WEEK 4; TRIAL

[killerwaves]

TRIAL

You all know the drill by now even if things are a little different today, with the two deceased and the shuffling of the announcements. Things are much the same at the sandbar though, kittybots setting out seafood as the theme for this week, along with every flavor of mountain dew under the sun, including the energy drink kind. (food mod note: this is actually on brand MTN dew for once!).

Off to the side in a booth of their own are the bodies as well as attendant kittybots; simply request which body you'd like to look at and the kitty bots will direct you appropriately, as if it's difficult to tell the difference between a squid and a giant robot. Maybe they're just there trying to be helpful, they're doing their best. .

(( OOC: Welcome to your third trial! You'll have 7 hours (8PM EST/5PM PST) to vote one (1) person guilty of murder. 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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Planetarium

[gravitys]

Ended up in the Planetarium, so I mostly investigated there. Most of the shit that happened there was stuff bein' taken. The weird ass crown, some of the models, and a table cloth.

There were tire tracks leadin' to the theater from one of the go-karts. In 'em were drops of blue blood and metal fragments, so I'm assumin' whoever the fuck used a cart to move Skywarp and the shit from the Planetarium.

Crea set up a bowl of flour trap outside but guess whoever it was got around that. [ A shrug. ]

[chosenwang]

Temenos mentioned Skywarp's ability to transport himself. He could have gone in to retrieve the props without disturbing the flour.

[idologue]

In that case, why the go-kart? Was there a limit to how much he could carry when teleporting?

[chosenwang]

He may have just wanted style points. If he was alive, he may have even stolen it from his killer. Or his killer had the ability to move objects without riding in them.

[dupiety]

I would put a pin in that last bit.

[Because there are people with such abilities here.]

[microtransactions]

This.

[finalmix]

So, being able to summon objects?

[ hm. ]

[gravitys]

There weren't any splatters of that blood-oil inside, but there were outside for the drive tracks. So if he did it either he did it before he got all fucked to hell or he wasn't as bad off at that point, I guess? Or the warpin' meant he didn't have to move much. Though, why use the cart then? The theater is within sight of the Planetarium, so it ain't like it was too far?

[chrysaline]

I wonder if he ran low on energy... energon? He might not have been able to keep teleporting.

[gravitys]

It's possible. Dunno how he works at all.

[chosenwang]

There are a few possibilities in that case. [ Holding up a finger! ] First is he gathered his props before his encounter. He may have placed the go-kart some where for him to ride in after he assumed he would be victorious.

[ Holding up two fingers ] Second, he was injured and took the time to grab props before driving to the theater. He may have wanted to conserve energy and only warped in for the props knowing the flour was there.

[ Three! ] The last being someone helped stage him.

[gravitys]

It sounds like Magalor followed the whole trail, and it was a one shot thing. Maybe we should set up a timeline with it?

[chosenwang]

Sounds like we have enough to figure out the tail end and the first encounter.

[microtransactions]

There was no doubling up on any of the trails, I checked. So I think it was one shot, and I'm also pretty sure the killer is responsible for the go-kart unless Skywarp had the foresight to not quite drive a kart to the island rail on Kingfisher before he got into a fight that ended up with him crashing into the pool, or whatever happened.

[chosenwang]

I don't know if we can assume the killer is responsible for the go-kart or not. Skywarp may have been taking it out as a drive to see if he can spot anyone else awake. Or he could have stolen the getaway vehicle.

[ this but skywarp and their killer ]

[microtransactions]

I just think you're pushing the Skywarp did it thing a little hard considering we've got people here who can move stuff around without having to do it physically, but I mean, all three options are still possible at this point!

[chosenwang]

I have also brought up the other possibilities. [ He isn't just pushing one thing and has brought up abilities and someone else with him theory. ] I just know someone else couldn't have fit into the Go-kart with him.

[gluttoning]

[Thinking.......

...]

He was pretty big.

Could someone have sat on top of him?

[chosenwang]

Think someone could have piloted him? [ Did the murder suddenly turn into an episode of knock-off gundam ]

[microtransactions]

If we go with the idea that Skywarp stole them, then it happened before he was injured.

Unless every time he warped away he decided to warp right on back to the same continuous trail of bloil and bolts from Kingfisher to the theater, or something.

Just saying!

[chrysaline]

If it wasn't him, then someone else would have had to get around the... flour trap [ ? ] Chuuya mentioned?

[divector]

What's this flour trap supposed to do anyway?

[gravitys]

I dunno, Crea set it up. Said it was supposed to let us know if anyone went in or out.

[ It clearly did not work. ]