WEEK 2; TRIAL

[killerwaves]

TRIAL

Whether you investigated or decided to take it easy, before you know it the speakers crackle to life instructing you to head to the beach. This is a demand not a request, and anyone who doesn't comply will find themselves forcibly moved there by the kitty bots—even if it takes a whole swarm of them.

Once you get there, you'll see that this isn't quite a beach party, instead a gigantic sandbar dotted with some type of constructs has risen out of the sea and tides. The path to the sandbar is solid enough even if it is relatively narrow, and once you arrive you'll find that you're far out in the ocean, way farther than it's comfortable to swim.

And once everyone is gathered, the pathway recedes back into the sea leaving you trapped here, all twenty-eight of you. At least there's ample seating, a kind of amphitheater made of sand with space in the middle for grandstanding or dramatic revelations. Though the area is mostly open, there are lone pieces of sand wall around the edges, maybe to dissuade you from tossing someone into the ocean without stopping you entirely. Thankfully, a lone outhouse rests again one of the walls just in case you need to use the bathroom, though it's not much in the way of actual privacy.

Settle in, get comfortable or just complain about all the sand you'll be tracking back, if you make it back that is. There's still another sacrifice to be chosen after all according to your administrators and—

Maybe you've noticed there's no palm trees or speakers here? It's just you, and the sand. For now.

(( OOC: Welcome to your first trial! You'll have 7 hours (8PM EST/5PM PST) to find the killer and send them off their death, if you believe in justice at least. Since this is scapegoat style, finding the correct killer is not mandatory!

Please remember to vote before then unless you've spoken to a mod, as votes are our stand-in for AC. ))

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[hearnoplague]

Gummy... Worms? What sort of critters are those?

[ He's trying to picture a worm that fits the gummy description and all he's getting is a squishy thing with no teeth- ]

[conchy]

A type of sugary confection! We don't have such étrange sweets where I hail from either, but if you like, I can fetch one from his corps for you to sample... Heheh!

[hearnoplague]

... I refuse to eat the evidence.

[conchy]

Heheh, suit yourself! More for petit chien.

[hearnoplague]

[ Give him a minute, he isn't sure what the hell you just said... ]

... Do not feed those to Beelzebub either. We may need to look more closely at them.

[gluttoning]

It's just candy. Shaped like worms.

They're pretty good.

[hearnoplague]

AH, they're merely shaped like worms. I see.

[ It's better than what he was imagining. ]

But why fill the wound with them? Was this a poor attempt at hiding the cause of death?

[gluttoning]

If it went through his stomach, maybe he was eating them. But Lobelia said it was by his heart.

That's a waste of gummy worms.

[chrysaline]

Is that... really the problem here?

[gluttoning]

[He shrugs.]

You're supposed to eat gummy worms. It's not like they absorb blood.

[chrysaline]

Well... I think we can both agree they were being misused.

[hearnoplague]

[ ROLLING EYES AT THAT LAST THING... ]

I doubt anyone other than you would eat that much in a single sitting.

[gluttoning]

Probably. [Not gonna even contest that.]

[butcherspice]

Mm, there was another gummy in the lad's pockets, so wouldn't be surprised if he had a whole handful of 'em that spilled when he got in the wreck.

If we assume that's the case though, it'd set Chai's skewering to be before the wreck.

[conchy]

Do you suppose those gummies spilled into his gaping chest wound upon his death? Heh-ahaha! But I jest.

Still, I wonder why Monsieur Chai had those gummies on his person...? Had he brought them with him, or had one been planted in his pocket?

[divector]

He was doing experiments with sour candy and sports drinks last night, so that's probably where all of those came from.

[gluttoning]

He liked drinking energy drinks with candy in them. And Magalor said he was drinking those at the arcade. So him having leftovers from that would make sense.

If they weren't covered in blood, though, someone put them in from the front. If it went through his body, like a kabob, they'd be bloody.

[conchy]

Oui. The stuffing of the gummies into his wound seemed like an afterthought. I certainly can't imagine it was part of the killer's original plan.

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[butcherspice]

Hm. So how bloody his leftovers are will tell us if these were planted or just happened to fall on him.

[Speaking of which, Billy has two bloody gummy worms and also the spare one from Chai's pocket: how bloody are they, and does the spare worm have any blood on it?]

[microtransactions]

He wasn't stuffing all of it into the drinks, either— some of them he just snacked on straight.

So maybe it's leftovers?

[skyworp]

[Allow him to offer his opinion:]

Our culprit could've been having some fun.

[gluttoning]

Mn. Like a mockery.

[He doesn't look happy about it, though.]

[diabolizes]

This was my first thought as well.

[hearnoplague]

What idiotic beast stuffs their corpses with sweets for fun?!

[diabolizes]

Who knows? Perhaps we'll find that out here.