guiltrip | WEEK 4; TRIAL

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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Hm. High proof liquor and glass. Sounds like a molotov cocktail went off near him, but coulda been a dud? If it'd gone off as planned, Kallamar woulda been a lot crispier.

I can confirm there were no signs of burning on the body, and the glass shards he had were concealed in his tentacles.

Hm. So the question of the hour's if Kallamar was tryin' to light someone up. He was a jumpy kind of bloke, so wouldn't be shocked if he armed himself. But 'molotov cocktail' ain't me own first thought for a self-defense weapon.

He wasn't very big. For as much as he talked, he didn't seem very strong, either.

Having something explosive might make sense to give him an advantage. But I don't know if that's something he would know how to make.

He said he was lookin' for some kinda crown when we first popped up here. Apparently he's neutered without the thing.

Ain't got enough clue about where he's from to guess either, but booze bein' flammable might be common enough knowledge?

I thought he was from somewhere similar to me from how he talked about things, but he was insistent I was wrong. So I never pushed it.

He was always kind of a coward. I don't know if it being flammable would be enough for him unless he was panicked. But I didn't know him well.

A crown?

Was the crown Skywarp is wearing from around here or was it a task reward? If it was Kallamar's, he might have seen it as worth fighting for.

It wasn't his. He didn't want it when Wang Lu offered it earlier this week.

[ beat. ]

And frankly speaking, no one should!

... Why, is it yours?

[ just. asking. ]

Absolutely not. That thing eats souls and wears you like a puppet.

I'd have chucked it out into the ocean when Wang Lu first showed it to me if anything here still had the magic attached.

... and we're sure it doesn't?

I, uh, don't think anyone here is going to want to try wearing it to find out in case it isn't actually depowered, my dude.

[ unless someone can cast a detect magic on it? ]

So this case could potentially have gotten a whole lot more complicated.

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microtransactions - 2023-06-10 18:35 (UTC) - Expand

dancing_flames - 2023-06-10 18:37 (UTC) - Expand

. . .

Charming.

Sure is, isn't it.

That doesn't sound pleasant.

Sure doesn't, huh?

[ okay that sounds really cool though ]

[ ....... ]

So, different kind of sentient from your spaceship, then, got it.

The Ancients supposedly made that thing too!

I dunno for sure at this point, though. Can't always believe what you read in books!

How fascinating.

I knew it looked cursed. You know, you could have said something. We could have figured a way to sink it to the bottom.

I would have said something if I'd thought it was a problem, no worries dude!

But maaaaybe we should keep the thought in mind just in case.

[ what if LELANTOS manages to retrieve a full powered master crown or something. what if we give a singing fish unlimited power, ]

[ we make beel eat the singing fish, clearly ]

gluttoning - 2023-06-10 20:52 (UTC) - Expand

Maybe someone didn't need to light it up for it to go off.