WEEK 1 - TRIAL DAY TWO

[al2955]

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

saturday TRIAL DAY TWO (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. 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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Autopsy Report

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Above the center of the conference table, the rightmost holographic screen displays the autopsy report:

Autopsy Report -

Cause of Death - Appears to be blood loss or shock due to stab wounds.

Body Discovery - Found in the daycare Friday morning. Body discovery announced at 9:10 AM.

Time of Death - Between 12:00AM and 4:00AM Friday.

Condition of Body - Found lying face-up behind merry-go-round. Two stab wounds in torso - one in the middle of the chest, one in the stomach.

Condition of Scene - Daycare in disarray; merry-go-round turned over, ballpit half-flattened and with balls spattered with blood.

Alibis

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The holographic screen in the middle displays the photos and profiles of each of the suspects. Pressing their photograph will bring up a tab where the suspects can type up their alibi.

Whereabouts - Thursday Evening - Friday Morning, Week One

Alibis can be found here.

Findings

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The display case to the left of the conference table houses all the evidence that has been found during the investigation so far. Below each piece of evidence is a tablet where players can label the piece and type up any notes they may have about it. There are also empty slots with blank tablets for any evidence or information that may be found during the trial.

All evidence and other information found during the course of investigation should be listed here.

Previous findings here.

JASON'S ROOM

[antietam]

Nothing out of the ordinary. Dagger was found in a drawer, took it to examine with the wound.

-Adam

VICTIM'S ROOM

[bloodbiter]

When Minako and I entered Carista's room, we found a small scrape on the inside of the doorframe. It was small, not deep enough or straight enough to have been caused by a knife. I tried to scratch the door frame myself and was unable to leave a similar mark, so it's unlikely that it was cause by the victim's nails. It was about three feet above the floor. I looked to see if there were any traces of blood there, but I did not see any.

LUKE'S ROOM

[puzzlesss]

[ BLOOD EVERYWHERE no just kidding ]

Sealed jars of salve; confirmation of some time spent in the medical bay.
Notes, none of any case-relevant interest, save for one addressing this week's motive with the addendum "not worth it, already have it".
His sword lay on the upper bunk.

KAZUMA'S ROOM

[tevinteriscoming]

Nothing out of the ordinary. No marks or stains on clothing. Discarded note relating to magical abilities; apparently irrelevant to the case.

- Dorian

JESSIE'S ROOM

[muties]

lots of clothes nothin weird
bloodied clothes from when they found the body but lizzie confirmed those were from that and not like
murder
otherwise chill

- ro lal

VICTIM'S ROOM -- INVESTIGATING THE MYSTERIOUS MARK

[thanatosincarnate]

{ Arumat was curious about what the hell left behind that mark. So he grabbed the Yatagarasu's Key and tried to made a scratch carefully with it while it was still in its sheath for an easy way to compare it to the other scratch on Callisto Yew's door. }

Body

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The right area of the room has been sectioned off by a glass partition, which players can enter via a vertical sliding door. Calisto's body has been laid out on a sterile metal autopsy table. The body is covered with a plastic sheet, but the sheet can be removed. Other than the position and the sheet, the body has not been changed from how they were found.

A holographic screen above the body displays two color photos of the scene when the body discovery alarms rang at 9:10 AM. The photographs are close ups - they portray Calisto's body, but no more of the scene than is necessary to do so. Still, if you want to check her position, it makes it easy to do so.

[allout]

[ upon returning to the meeting room from calisto's room, minako knew exactly what she was looking for. there was no time for it yesterday, and it's been weighing on her mind all night - now she has to confirm or deny it.

it takes some nerves for her to remove the sheet, but before she goes any further, she bows her head in respect. once she rises, she'll look at her nails on each hand. ]

Host

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[Once the 9AM alarm has rung and all players have awakened, the statue in the alcove in the back of the room chimes gently. Holographic water begins pouring out of the jug the statue is carrying, forming the shimmering image of a vaguely feminine figure made out of liquid.]

Greetings, participants. I hope you are all feeling refreshed after last night's rest. As always, I am at your disposal should you need to ask anything. Good luck.

[The holographic image will remain throughout the trial. You're free to ask her whatever you want, though whether she'll answer is a different question entirely.]

[tevinteriscoming]

Good morning. Alice, was it? [He's lost track of what they're calling her now.] Might I have a brief word?

1/??? AND YOU GUESSED IT, IT'S TIME

[toprotecttheworld]

[After her rough day and an even rougher night, there’s one thing Jessie’s decided to get off her chest. While she mentions needing her beauty sleep at times and focuses on glamour at others, she’s bright-eyed and awake like she’s never had more energy in her life.]

Since some of you twerps still foolishly cling to the thought that I’m the murderer, there’s one more thing I’d like to discuss today. I've been meaning to get this off my chest for a while, say listen closely. ♥

[She pauses, she takes a deep breath with her eyes closed. Jessie looks up with a sharp gaze.]

