WEEK 3; TRIAL

[killerwaves]

TRIAL

Like last week, the kitty bots herd everyone over to the sandbar once the time for investigation has concluded. At the least, this little piece of your personal hells has emerged unscathed in all the wreckage. Unlike last week, Overhaul and Shigaraki are already there waiting for you, the former looking about as grouchy as a mask can get and the latter looking pretty amused.

Off to the side in a booth of its own is the body as well as attendant kittybots; apparently it’s messy enough this time to require some clearance, but it’s still close enough for the admins to oversee.

This murder sure was something, even for your masterminds. Theorize and/or judge about who could have done such a thing and get a snack from your local kitty bots if you get hungry—the theme is italian today, with pizza, mozzarella sticks, stuffed meatballs and the like.

(( OOC: Welcome to your second 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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[idologue]

... I believe I have an idea about what specifically has happened to his ears. Such discharge could be explained by ruptured eardrums, no?

[dancing_flames]

That's what I was thinking. Either that or from a blow to the head that was strong enough to cause a serious head injury.

[butcherspice]

...hm. Now what could've ruptured 'em is the real question, innit?

[He has some ideas. None of them pleasant.]

[idologue]

Either the head trauma or maybe a very loud sound would do it, I imagine.

[dancing_flames]

Given how wrecked the track itself was, it could conceivably be either one.

[dupiety]

We do have an auditory genius among us.

[Smiling over at his dear assistant Lobelia.]

Do you have any input?

[conchy]

I was hoping you might ask!

[Yay! He gets to be helpful!!]

As Chère posited, the ears are quite délicat. Just last week, Monsieur Skywarp nearly blew my eardrums out during karaoke...! Mmm, Très bien!

[Lobelia sighs, pressing a hand to his chest to regain his composure.]

We can reasonably assume, given all the havok wreaked last night, that it was quite a loud fight! That easily could have damaged Monsieur Vergilius' eardrums.

[dupiety]

[Sir you are being scrutinized by several people right now, this isn't the time for fondly remembering ear pain.]

I would be curious to know when in the fight that occurred... I imagine it would have become a crippling detriment to him to lose his hearing.

[hearnoplague]

Loud and destructive. Assuming Vergilus was unable to crush large objects, our killer must be incredibly strong or powerful.

[ Also, Kallamar is happy his poor ears weren't ruined further. ]

[butcherspice]

There's three folks we know from profiles could make the kind of sound that'd pop your ears: Lobelia with his sound shite, Kanon with her explosions, and Skywarp with the rifles.

The rest of you lot? Vague enough to not be certain.

[dancing_flames]

I'll point out that my own explosions could theoretically do the same thing, though this place seems to be limiting how large I'm able to make them.

[conchy]

"Sound shite?" I won't have you belittling my genius so openly, Billy!

[butcherspice]

Havin' a fetish don't take that high an IQ, mate.

[He gives Lobelia a steely glare.]

Your profile says y'can "control sound". It's also got a couple extra interestin' things we might want a deeper look at if you ask me.

[chosenwang]

What kind of marks would an explosion leave behind? Wouldn't there be scorch marks or more damage where they were placed?

[butcherspice]

That's right. It's firepower, so leaves fire. So Shuda or Kanon woulda left some more ash around if they did it...narrows the options down a bit more then.

[dakicover]

I believe someone brought up the thought that maybe the culprit was injured, too. If that were the case, then Kanon also has healing abilities, if I remember correctly.

[skyworp]

If a demonstration would clear my name, I’d be happy to give it.

[Is it a threat…??]

[butcherspice]

Let's not take you down to no feet just yet.

But it said they're "laser rifles". That also implies a fiery explosion. I up the right tree about that?

[solutionary]

I would like to bring up that Skywarp was rather... preoccupied during the night. He wouldn't be necessarily the best candidate, unless it happened well before nighttime.

[plunges]

Let's also not forget what we heard on the sound system when we woke up this morning. Our captors mentioned that they had nothing to do with that.

[ Just because they're on the topic of sound. ]

[idologue]

Yes, indeed. Our culprit appears to have chosen our waking tune this morning.

I do not believe that is without reason - there is a message in it.

[townmusician]

A message. What kind of message could it even be?

[finalmix]

Anything in the lyrics that would come to mind?

[townmusician]

[For his credit, he does think it over.]

…If whoever started playing it has a morbid sense of humor, because there is a line about having a weak heart. That’s all… metaphorical, though.

[As Minami does.]

[idologue]

In solving these murders, we might have to resort to profiling. We're meant to ask "who among us would have an interest in playing this song as their hymn of triumph?"