets, forced to dance where their strings lead.

You make the walk past everything, until you are directly in the Core, where some kind of whitish, rainbow-gleaming liquid can be seen below.

In this area, you are led to a wider platform that is still open to the liquid before, with the handrails in place - where there are some seats around, and....surrounded by a sea of entirely gray faces, no Monsters to be seen.

This...for all of you, it is a familiar sight.

It is a trial location.

You are here to find the killer...and convict one of your own, in a murder that makes no sense.

But you have no choice.

You can only forge ahead....and try to find out the truth.]

VICTIM: ATSUSHI NAKAJIMA
ACT: VOTE

Comments

[cw_suicide]

[looks confused for a moment before looking at the switchblade.

... oh.]

This? Sure.

[picking it up to flick it open but also he looks like he's dreading the possibility...]

[foundationmods]

[At first, everything seems alright. As the knife slides out, the blade is clean. And once it's fully unfolded, the knife still looks clean.

But for that moment, while it's unfolding, the two of them will be able to catch a glimpse of the hinge that the blade pivots on. it's gunked up with blood and strands of hair.]

[cw_suicide]

[................ oh.]

[onemolife]

[ oh... no ]

[accessorytomurder]

[Oh no.]

[cw_suicide]

[he's pretty bsod, not gonna lie BUT EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE COVERING FOR HIM??]

[dereban]

That... explains... a lot.

[cw_suicide]

[... yeah, he can't even look at her now]

[dereban]

[Well, she's keeping her eye on him even if he doesn't look at her!!!]

[justonezero]

It's totally clean, so it can't be him.

We have to figure out who really did it.

[dereban]

We already know who did it from the very start. We're going with that after all, aren't we?

[finalring]

...

[ ... ]

Don't look so surprised Dazai. It's clean, right?

[ giving him A Look. ]

[cw_suicide]

[I'LL BE GOOD MUFFLED IN THE DISTANCE BECAUSE HE JUST DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO???]

[finalring]

[ he'll give him one final glance before looking away, sighing. ]

I get that we're all confused and frazzled by the trial, but really, we can't make heads or tails of it. The evidence just doesn't point to one person.

[oceanicbutterfly]

[......]

He's trying to shock us by pretending something is wrong. What a bad time to play a prank, Dazai-san.

[improbablenotimpossible]

Honestly, I'm surprised such a messy shaver can get into a relationship.

[Is that where he's going with this?]

[sageking]

[ ... he can't believe he's doing this, but. Consider this an idea Solomon had his support in for once. ]

Clearly, he's rather distracted by the presence of someone in such golden, radiant armor. Then again, it's hardly a surprise, all things considered.

[white_camellia]

[Really, everyone? Really?]

...The truth is a weapon. Denying it will only do more damage in the long run. Instead, use it as a tool of your judgment.

[ugly_split_ends]

...Come on.

[homeecspacecop]

[Chuuta, he did it.]

We have to [Chuuta!!] keep looking for [Chuuta, stop it!] clues.

[lovecolored]

[ Marisa's a terrible liar despite lying all the goddamn time, so she's just going to keep talking to Ren about his rock fingers, bye. She won't put herself into that position right now, not gonna risk making everyone else look bad by being the One Person who lies badly. ]

[sageking]

[ ... well, that's. That sure happened. ]

[ugly_split_ends]

...

[le_mat]

Huh, nice knife. Can I see it?

[cw_suicide]

[i mean. he's not really in a state to say no here.]