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guiltrip2023-06-17 11:08 am
killerwaves) wrote in guiltrip2023-06-17 11:08 am
WEEK 5; TRIAL
TRIAL
Three dead, one vote. This might be a pit of a pickle, huh? Perhaps appropriately, the kittybots are serving pickles of all flavors today, along with food that might remind you of your childhood like ants on a log, gummy worm sundaes and adorable toast in sweet and savory profiles. To drink, are their best attempts at replicating the DD refreshers with a whole array of silly straws.
Off to the side in a booth of their own are the bodies as well as attendant kittybots (well two bodies and one arm); simply request which body you'd like to look at and the kitty bots will direct you appropriately, given the number of arms floating around. The kittybots continue to do 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. ))
EVIDENCE TOP LEVEL
Lab Lab Lab
Then there was a blood trail leading over to the freezer. I found bloody finger prints on the handle, which appears to be a match for Zelkov's hand. Inside of the freezer was his missing hand with a ring on it. It may be the ring from his profile. [ A look at Lacus. Help us Lacus Kenobi. You're our only hope of confirming anything about it. ]
His hand looked like it was crushed, but there wasn't a significant amount of blood inside of the freezer. Just on the outside and by the cabinet.
Mods!
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Lab Chemicals
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arcade
I went to the Arcade with Shuda. I had to use light from my U-Pinion to navigate, since the lights were blown out completely. The room was covered in debris and dust.
The first thing I noticed was damage to one of the televisions on the walls. It was cracked, with some blood splatter. None of the blood was centralized over any of the cracks. Furthermore, directly underneath the device were two things: A large puddle of water, and a pool of blood. The two were next to each other and starting to fuse together at the edges.
[ Then, he'll showcase a cup from the arcade that he's holding, which contains something inside: ]
There was a pile of knocked over drink cups near the entrance. I found a bloody scalpel, haphazardly thrown into the pile. I have it inside of this cup for further examination.
[ Forgot to mention that Xiao has also taken pictures of everything! ]
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Sungem -> Kakapo railway
I was on Sungem when I heard the announcement, so I was looking around there... from the footprints, it looks like two people went over the railway from there to Kakapo, towards the lab. There were a lot of trampled plants all along the way, so maybe they were in a fight? There was blood on the rails near some knocked down trees, closer to Kakapo. Oh! And a little blood leading towards the lab, too.
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ALICE...BODY...EVIDENCE (gore/dismemberment)
I found Alice's beast Athos alone at the go-kart area. He was injured and behaving erratically, hunched over by an overturned vehicle and…something else.
When I approached, he tried to attack me. He had been guarding Alice’s arm. One of my undead subdued him. While Ibuki, Crea, and Xiao came to help calm him, I tried to look at the arm.
It’s… in very bad shape. It was removed at the shoulder, not cleanly, for the tissue is still attached to it. It was extensively damaged with a lot of shredding on the flesh.
…It’s all I could find of her there, and the announcement was given shortly after that.
It’s difficult to say with full certainty, but I believe the arm could have been removed after she was already dead. It certainly wasn’t done in that area, for there simply wasn’t the blood to match the injury.
For what it’s worth, she had no puncture bruising that would indicate our rogue poisoner. [Waltaquin pauses.] But it was only one arm…
garden~
[ anyway throughout this entire sharing he has. pictures on his u-pinion showing what he's talking about so feel free to ask him for comparison pics and stuff! ]
There was a crater outside the entrance to the garden. [ okay it is not really a crater but a point of impact according to mod text but josh will call it That because-- ] It looks something like what happened with the... Vergilius and Lobelia Incident, but not as deep, or destructive, I think. It's about 1.5 feet by 2 feet and not as deep, so much smaller than that destruction fiasco.
That said, there seemed to be a fight...? Of some sorts, at least, in the garden. Most of the plants in the tropical exhibits were trampled, and I can't really tell whether there was like, a start point to the fight or something since it seems fairly even all around, but it was mostly closer to the garden entrance instead of reaching the herb garden in the back.
