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With the case over, it's time for my announcement. 

I think the trial was successful. Thanks to everyone who participated. I do like the alibi-system over the logic-track system I had been using for the last two trials. With everyone's actions right in front of me, it was very easy to clear up questions that were asked during the trial, and made constructing the case faster and easier to fact check. It got to a slow start, but I think I can improve that next time.  But I'm glad most of you liked the case. I'm sure the next case will be even better. My only criticisms to the players would be when Ice made up evidence and Faith and Max's attempted to recreate the theory chat convo. Both of these events could have been disastrous. In the future, I would like you to talk to me if you have any questions about your alibis. And while theory chat is fun, dropping a half baked theory into the RP does more harm than good. Overall I was very happy with everyone's contributions to the case. You were able to solve it with minimal help on my part.

Now for the part of the announcement that everyone's been waiting for, the news about new characters.

Once the new chapter starts, I will be restricting everyone to a single character, unless they already have two.

However, I told Addamus, Majora, Famished, and Aime that they could all make a second character. I plan on keeping my word to them. They may make one extra character to be accepted into the RP.

BUT!

It is important that you realize that I am simply unwilling to go back on my word. You may be excited about your new character, but I most certainly am not. Why? There are a few reasons...

-Everyone who killed off their character this chapter did so to bring in a new character. Because they talked about their new character at length, everyone knew exactly who was going to die. I doubt this chapter's deaths surprised very many people.

-In Danganronpa, Death is suppose to be sad. We're seeing a journey end too soon. Characters aren't an old pair of boots you throw away once they wear out. “Out with the old, in with the new” Might be a good concept for walking dead, lost, etc, but it isn't what Danganronpa death is suppose to be about.

-The roleplay is more than half over, and the new characters can only expect to gain as much development as the oldest characters have right now.

-Danganronpa casts start with fewer characters than we presently have, and we're through 3 murders already. If everyone makes a character, the cast for Tower of Carnage will be as large as it's ever been. This is the opposite of what's suppose to happen in a killing game.

Short version:[color=magenta]I will allow those I promised a new second character to make one, but only begrudgingly.[/color] Do know that my standards are going to be much higher than they were when you first joined. The roleplay is rapidly approaching its final stages, and I really don't need a bunch of surplus characters who have nothing to offer. I [i]strongly[/i] encourage you to reconsider making a new character if:

-You have difficulty posting regularly.

-You take long hiatuses.

-You dislike confrontation. Do not expect the first draft of your character to go through.

-You're making this character “because all the cool kids have two.”

-You're getting bored with your current character, and you're doing this to keep things interesting for the next few weeks.

On the other hand, I will allow ANYONE to adopt NPC characters with no fuss. The only exception being Lucy because I've sort of taken a liking to her. But I assure you both Denis and Emily can be molded into interesting characters. 

And with that out of the way, let's see what happens next. The chapter isn't quite over yet.