Scioly Assassination 103: Murder by Death

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Crazy Puny Man wrote:Infinity? Koko?
I can ask Infinity.... I guess :P
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Just an idea. In the who am i one or two back. There were multiple refrences to the do u even lift? This is speculation. But the assasinator might have been in that game
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For those who didn't catch it, protons = hydrogen.
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Crazy Puny Man wrote:Infinity? Koko?
Ffs. I'm really bad at WIDIand organic chem...
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It doesn't matter, can you figure out the chemical/molecule he's describing?

If nothing else...maybe protect Phenylethylamine? Or even Littleboy (it's a bomb, could get himself killed)...
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It has been a little while since I last helped on the assassination games, but I thought that I could try to solve this clue. I followed the instructions (counting the protons as hydrogen) and got the chemical formula C7H8N4O2, which could refer to paraxanthine, theophylline, or theobromine. Personally, I think that the clue refers to theobromine, since the clue mentions dessert, and theobromine is found in chocolate. However, I don't fully know what the compound is supposed to look like, since I just kept track of the elements within the compound.

Edit: Theobromine could point to hotchocolate123 (but she has only participated in game 96) or Kokonilly (theobromine->chocolate->cocoa->Koko->Kokonilly). However, someone should confirm that the instructions actually lead to theobromine before we start protecting based on it.
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space scientist wrote:It has been a little while since I last helped on the assassination games, but I thought that I could try to solve this clue. I followed the instructions (counting the protons as hydrogen) and got the chemical formula C7H8N4O2, which could refer to paraxanthine, theophylline, or theobromine. Personally, I think that the clue refers to theobromine, since the clue mentions dessert, and theobromine is found in chocolate. However, I don't fully know what the compound is supposed to look like, since I just kept track of the elements within the compound.

Edit: Theobromine could point to hotchocolate123 (but she has only participated in game 96) or Kokonilly (theobromine->chocolate->cocoa->Koko->Kokonilly). However, someone should confirm that the instructions actually lead to theobromine before we start protecting based on it.
I think Kokonilly was targeted once in the past based off of that. Seems plausible
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Ok, I've thought it over a little, and I think the Sassy's hydrogen.
She loves writing. The storylines are elaborate, creative, and well-written. Also, she probably really wanted to be Sassy.
But I like this game so much that I hope that this is wrong.
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Cedavis6 wrote:Ok, I've thought it over a little, and I think the Sassy's hydrogen.
She loves writing. The storylines are elaborate, creative, and well-written. Also, she probably really wanted to be Sassy.
But I like this game so much that I hope that this is wrong.
If that is true, then that was a very risky first clue.

About this clue, I've confirmed that the structure is theobromine, so I'm gonna go ahead and protect Koko. If you guys want, you can check Sassy's instructions with space scientist's other possible ideas. I'm too lazy to. :D

EDIT: Just to make this clear, it's an official protect, sassy. Or, if you want the format: I protect Koko because theobromine is found in chocolate.
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ali941 wrote:
Cedavis6 wrote:Ok, I've thought it over a little, and I think the Sassy's hydrogen.
She loves writing. The storylines are elaborate, creative, and well-written. Also, she probably really wanted to be Sassy.
But I like this game so much that I hope that this is wrong.
If that is true, then that was a very risky first clue.

About this clue, I've confirmed that the structure is theobromine, so I'm gonna go ahead and protect Koko. If you guys want, you can check Sassy's instructions with space scientist's other possible ideas. I'm too lazy to. :D
But the sassy said that the answer had the cause of death along with the victim.
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