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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[dancing_flames]

[He nods.]

It was floating in the water near his body.

[chosenwang]

So there may be an overlap in cases if it was used for that. [ He doesn't want to run with the assumption ] Do you have the stick?

[dancing_flames]

[Handing it over! It's about 5-6 feet long and scorched at one end.]

The length is what's making me think either cane or a crude attempt at a weapon.

[microtransactions]

... Did someone try to make a torch, or something?

[chosenwang]

No one found a lighter for those bottles.

[divector]

Not even a match nearby?

[chosenwang]

No one mentioned finding any. I wonder if we need to check pockets for the missing matchbook?

[divector]

I don't think I have either. It's probably worth checking out at this rate.

[gravitys]

Wouldn't need a light if the explosions came from a power and not the cocktail.

[idologue]

I have been thinking the same.

The cocktails would be a convenient cover-up to make it appear as though the two murders were committed by people with different powersets.

[gravitys]

[ Just what he was thinking, yep. ]

Some kinda powers were used somewhere in this, goin' off of the chaos.

[butcherspice]

...ain't a bad theory. Opens up the idea of the glass bein' planted to make it seem like any old bloke could've done it. You'd just have to put a bottle in Kallamar's robes and give it a good smash post-mortem.

[finalmix]

That would explain the glass matching the bottle shards that Kanon picked up at the bar and also the ones in his robes...

... And the fact that Kallamar apparently still smelled like alcohol even after being dumped into the sea.

[gluttoning]

No one found a burnt piece of fabric, did they?

How much of that t-shirt is in the garbage?

[finalmix]

Eh, I didn't see, you need to ask Kanon.

[ points at her if she feels like cooperating????? ]

[gluttoning]

[Sighs

Time to go try]

[idologue]

Going further from here, there is ample incentive for one person to attempt murdering two people in one night.

So far we were operating under the assumption that two sacrifices were enough - last week went past without a formal execution and vote, as... events transpired.

They may have been thinking that if two victims died, there would simply be no need to hold trial in the first place.

Unfortunately for them, the distortion is stronger this week and not yet sated.

[chosenwang]

Kallamar may have brought it with the intention of lighting the bottles from a safe distance, if he's the one responsible for them.

[finalmix]

The scorch marks don't look consistent with like... fire that came from a match? I'm no expert but it doesn't seem quite right.

[ frowns! ]

[chosenwang]

Maybe we should rule out which case the stick is involved in. Does it look like someone was using it as a torch or maybe the marks are from dragging on the ground to do the sharp turns from the go-kart.

That makes it a little messy if it's the second one. We could be looking at one person being involved in both cases or someone heading in that direction to return to their original spot.

[ Would a curfew check be useful ]