guiltrip | 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. ))

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[ Lacus nods at this and turns her back to Beel entirely. People won't want to kill him - maybe that, at least, will direct their focus back to Zelkov. ]

We still don't know what oval object dented the cabinet.

It's something a bit larger than my fist, but smaller than a head. [ Or Lacus' head or Baizhu's head ]

It's also a little lower than where I would have landed a punch.

[ Truth be told, it's easier to focus on this than it is to dwell on Beelzebub any longer. ]

For what it's worth, I don't believe anything Wei Wuxian and I checked for could have made a dent in that shape, with that size.

[ ... ]

How much lower, exactly.

A bit lower. [ From his memory and looking at pics ] I didn't measure it exactly at the time.

Considering Zelkov's height relative to yours, it would match him.

That might also explain the break, especially if someone cut his arm off while he was mid-swing. [ If he was powered up mid-swing and went punching and someone cut off the power... then he made contact with it and crushed his own hand ]

We're looking at anyone who can strengthen an object or have strength if they used the knife.

[ since beel is like, you know. ]

Something like demon strength?

I don't think so. Have any of us ever seen Beelzebub wield a weapon here?

I think he'd be more likely to just grab and try to tear it off with his strength.

Doesn't mean that he can't, if it came down to it.

[ pointed look at shuda's missing hand bc like, can use and will use are 2 different things ]

It doesn't.

But something isn't right about this.

[They're missing something, he just doesn't know WHAT.]

[ Do we want to tie Beel to this as well ]

Demon strength could work, but I doubt he would picked up a kitchen knife nor throw an arm into the freezer.

[ shrugs he is just saying and I am trying to catch up, weeps ]

It's possible but there's a non-zero chance, right? Especially when all we have to go on is eyewitness testimony since you know, none of us would have been awake.

I don't think anything is a non-zero chance at this point, dear. We can keep it in mind.

Though thinking about it, Zelkov may have punched the cabinet, resulting in his broken hand.

If he was then knocked out by the chloroform gas in the air... someone may have removed his arm to undo his transformation.

[ ...Ah. ]

A missed hit, you mean? Or is there another reason why he would have punched the cabinet?

A missed hit, yes. The gas in the air may have broken his focus.

[ A beat. ]

But it did not break the focus of the person he was fighting.

[ And with that, she just turns to face Ibuki head-on. ]

Did you kill Zelkov?

[ Finally she's honest with her dislike of him. ]

No, I didn't. I may have a resistance to breathing the air outside the colonies, but I'm not immune to drugs and poison.

... I see. I'd rather if it wasn't you. That is the truth.

[ Not for his sake at all, but still the truth. ]

Is that so? I have a hard time believing that, but I appreciate it anyway.

[ This is probably the most genuine smile she gets from him. ]

If I were immune, they wouldn't have prized me as a test subject.

You matter to someone I cherish.

[ Even if that cherishing is in a bit of a weird spot today. ]

And it seems as though we'd have interesting matters to speak about, if the situation were not quite like this.