WEEK 1 - Trial

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (1)

saturday TRIAL DAY ONE (40) 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. At 7PM, the trial will adjourn for the day. All players will be escorted by the robots into the cafeteria. From there, they're free to head into the lounge, the viewing deck, the chapel, or back to their rooms. All other areas of the ship have been locked off, and every player will be accompanied by a robot until they return to their room for the night. Any attempts to enter a locked off room or physically interfere with the trial or evidence outside of their room will cause the robot to raise a ship-wide alarm.

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Comments

[parodeity]

[ after typing up his super professional med bay findings dave will just summarize: ]

The killer probs got hurt at some point, but it may be pointless to check, depending on how the congealing...whatever...shit works. So, question: who knows how the fuck that stuff works. I am not super thrilled about the concept of cutting myself up to check but I guess I will volunteer for that if no one actually knows.

[ so yeah there's the asking ]

[thanatosincarnate]

Depending on where she managed to hit her killer, it could have made a tear in their clothing.

{ Would they be that lucky? He doesn't know for sure, and he does doubt it. }

Hmph. It's best to get that out of the way now. If you don't want to, I will.

{ Aka he'll volunteer to have himself cut. Right now, actually. Got anything sharp, Dave? }

[parodeity]

Ok, find your chill for like two seconds and wait and see if anyone knows how it works without requiring a blood sacrifice first, bro.

[ YOU DON'T HAVE TO START OUT AT 100MPH. ]

[laptopper]

Hey, if the man wants to bleed in the name of science, I say let him go for it.

[thanatosincarnate]

{ HE HAS ZERO CHILL. }

...

{ He'll wait, tho. }

[monsieurchatastrophe]

I think this is the kind of information Al... [...whatever he forgot the number] might have? She said we could ask questions.

[DONT CUT YOURSELF DAVE??? also guess who is no longer being a furry]

[parodeity]

Dude can we vote to call her Alice or something, she said if I get a majority we can give her a name and I am sick of the numerical value thing.

[ ... ]

But also yeah I'll hop on that.

[monsieurchatastrophe]

Works for me. But how do we even set up a vote for that?

[children priorities plz]

[socloverit]

Can we pick something else? I know an Alice and her name deserves better.

[pick a swear word


someone is dead why is this the discussion we're having]

HEY, AL-2955

[tacklefordwhimsy]

It is worth a try.

[Ahem]

Excuse me, Al-2955, how does the congealing serum work on wounds? Please be as precise as possible.

[And she sounds as if she was ordering a burger in a drive-by and not asking for information that may be vital for a murder case]

[al2955]

[ AL-2955 answers this in a clear, smooth voice. ]

[tevinteriscoming]

[Oh thank god.]

Yes, let's exhaust other avenues before we begin maiming ourselves.

[monsieurchatastrophe]

It sounds like she knew, so at least that's taken care of...

[seriously he's the crazy furry superhero and he's the one calling out when people should NOT stab themselves, we have a problem]

[douchemag]

Yeah, but how do we know we can trust a dirty kidnapper in the first place? We should totally let someone test it out on themselves just to make sure!

[CUT THEM OPEN CUT THEM OPEN this trial is finally starting to get interesting!!]

[muties]

No?? Oh my god, why would do that? No one should hurt anybody, not themselves neither, goddamn.

[ JUDAR CHILL ]

[muties]

I was wonderin' the same thing, go ask the evil AI. [ realizes what dave just suggested before that ] Do not cut yourself holy shit? I will ground you so hard, Dave.

[ AT LEAST HE DOESN'T WANT TO CUT HIS OWN HEAD OFF but wow you get this from dirk ]

[parodeity]

Oh my god I was gonna wait for people to answer, Mom, I figured the mad science brigade might know.

[ don't ground him!!!!!!!!!! ]

[muties]

Even if the mad science people don't know, let someone else do it if it's gotta be done. No chill elf looks hella ready to do it.

[ she doesn't want him to hurt himself ok ]

UPDATE

[parodeity]

The maybe evil maybe not ai who we need to fucking give a name to says the serum does a ten times the usual healing rate. Wouldn't work on large wounds and is more for scrapes and shit.

[ the question for reference ]

[breakshot]

Well, if we're to assume our killer had defensive wounds, that would help conceal most of them, wouldn't it?

[parodeity]

Yeah, so I guess basically...even if someone doesn't look like they've been in a fight, they could have been in a fight. So that's not going to be like, a strong defense of I didn't do the do, guys.

[monsieurchatastrophe]

Scrapes and bruises, maybe, but if they got stabbed there might be something on their body still, right? It might be worth it to check the-- the suspects still, anyway.

[someone still isn't comfortable with this trial whoops]

[muties]

Sssso, if Crystal landed a hit they probs used that to heal their wounds. Also, they would've had to know that's what what that shit does, I'd think.

Unless, like. She got stabbed, tried to use the goop but it didn't do shit, then she toppled herself around in the daycare.

[ pause ]

Also, I vote Al or Alice. Or Allie? Alley-cat. Allison. Al Capone.

[parodeity]

Alley-oop.

[thanatosincarnate]

Then looking for wounds on the killer is out. How about looking into if the killer's clothing was torn or cut by Callisto's knife?

{ He figured it should be suggested-- even though he made a mention of it before. Since the blade is small enough, it wouldn't really make a wound that's not easy to take care of by the congealing gel.

Yet if the cut breached clothing and made a small cut on skin... }