Prepare for trouble, even during a murder trial!

2/?????? I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS LITTLE RHYME

[toprotecttheworld]

[The lights turn off for a few seconds. Those nearby Jessie will feel her move through the air, and when the lights turn back she’s standing on a table at the opposite side of the room. There’s now music playing courtesty of the AI, Ass Lice.]

And make it double, we'll be here for a while!

[erythristic]

[since yesterday, Grell's been surprisingly quiet, jotting down quick, disjointed notes on paper in front of her in a language that the familiar will know as English, half of them equally crossed out. today she's alert, and she waits for a lull in conversation before she raises her voice - not to yell, but to be an actress's confident projection that rings out.]

There's a few things I think are being overlooked in this course of events.

[holy shit, Grell sounding serious and not melodramatic? it's an occasion.]

While it seems self evident that the murder took place in self defense, given that it was with Miss Yew's own weapon, and that there was a struggle, can one explain two injuries like that? Not exactly. One of these wounds was a complete accident. The second was deliberate - finishing the job, if you would. If she was already severely injured, she could have run off, claimed the culprit as a would be murderer and hidden her own intentions. Already having stabbed her once in the stomach - a supposition on my part, but the more likely of the two to be accidental in a struggle - the second strike hit Miss Yew as the killer lunged forward, anticipating her turning to call for help or to escape in a momentary panic, explaining the chest wound as they moved to stop her heart. This is only a potential version of events.

Investigations have taken place to look for rips in fabric or blood on clothing, but yet not once did I hear someone propose that the injury the killer sustained was on already exposed skin. The face, arms, hands - a scratch would not bleed much, could be rinsed in a sink and healed with the gel without a single trace being left on clothing. Though perhaps the face would be most important, given that even a mild wound bleeds...enough to be concerning.

Along with that, I think the timing of the death is also important. She was found not completely cold, yes? That points towards her death happening sooner rather than later. If it happened around midnight, then she would be closer to room temperature.

[don't ask why she knows how quickly corpses cool. or do.]

...As well as the simple fact that unless there's a way to record the entrances and exits of their rooms, we have nothing but faith to go on for every alibi. That's all I have to put forth that hasn't already been discussed to death yesterday.

[breakshot]

I see. An accident might explain the first stab. And if so, perhaps while trying to wrestle the weapon away from Miss Yew.

[ But… still. Machias doesn’t disagree with Grell, but he’s shaking his head. ]

You do raise a few good points. However... I still can't shake the feeling that something feels a little out of place here.

[bloodbiter]

[after submitting the evidence she and minako found, she addresses the rest of the room.]

The scrape we found would some indicate that something occurred within the victim's room, but the rest of the room appeared fairly neat. This either means there was little struggle there or that the killer returned to tidy the room up after the murder. I'm wondering if the victim was incapacitated within her room somehow, then taken to the daycare and killed there. I should like to hear everyone's thoughts on this.

[monsieurchatastrophe]

...If there was a struggle in the victim's room, then the killer would've had to have been let in, wouldn't they? Under some pretense.

If it's true, that takes away the idea that the murder was done in self-defense, unless the victim was planning to kill someone in her own bedroom. [which. seems like a stupid idea.]

[probings]

[harold kept pretty quiet on day one since she had her own theories just from what happened during the investigation. some of it still seems likely, but now that nobody has really gotten too much further in actually discerning anything, she's piping up. it's a lot, she's (probably not) sorry.]

I'm not going to rehash all things we already know, but we do still have some other things to think about. We're going in circles and we really haven't done anything to rule anyone out yet. And we've got a lot of "what ifs
and maybe some red herrings here.

First up! [she's holding up one finger. there's at least a little spirit in all this, despite being tired.] Calypso's key was hidden in the kitchen, yeah? We know it's got a knife in it and it looks like it could be it. But it was clean—are we sure all the sinks and showers have been checked for traces of blood? Towels? Any other fabric hidden around? It's a long shot, but whether it's the key or not, a bloody weapon doesn't just clean itself, and they'd have to be pretty thorough in cleaning up after themselves.

Second! [two fingers up, naturally.] Have we kept track of who was poking around the medical bay throughout the week? Did anyone here talk to any of the suspects while in there? I've been in there a bunch, but never at the same time as any of them. [this is probably best for Fumi and Frankenstein, but anyone who was hanging out in there through the week could be really helpful right about now.]

...Though one of our suspects already took a bunch of things for himself. [luke is getting such a pointed stare, excuse you. don't mess with the mad science brigade's inventory, bro. but more importantly.] I didn't see anything else out of place, so that stuff probably went missing before me, Frankenstein and Fumi were in there a bunch. If our killer used the congealing serum for themselves, whether to actually try to help themselves or to cover it up, they'd have to know it was there, where it was, and what it was meant to do. So they would have been in here looking pre-tty closely at what was in here. It's always possible to take things to deflect the blame, too. "I already had medical goop, so why would I take it from the bay instead of going to my room!" ...Something like that. Or maybe that could be played pretty straight.

