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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[solutionary]

Would the kart have been able to get close if that were the case? It might have just been something used to disguise the rest of the injuries.

[townmusician]

According to the profiles, it sounds like he only got the attraction part of magnets and not the repulsion part, so I don’t know that he could’ve managed it.

Unless that part was left out.

[passetemps]

That makes it sounds as if he actually could have pulled the kart toward him. Was this magnetism something that only worked at-will?

[townmusician]

Someone who knew him better might have an answer, but I’m not sure if he’s always the most… rational person.

[Feels a bit bad to talk about the dead like this, but. It is what it is.]

I know I wouldn’t be thinking straight if someone was attacking me with intent to kill, so grand plans might not have been a thing in his end either.

[solutionary]

...Could he have been trying to save someone by pulling the cart towards himself? If he thought they were stuck in it while it was speeding out of control?

The gumdrops on the pedal would have been hard to place without being inside, per Adeptus Xiao, but if that was done on purpose and they set themselves up to be "trapped"...

[plunges]

...Then they either got themselves out of the kart before impact, or took the damage with the crash, which may have been healed.

[solutionary]

We could fairly easily check for injuries here, but the healing idea would be trickier. My own healing power does not come forward as easily as it did in Teyvat, though I haven't tested it on anyone.

[Except for Skywarp, who has confirmed Baizhu still isn't a mechanic.]

[plunges]

It would not hurt to try anyway. Healing is a possibility, but not necessarily the answer.

[ The clock's ticking, after all. ]

[dupiety]

I can confirm that my own magic is a bit limited. It is possible that if they sustained a heavy injury, then there should still be some traces of it.

[solutionary]

I agree. Perhaps we should start a check then? It might work to narrow our pool a bit.

[dupiety]

Yes, let's see if we can come up with something.

[microtransactions]

Is that maybe a reason why the kart went super straight...?

[dupiety]

That would be quite the pull...

Would it naturally drift if it was accelerating unattended as we have posited?

[microtransactions]

I mean, if there were bumps and stuff in the way that could jar the wheels, yeah. It tends to vary with these kinds of things though— some are ... steadier than others, I guess?

I just heard some discussion earlier about how straight the path it took went, but really, I dunno.

[passetemps]

I am not particularly familiar with how these machines function, but if you think that plausible, I am inclined to agree.