WEEK 5; TRIAL

[killerwaves]

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. ))

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[plunges]

Something we also need to consider is that Nona had the ability to talk to animals. It's entirely possible that's another sign that her death is linked to Athos, or even the birds, somehow.

cw implied animal abuse / brainwashing

[butcherspice]

And Alice was usin' some kinda spell on Athos. You think Doctor Doolittle could break him out just by havin' a little chat?

Any of Nona's best mates have any idea if she knew what Alice did to her animals and whether it ticked her off?

[plunges]

She's never mentioned anything like that to me before.

[chosenwang]

Maybe someone used the birds to lure Nona? [ Could she hear them if they were in pain? ]

[plunges]

It seems possible. ... Maybe the blood I saw in the arcade wasn't hers, if that's the case.

[finalmix]

Again, why slit their throats for the blood when just... basically killing them would suffice and get the same result?

[ there's just something Not Right about this but josh and I can't figure out what ]

[chosenwang]

There's also the lack of blood there. [ He understands ] You don't think we have a secret vampire here, right?

I would have used blood to trick someone. Cover myself up with it to fake being dead to surprise the other person awake.

[ It was legit a plan he thought of in case he found himself awake after hours ]

[plunges]

[ why are you like this. ]

[chosenwang]

[ you haven't even begun to see the full extent of his everything <3 ]

[diabolizes]

[ pfft ]

[chrysaline]

[ Has she perhaps made mistakes? Or is this clever? Ruling later. ]

[townmusician]

[girl run]

[diabolizes]

[ no no, psyche, let him cook ]

[chosenwang]

[ Is he pretty enough to be worth it? ]

[finalmix]

... That actually isn't a bad idea. You keep blood on you for situations like this~?

[ hm. ]

[chosenwang]

You're free to pat me down to see if I happen to have a pack on me. I don't normally, but it wouldn't be the first time I had to carry bird blood on me.

[finalmix]

[ almost immediately: ] Pass, I'll leave the patting you down to your... polycule.

[ winks at him ]

Probably not the time for it, but I'd be intrigued to find out in what circumstances you had to carry bird blood on you~

[chosenwang]

If we make it through this trial and what follows, I'll let you know.

[microtransactions]

[ well, that's certainly A plan? not actually the worst either, other than the grossness, huh. ]

[solutionary]

If killing the birds would be enough to get Nona's attention and make her seek the killer out, maybe the bodies were the more important part, and getting rid of the blood was a way to not leave a trail?

[They've found A Lot of blood and blood in trails here. Maybe the birds were bait, but they didn't want the trail to actually lead to themselves?]