Sooooooooooo. There are footprints. Going into the garden - they're bigger than my feet so we're probably looking at someone around 6 feet tall who made those prints, and there's another set of two prints leaving the garden buuuuut they're kinda scuffed up because clearly some people have been learning over the past 3 weeks or so not to make things easy for us.
[ is he a little salty? a bit. ]
Oh and, one of the sculptures that is not a trash heap or glass bottle animal escaped any trace of destruction, along with the art supplies that were used to make it? Weird. Probably someone didn't want to like, destroy their magnum opus or something. [ he is getting minamimoto vibes so he is staring into the middle distance a bit. ]
... The memorials weren't spared, by the way, sooooooo someone might want to fix them after we leave the sandbar.
[ anyway he's going to go get some ramen. and maybe some strawberry crepes. ]
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all about athos
Waltaquin found Athos in the go-kart area. Xiao and I went to help her after we saw her message on the network.
Athos was injured—he had claw and bite marks all over him. They were rather big and elliptical, so around this size? [ He spreads his arms enough to try to show around 40mm. ]
And while I couldn't get a good look as to the exact reason why, he was favoring one of his hind legs. I took a few pictures from a distance, but he was too agitated to let me get close enough to see his legs clearly. I got...sent flying during this [ goddamn nat 1 roll ], but Crea was able to heal him when he showed up. Thanks for answering the call again.
Anyway, thankfully he calmed down enough to just keep growling at us, so I was able to take a closer look at his condition and take more pictures. His eyes were the most focused I've ever seen, his paws and claws don't have anything stuck on them...what else. Right, his little headdress and bow are all intact.
I also managed to take a picture while he was yawning. There was...blood-red goop there, as well as black debris stuck in his teeth.
The before and after-Crea pictures should be pretty self-explanatory, but I'll clarify when they were taken if you can't tell.
[ He'll have a huge amount of pictures ready for further examination if anyone asks, but he's also going for refreshments. Let him have this, wow. ]
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SNOW ROOM AND ALSO NONA BODY MAYBE (1/2 Shay don't kill me)
Um.
Nona's body was in the snow room over on Kakapo. Temenos looked at that, so he might have more to say. [His hands wring a bit as he looks at the ground, but he takes a deep breath and continues.]
There was blood across the top of the bench that we found Nona on. It doesn't look like it matched up with her body, but I did look through the snow and it does look like there was dripping down to the ground. Just a little bit, though. There's a lot of fresh snow, so there weren't tracks besides me, Crea, and Temenos...
There was red staining on the inside of the snow room door next to the door handle. It was messy, but there wasn't any sort of shape to it.
[A beat, and he holds up the coat he's brought with him from cold storage.]
I also took a look at the storage locker. One coat was missing, but this other one has bloodied gloves in the pocket, with the blood mostly on the palms and fingers. I haven't done anything with them other than checking the size. They're way too small for me, but still a little on the larger size. Medium-large, maybe.
[A beat.]
There was also a snowman, but I think... Temenos got to that. [Glancing over at him, hi.]
NONA'S BODY + SNOW(BLOOD)MAN (cw for head injuries and gore)
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zelkov's body, cw: mild gore, dismemberment
He looked like he had been through a fight, given he had bruises and bloody cuts all over his body. The cuts weren't particularly deep or long and looked to be more like surface wounds, and most of the bruising on his body was not concentrated in one specific area save for where his left arm had been severed off. As for where his arm had been cut—the stump itself had evidence of being crushed and mangled, severely enough that there were cracks running along the bone that I could see sticking out.
Although he was rather stiff by the time we found him, Lacus managed to dig a few things out of his pockets, namely a U-PINION, Dove cabana key, travel sewing kit, and a kitchen knife. The kitchen knife was of most interest, as it had seen signs of use and had small wood splinters caught in the nicks.
I also found another kitchen knife next to him, but this one was bloody. I gave it a thorough look over and there were quite a few nicks on the knife, and while it otherwise looked incredibly sharp, I would say that the damage was consistent with a lot of force being exerted with that knife.
