WEEK 5; TRIAL

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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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SOMETHING 1/????

[gluttoning]

[Once Beelzebub is done being chloroformed, something dark passes over his eyes, his hand clenched against his shirt. He puts up a hand towards where Baizhu is hovering over him with the chemicals.]

Um... Baizhu, don't... don't heal me.

[...]

We're running out of time, and we don't have anybody confirmed. So I...

[He swallows.]

People need to see something.

/2

[gluttoning]

[Once that gets people's attention, Beel will take in a breath and switch forms.

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.]

[chosenwang]

[ ... ] Did one of them kill Nona?

[gluttoning]

[...]

I don't know.

I don't remember.

[idologue]

... that's not good enough, Beelzebub.

Did you fight Athos? Can we examine your injuries?

[gluttoning]

I told you. I don't remember.

[He will stand still for a check, though. He doesn't look like he wants to put up a fight.]

[chosenwang]

[ He's going to reach over to give his shoulder a squeeze. ] We'll try to put it together.

[divector]

[ Hmm, if he's talking now, how's his tongue looking? ]

[plunges]

[ Xiao watches this.

He stares. He's silent. ]

...

[solutionary]

[task failed successfully?????????]

[dancing_flames]

... Baizhu. Check him for any signs of an injection.

[solutionary]

...Good idea, Shuda.

[dupiety]

[Whatever Temenos was thinking or saying in the moment, his mind completely blanks when he sees this.]

...

[gluttoning]

[He can't meet Temenos in the eye. But he stays still and obedient as people start prodding him with questions.

He doesn't look like he wants to fight this.]

[dupiety]

[Just like all of the other times of distress that he has faced, Temenos knows he can't let himself shut down. Emotions need to be bottled up, for the time being.

So he takes a deep breath and approaches. He hates seeing this- everyone interrogating him. But they're in the right for doing it. He knows this, and yet-]

Beel, when did you first discover these injuries to your demon form?

[townmusician]

[...]

...Right.

[He laughs, a little manic.]

What, did you... wake up last night and you were hungry? Is that what happened, Beelzebub?

[gluttoning]

[He shakes his head.]

...I'm sorry. I don't know.

I remember waking up and leaving the cabana. And I remember... coming to, like this.

I don't remember anything else.

[townmusician]

[It seems awfully convenient he wouldn't remember anything.]

Why the hell did you leave, then?

[...]

Was... was Nona still there when you left? Do you really not have any clue what happened?!

[necrotiem]

He wouldn't have left anything behind of the birds...

That can't have been him.

[dupiety]

[He has to keep his wits about him in times of distress. As always.]

No. I believe this has to do with what happened to Alice.

[townmusician]

He's not - he's not that mindless. Only when he's really, really hungry. And angry.

[...

Wow! He hates this!]

But sometimes he gets so hungry he doesn't remember eating.

[Thanks, memshares!]

[dakicover]

Beel...

[ no.

no.

no no no no no no ]

You... you didn't do it. You couldn't have. Please don't say that you did it.

[solutionary]

Beelzebub, hold still please. I am going to check you for an injection site and other injuries.

[gluttoning]

[He won't respond, but he'll stay still while Baizhu and I guess Lacus both check him.

He will not find a sign of an injection.]

[solutionary]

[What about scratches and bites?]