WEEK 8 - Trial Day Two

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (8)

saturday TRIAL DAY TWO (22) survivors At 9 AM, a klaxon alarm begins blaring in every area of the ship. The alarm will continue to go off until everyone has gathered in the conference room. Should anyone be running late or avoiding the trial for whatever reason, a robot guide will appear wherever they are and gently but firmly escort them into the room. Once all the living players are present, the conference room doors will lock shut; anyone who wishes to leave for whatever reason will need to ask AL-2955 or one of the robots. Anyone leaving for non-investigative purposes, such as bathroom breaks, will be accompanied by a robot escort. The large round table in the center of the conference room has been set up to help the trial run as smoothly as possible. Three holographic screens hover above the center hollow of the table, visible from every angle. The first screen displays the pictures and profiles of the suspects and victim; the second displays the autopsy report; the third displays a blank word processor. Each of the chairs comes equipped with a virtual keyboard which can be used to type information directly into the third screen, such as theories and updated information; they can also be set into privacy mode, which will transfer whatever notes someone writes directly into their datapad instead of on screen. There's also a tablet function for those who wish to draw charts or pictures on screen. The keyboards will detect the DNA of whoever's using them and record who's typed what - simply press an area of text and the name of whoever wrote it will pop up. The area to the right of the table has been temporarily sectioned off with a glass partition and sliding door for hygienic issues. Inside, the victim's body has been laid out on a metal autopsy table, covered by a plastic sheet. Above it is a holographic screen that displays a close-up color photograph of the body when it was found. A hand sanitizer dispenser has been considerately attached to the wall nearby for anyone getting up close and personal to the body. To the left of the conference table is a display case. Any evidence found during the investigation will be carefully collected by the robots at some point the previous day and placed here before the trial starts. Beneath each piece of evidence is a small tablet where players can type up information, such as a short description or where it was found. There are also empty areas left over for any evidence that may be found during the trial. The shelf at the very bottom of the case has been reserved for an extra rulebook in case anyone needs it. Food will be served throughout the day by the robots, who will take individual orders whenever you're feeling hungry. The trial will end at 9:00 PM, at which point all players will have been expected to cast their vote.

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burning mpreg has #consequences

[breakshot]

[ So after that mpreg burning adventure, Machias has returned with the other scorched book. ]

... Well, we might want to have a closer look at the section that damned book came from now, because there's scorch marks that definitely don't belong there. They're awfully similar to the ones left in Arumat's room.

[ Just going to leave out for people to poke it. It's face up and showing the scorch marks. ]

Anyone have any ideas? Because if not, we're going to have to reconsider a few things - like how this actually went down, for one.

[todorable]

What could make that kind of heat and not burn a book? ...Or what could it be, if it's not hot?

[muties]

Maybe we need to do some test book burnings to find out?

[todorable]

That seems like it would, by definition, burn the book...

[muties]

Test book light scorchings, then.

[todorable]

Neither Arumat nor Dorian's magic seemed much on the "light scorching" side...

[so it could be something else...but what...?]

--Hey, by the way, when you were checking out Dorian's room, did you find the brandy he was drinking yesterday? We were wondering if there was something funky with it.

[breakshot]

If it were fire, then the entire archives would go up in smoke.

It'd have to be some friction in some form to cause that kind of warping on the metal. So unless someone smacked something hot against it, or has some kind of chemical that just coincidentally causes that kind of burning...

[todorable]

I don't think you can make that sort of chemical from kale, and we'd have found a clue by now if it was anything else.

I guess they could've heated something up, then went somewhere with it...but why? Why in the archives? Do either of the books mean anything?

As for friction... What would move fast enough to cause enough vibrations, or whatever?

[physics, why this]

[breakshot]

Well, anything you could swing would probably be fast enough, but let's stop and consider one thing: why they look similar to the marks in Arumat's room. They would have had to be made in both places somehow and if not during a struggle, then what?

[ ugh, this is just getting more confusing. he's feeling this headache so much. ]

As for the books... unless our killer has a fondness for improbable science or cliché young adult fiction? Or Arumat himself, but he never seemed like the sort of person who'd seriously read that sort of nonsense.

[todorable]

Yeah, and he's not the type of guy to non-seriously waste time on anything.

[wasn't. ffff whatever]

What if it was like...a teleportation thing. Shoot in one side and out the other? ...I know that sounds really ridiculous, but unless someone was like "ooh now that I've practiced my wall blasting I'm gonna go upstairs and crush this bathroom," I don't really know where it'd come from...

[bloodbiter]

I can't see why the books would have been scorched if an altercation didn't take place in the archives instead, but... If that were the case, why bring him back to his room afterwards? What would the killer gain?

[antietam]

Hiding the body for longer to keep the time of death a mystery?

But why was there so little sign of a fight in there? Just on a shelf...

[bloodbiter]

Perhaps they removed all signs of the struggle other than the scorch marks, which they couldn't erase, but... I don't know. That seems too simple.

[antietam]

I guess if he was incapacitated like we were thinking, he managed something with his powers and then passed out. Less of a struggle to deal with.

Still doesn't explain how they got a body up to the rooms without anyone seeing.

[bloodbiter]

Even then, if he used his powers, I think it would cause more than a light scorch mark.

That's a good point as well.

[todorable]

There's also the fact that he's heavy. You'd have to be awfully strong to be able to get a prone body all the way upstairs at all, much less quickly and without being noticed.

[bloodbiter]

Perhaps the book was scorched in the fight in his room, and they came afterwards to burn the shelf lightly and make it seem as though something occurred in the archives as well...? I don't know, honestly.

[todorable]

Why not have something bigger happen in the archives, then? And why the pregnancy book? I can see Arumat picking the vampire novel over that, to be honest.

[this is...a compliment???]

The only person in the archives around the time of the murder was Grell...

[bloodteller]

...Hey, where did you get that?

[ yuno seems to be very, very interested in this book. she's probably team edward ]

[breakshot]

[ which one: twilight red moon rose or the book that was actually scorched ]

I found it placed on the shelf - I'm guessing the same one that one other book came from, since it was in the medical section. It's right there if you'd like to have a look--

[ wait... no. please no. ]

... You're - You're not actually going to read that. Are you?

[bloodteller]

I was reading it. [ wow are you JUDGING HER FOR reading twilight. yes. ] Now my place is gone... [ a n y w a y ]

I didn't get it from the medical stuff and I don't remember putting it back on the shelves. That's weird.

[breakshot]

... Wait a second.

[ nevermind judging yuno for reading twilight (yes, he's absolutely #judging) ]

You were reading it? ... I mean, you had it? Where did you last see it? If you didn't put it there, then how in the Goddess' name did it end up in the wrong section?

[missmaladroite]

You found this somewhere else? Did you check the room?

[breakshot]

... I checked the shelf where I found it, but.

[ wait a second. he's glancing over to that copy of twilight. ]

But where would that one normally go?

[ ughhhh is he going to have to go to the YA section too ]

[missmaladroite]

Er... a fiction section for young adults, I think?