[ He'll even pull out both knives in separate bags from his robes too, in case anyone wants to have a look. ]
And because there was dangerous gas in the lab and we've had some incidences of poisoning, I got a good look at his face too. Zelkov had light blistering around his face, which also had similar blistering to that on his right hand. His eyes were also red and irritated.
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Dodo -> Sungem Railway
There's a big shallow crater smooth as a baby's bottom with different types of debris scattered about on the edge. Mostly standard rocks and leavs, but I managed to pick up a few trinkets: some dark shiny little pieces of somethin' and what's left of Alice's riding crop. I got it right here for anyone else to take a gander, but looks like there's some tech in it that got busted.
Now I ain't from anywhere that's got gadgets that control animals, but puttin' two and two together from what I know about Alice, girl was probably right fucked the moment somebody smashed this thing.
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cw vague animal/monster abuse
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AVIARY
I checked out the aviary. Probably the weirdest thing is how not messed up and undisturbed it is. There were some glass shards on the ground, and these two dead pheasants, but other than that...
The glass bits were all really small, like barely getting as big as someone's fingernail at best. Clear in color, and kind of start from the door in a sort of, hm, shotgun spread pattern? They're closest together at the entrance and spread out further from each other the farther in you go.
The birds are uninjured other than a single thin, long, controlled slit across both of their necks and a broken neck. The glass bits look too small to have sliced them up, plus there wasn't any glass on their bodies. It's weird, because there wasn't blood on the ground anywhere I could find. But the birds are pretty pale, which makes me think they were bled somewhere else and then dumped in the aviary afterwards, maybe? There's no bloody trail or drag marks or anything like that, and they were left like ... right in the middle of the main path, so they were pretty obviously noticeable.
I checked the slits against one of the kunai a bunch of us got a while back, but it looks like the edge was too thick to have made them. Whatever it was someone used to cut into these birds, it was pretty thin and precise.
I looked all over for whatever they might have used in case they dumped it there, and a source for the glass, including in the little shop there, but couldn't find anything.
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OVERHAUL/SHIGARAKI
Shigaraki
One vote, once more. I see that I am getting my 'wish'.
[ She looks up at Shigaraki specifically, her eyes a little tired but determined. ]
Would you mind confirming how many culprits there are or are we to figure out our dilemma as we go?
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Overhaul
[Your honor, you can't convict him for simply being a hungry kitty cat.]
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Does our vote have to be for a living person?
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BODY EXAMINATION
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He's going to look at the laceration on her head. How deep is it, and does it look like the scalpel could have possibly caused it? ]
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Nona check 2.0
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NONA
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Zelkov
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HOLY BUTT CHECK 4: now slightly less holy
We've had talk of several possible injuries on our culprits now, which makes me believe that it's time to repeat our pattern from the last few weeks and check everyone over for injuries.
Focal points will be everyone's eyes, mucous membranes and ears.
[ So yes, open your mouths and let Lacus see if your throat is irritated. Sorry. ]
But we might as well get the rest of the body over with too, so if you could free at the least your arms and legs, that would be appreciated.
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I'll comply, but what's a mucous membrane?
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CATHERD
We have up to three culprits to find today, even if only one will need to be condemned. To achieve this, we will have to be thorough and quick. Please allow me to try and summarize the conclusions we have reached so far. If I am missing details or if I say something objectionable, please do point it out. Any contradiction could be important.
The relevant locations to Nona's murder appear to be the aviary, the arcade and the snow room. Someone took pheasants from the snow room, killed and bled them, and then dropped the bloody scalpel from those acts in the arcade. We have not yet discovered the purpose behind these actions.
What we have concluded with some level of clarity is that Nona met her killer in the arcade. Within it, she likely tried to defend herself with a tantrum scream - shattering the glass in the room and momentarily incapacitating her assailant. This gave her a chance to escape towards the rail, but the culprit eventually caught up and hit her head with a nailbat, likely killing her there. They then carried her to the snow room where they blanketed her with a coat and hid the nailbat in a snowman.
I consider it possible that both the coat and the gloves that were found with Nona's body were worn by the assailant first. The coat showed glass shards while we also have strange glass shards that were found in the aviary. Another point of interest is a mysterious water puddle left in the arcade. Was more snow or ice involved?
