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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[gluttoning]

[...]

I don't know.

When things start getting bad, I remember smells more than I do sights.

[dupiety]

[He nods.]

Do you remember any particular smells during the night, then? Before or after your time of blackout.

[gluttoning]

[He shakes his head.]

No. Just blood.

[dupiety]

[He's not giving up.]

You can differentiate blood, can't you? What kind?

[gluttoning]

[He takes a second to concentrate.

...]

After what I checked with the body before... I think it's Alice.

[dupiety]

...

On you? Or in your mouth?

[gluttoning]

...

Both.

[dupiety]

[He lets out a shuddering sigh, his hand on Beel gripping tight.]

I wish we had more time.

[gluttoning]

[His grip tightens in return.]

...I'm sorry.

I'm sorry that I'm doing this to you.

[dupiety]

[He shakes his head.]

I'm sorry we couldn't discover the truth together. There is more to this. I am certain of it.

[gluttoning]

I felt you deserved something. Even if..

...

Even if it wasn't something that either of us liked.

[dupiety]

...

You did the right thing to come forward. But there could be more to this than you are able to remember. I just... I don't know what more to do to help you remember.

[dakicover]

[ in the background, draws a defeated sigh.

not only did he fail nona, he failed beelzebub as well. ]

[chosenwang]

[ ... ]

[townmusician]

[Well… It’s not like it’s a shocking answer, at this point, but it’s still the last thing he wanted to hear.]

…

[This is it, then. Unless for some reason everyone decides to throw someone else under the bus to keep Beel alive, but… would he even want that?]

[microtransactions]

[ ...

just glancing over and watching the remaining dodos (and temenos and haruka, apparently), but well. this is kind of a moment for them. ]

[plunges]

[ Xiao is standing off to the side. He's quiet. Perhaps he should be rioting, saying more, trying to help Beelzebub, but he can't. He's tired.

From Nona to Beel...and poor Zelkov, even Alice – it is what it is. Doesn't mean he has to like it. He hates this, actually, but he has nothing left to say. ]

[solutionary]

.... I did bring the other broken and open glassware. Beelzebub could attempt to see if they spark a memory.

[Just saying.]

[idologue]

Beelzebub. Please.

[ REMEMBER. You have to REMEMBER. ]

[gluttoning]

I...

I don't know, Lacus. I don't know if that will work. I've never been able to remember a rampage.

[But like, he can try?]

[idologue]

Try it.

[ That's basically an order. ]

You were with him, in some form. Remember.

[gluttoning]

[...]

Okay. I'll try. I promised you I would do what I could. Right?

[Uno momento while I check with the mods.]

[solutionary]

[He will fetch his box of wonder then, including the broken vial that held liquid hydrochloric acid and a bottle of powder that reads sodium hypochlorite. There's also a bottle of liquid acetone.

He'll hold them out for you to sniff Beel]

[gluttoning]

[He does, for all available chemicals, face scrunching up as he does so.

Nothing happens.

He shakes his head.]

[idologue]

[ You were with him. You were with him and you were with Nona and you protected neither of them.





That makes us both failures today. ]