TRIAL TWO

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TRIAL

Once again, the investigations conclude -- though they're more ponderous this time, burdened by the number and knowledge of additional deaths, and the awareness that there's limited means of dealing with them -- and once again the ducks gather everyone at the back of the JojaMart along with Makima's wagon, Adela's quiet, the pile of evidence.

Everyone trundles into the loading bay, which isn't all that much livelier than before, penned in by stacks of shelves and crating; but at least it's functional, overly well-lit and there's tea to while away the time discussing murders and mayhem.

As the loading bay door slides closed, you're left with a wagonful of evidence, a double handful of murders and the knowledge that time is ticking down -- for everyone.

(( OOC: Welcome to trial: the sequel! You'll have 7 hours (until 8 PM EST/5 PM PST) to vote one (1) person guilty of murder. As this is scapegoat style, a correct vote is not necessary. Please remember to vote unless otherwise discussed with the mods, as that is our AC for this game. ))

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[sorathvau]

I remember...we were together. We were having fun. That's all...that's all I remember.

[faildeus]

[ faldeus is giving beelzebub quite the cold, impassive stare. ]

And what were you doing while "having fun"? Explain to me what that fun was, Beelzebub.

[sorathvau]

We ate, we talked, we...

[faildeus]

Beelzebub, Lord of the Flies, the demon representing the sin of Gluttony. I'm not sure how much of that refers to you specifically. Can't love become a type of gluttony? To want to consume someone that you care about?

[ christ alive, he's not made for this sort of thing. ]

You were talking with them. About Erika. About what else? What set you off, Beelzebub?

[sorathvau]

I-

[What does he remember? It was very clear, wasn't it? He knows how this works, after all. That's why he kept away from everyone - until he couldn't.]

I was happy with them. I wanted it to stay that way.

[faildeus]

And exactly how does murder help with that?

[sorathvau]

It wasn't...

[He can't say that anymore now? Not when the evidence points right in his direction. The words die on his mouth as there's no further defence to give.]

[faildeus]

Then who was it?

[sorathvau]

Satan.

[liberazoth]

[ cool cool cool

vayne hates everything he's hearing! this sucks! they have two culprits and both options suck! ]

[linearcrash]

[ same hat ]

[hyperbloom]

[ Beel 🤝 Shinobu

wow this sucks ]

[revelate]

[MAN.]

[pimpplan]

... this sucks.

[ no shit!!!!!!! ]

[theotherww]

Who we vote for seems obvious to me.

[revelate]

cw...........suicidal ideation........

[sorathvau]

If I really -

[Killed Bibi. Killed Amy. Killed everyone else.]

...Vote for me.

[theotherww]

Thanks for making this easier.

[There's no kindness in his voice.]

[hyperbloom]

...What?

[ She doesn't want to die, don't get her wrong, but: ]

You're...you're just going to ask people for that?

[provocatives]

Then I imagine you must be overjoyed, since you'll be joining them shortly.

[moonblades]

...Beelzebub, did you mean what you told me the other week? About love?

[sorathvau]

That...?

[It feels so irrelevant now, but-]

Yes.

[moonblades]

[She wonders if it is relevant, after all, even if only in his love for his friends.]

Could that have been why...? Do you really not remember?

[don't trust your roommates or your friends, man.]

[sorathvau]

[...]

They say I'm cursed. That everyone who gets involved with me experiences misfortune, one by one.

[That, he's always known. That makes love so painful. He holds his head in his hand.]

...I didn't think he could reach me, here.

[moonblades]

[It's hard to believe that, too, especially when they've had other abilities taken away from them. What does Mio really know about curses or alternate selves, though? She can't say how it works: She doesn't know anything about him, either, except the warmth and appreciation she'd formed here.]

Is it really a curse? Could you...or he...just have been afraid?