The relevant locations for Zelkov's murder appear to be the garden and the laboratory. Zelkov was attacked in the garden and the fight led to the lab. There is a crater in front of the garden, indicating powers were used in the battle. Interestingly, there is no notable amount of blood until we get to the laboratory.
The lab is where things get messy. Chemical bottles were knocked over and created poison gas. There is evidence of poisoning on Zelkov's body but on none of us, indicating that the culprit had healing abilities or was immune to poison gas. The option of them wearing a gas mask exists but is negligible because putting it on in the middle of battle would have been a hassle.
At some point in this fight Zelkov's arm was crushed and then cleanly removed - it was subsequently stored in the freezer, a place Zelkov tried to access while gravely injured. Whether he placed it there or tried to retrieve it remains unclear.
Further, we are looking for a suspect on the taller side as indicated by the footprints. Between healing ability and size, this case may have the clearest culprit profile out of the three.
Meanwhile Alice's murder seems to have taken place around the railway from Dodo to Sungem. Something, likely another power, caused a crater there which resulted in the destruction of both her riding crop and the device used to control her familiar, Athos. Our running theory is that Athos devoured her whole, leaving only her arm behind.
However, Athos himself also got into a fight and was injured, including claw and bitemarks. We have not yet figured out what may have caused these injuries and in what relation this fight stands to the murder. It might be that Alice was making Athos fight her killer before Athos was freed...?
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The water at the arcade could be from someone who has powers that effect it in some way? I know Alice brought up having water magic herself, but I don't know about anyone else.
[The profiles are pretty vague...]
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preliminary foot check results!!
Re: preliminary foot check results!!
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item check
Wei Wuxian and I are going to ask everyone to empty their pockets. We're going to check for any other items that could have potentially left the laceration on Nona's head. It could have been the nail bat, but we need to look at all angles.
[ Or, perhaps, they will uncover something related to another victim?? ]
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glove check!
[ he'll hold out the gloves that were in the cold storage. check in and try them out! ]
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SOMETHING 1/????
Um... Baizhu, don't... don't heal me.
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We're running out of time, and we don't have anybody confirmed. So I...
[He swallows.]
People need to see something.
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His left horn has been completely snapped off, and one of his wings has been sliced through. The jacket he normally wears is also visible covered in glass and his clothes in general are very, very bloody.
He doesn't say anything.]
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Cat Herd 2.0
While I will not discourage people from trying to piece together Beel's night, I do want to bring the focus to Zelkov's case with what time we have left.
[ He did make a promise. Link to Previous cat her ]
What else haven't we checked for yet?
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We still don't know what oval object dented the cabinet.
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Weapons Check
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Re: Weapons Check
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VOTE RESULTS
Just about as dark as the storm that's not on the horizon, the same color as demonic horns and wings, the color of the ash the booths fall to as Overhaul gets to his feet. Looks like Shigaraki's retiring from his sudden stint as announcer for now.
Silence. A tilt of the head as he finishes tallying, too leisurely for the moment.]
... You really are all in for justice, aren't you? Most of you voted for Beelzebub, and since the man himself doesn't remember a thing, I'll go ahead and put your doubts to rest: yes, he killed both Zelkov and Alice. If you were looking for the biggest ticking time bomb, you've got it.
Of course, you've also got votes for Haruka, Ibuki and Moravia, Temenos, Waltaquin, Wei Wuxian and Xiao. Can't say I'm surprised there.
[A beat, where he looks towards the horizon, towards Kakapo's Nest.]
... After the execution tomorrow, we won't need any more sacrifices this week. Keep that in mind.
[Easy words, just as easy as the rest of the ones he usually leaves them with. With that, the kittybots all cluster in, including the ones carrying snacks, to chivvy Beelzebub along to his captivity. The only ones left out of this are those removing the 2.2 bodies from the premises.
The sandbar opens once more as the administrators and their newest prisoner descend from the stands, and silence descends once more.]
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He'll switch back as the bots swarm him. There's no fight against them.
Take him away, coppers.]
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