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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[solutionary]

Perhaps… the gold was in fragments, but so were some other metals.

[chosenwang]

Those are curious. I wonder if someone added the fragments to the molotov cocktails?

[dancing_flames]

Like shrapnel, you mean.

[chosenwang]

Pretty much! We should look for any bits of metal embedded in people's skin. [ A look over to Temenos ]

Hey, dear! We might need a thorough strip check.

[dupiety]

[Sighs deeply.]

I thought I told you I ought not do it this time...

[chosenwang]

I don't think anyone would mind. Unless you really want me to ask Little Xiao?

[dupiety]

You did say it would be a moment of growth for him...

But no, I shall do it. I will ask for volunteers so everyone's comfort is satisfied, however.

[plunges]

[ HE'S RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW. ]

[dupiety]

[Wang Lu's words, not his!]

Would you like to be a volunteer, Xiao?

[chosenwang]

[ Son! Do you want to help mom with the strip searches? ]

[chosenwang]

He's already growing so far. He has a boyfriend and even had a sleepover without us. [ WAO ]

I'll lend a hand checking then.

[plunges]

Please stop talking like I can't hear you.

[solutionary]

It could be, both kinds of shards were heavier in one section and as they went further away from that part they spread out. An explosion could very well cause that kind of damage.

[dancing_flames]

Let me go take a look at the body.

[Because, you know, explosions are kind of his thing!]

[solutionary]

[Baizhu nods, but before Shida gets too far he reaches to snag his attention]

Before you go, Kallamar did not have evidence of any burns on him even though he must have been covered [soaked?] in liquor. Is there a fireless way to set off that kind of glass shrapnel bomb…? Or if one could have just been broken next to him? The metal shards were not imbedded very deep.

[plunges]

...Unless he threw it at the assailant, and the metal shards came from them, and not anything that was on Kallamar's person.

[solutionary]

You think he threw one of these at Skywarp then? Or someone who used metal shards and a harpoon to attack?

[Are the shards from Skywarp? Maybe we should look into that next…]

[plunges]

I don't know if he threw it at Skywarp, because Skywarp was not burned.

[ Taps chin... ]

That being said, we can still check if the shards line up with the material on Skywarp's body.

after checking the body-

[plunges]

I examined the shards on Kallamar's body and the scraps Alice found, and compared them to the material that Skywarp is made out of.

They are not a match. We are most likely looking at another party as our culprit.

[dancing_flames]

The explosion wouldn't necessarily have had to come from one of those [he has to pause to remember what Wang Lu called it] Molotov cocktails. We've got quite a varied group here when it comes to powers.

[chosenwang]

Someone may have set it off in his hands or near him without using fire. For example, someone who can make explosions or use an ability to break it apart violently without touching it.

[dakicover]

We have a couple that can do stuff like that, don't we?

[gluttoning]

I wonder if magic could do it. Some spells work from a distance like that.

[conceivesfrenzy]

Oh, that sounds like the same gold and gray that I found further up the beach. Were you able to tell where they came from?

[solutionary]

I know they were pushed into the stab wounds, not broken off of the murder weapon, but thats all I know of them. They also weren’t shaved from a larger piece of metal, like what might be a byproduct of crafting something.