Annnnnnnd Third! [harold, shut up already.] Have we confirmed anyone's alibis aside from what Dave confirmed? Any signs at all of people entering or leaving rooms? Any sightings of any of them during the week talking Calico? And nobody was up and about to hear things being knocked over... intentional or not. Hm... hm.

Even with the things we're starting to lean towards, we've still got a lot of question marks. We need to figure out all the hows before the whos, and we're definitely missing something pretty key that ties everything together here.

[socloverit]

Actually, Luke was with me when he got those salves and stuff. It was way early in the week, though. We were talking about what all that stuff did, whether or not it was really any good, if it might have just been expired... And we were talking about how diligent this place was about keeping up with cleaning.

[chiseler]

[With the inventory taken on his room and Jessie...being Jessie, Luke's decided it's probably his turn to maybe defend himself.]

All right, I didn't prep a fancy slogan like Jessie did but can I just point out that I said from the beginning that you kinda need to know the victim before you could kill her? With the new evidence Adelina and Minako found about how she might've struggled in her room after letting somebody she knew in, it's pretty safe to say I didn't have anything to do with this.

And since some people--[Looking at you Frankenstein and Light]--decided my notes are relevant I just wanna point out that the motive wouldn't make me kill anybody so...[A shrug. Any questions?]

[muties]

I'm disappointed in lack of a fancy slogan, truly sloppy.

[ ok to the important stuff ]

It does make more sense for her to let in someone she knew, or at least trusted wasn't gonna get stabby on her. Unless she super naive or somethin, which since she was like a lawyer or whatevs sounds unlikely.

jason's dagger

[antietam]

[ Here is Adam again, this time holding a dagger. ]

I took this from Jason's room to test it. If you just compare it to the stabs, it looks like it could have done it, but when you [ uh ] use it, the wound is jagged due to the blade.

So this wasn't used to stab her.

[antagonize]

Great. Now that we've confirmed it wasn't used to a put a new hole in dear ol' Caligula, how about handing it over?

[Murder suspect or not, he doesn't like people touching his shit. That was a gift, okay.]

strip searches i guess finally

[parodeity]

Yo, Harry and Mom and I are gonna run the strip search show, with uh. I guess we will be holding up blankets for you and the checker to go behind??? That's literally all we can do here guys unless you just suck it up and strip for the class, because of the whole locked door scenario.

So hop to it so we can get it outta the way.

[ harold and roxy are probably way more hyped about this than dave. ]

[probings]

[listen, okay! it's for science and figuring stuff out. she's really not doing this because she cares about stripping people down otherwise. scientists gonna science and all that.]

The quicker we do this the better, so chop-chop, everyone! We're just checking for any bruising or marks beneath clothing. If you're feeling scandalized, you can keep all your sensitive bits covered up!

yo question!

[deformity]

[ Here's Allen raising a hand like a student because!! He has a question that he's been meaning to ask, but there's just been so much going on. ]

I've been studying the profiles and er... what's an Arbok? I may be wrong, but I don't think that's been brought up or asked about at all.

[ They've talked about all the other suspects' possessions, he's sure. ]

[antietam]

Ms. Jessie once told me that she didn't know what it was, but given her recent announcement... [ She is not that trustworthy. ]

It's time to bully Alita

[thanatosincarnate]

{ Guess who's returning with Machias in tow?

Let's be real, Arumat had his suspicions the entire time -- he just wanted to wait to get more evidence to prove it. But first.

He makes sure to start off with his voice loud -- but not any more than it has to be. Only to catch Alita (and others') attention. }

That scratch on Callisto's door matches up to the mark made by the engagement ring you're wearing. Want to try explaining yourself, Alita?

[breakshot]

[ Machias (And Dave?) is indeed close by. He briefly glances over to Arumat, as if he was about to say something but stops and lets him continue before speaking up. ]

I… Yes. We did try the engagement ring, and [ he visibly hesitates. ] it is as he says.

[qundercover]

Took another look at the body - Dorian's idea, he's got a thing for bodies. Ask him about it sometime.

Blood's only run down her sides, pooled under her and nothing on her hands. Figured if she was really in a knife fight, you'd have blood everywhere: running down her front or on her hands while she's trying to stop the bleeding. If you're bleeding out, in the middle of a fight, you don't go easy. You'd think there'd be streaks, signs of panic. That shit's messy. Free advice, don't get into knife fights. Always way worse than good old fashioned swords, least you can see those coming. Anyway, point is - she was already out and down when she got stabbed.

My guess is killer got into her room, knocked her out. Then dragged her down the hall and made it look like a fight. Might be the reason for the bruises on her back too.

[douchemag]

How'd they manage to knock her out though? She's got that magic key and no one found any other marks on her body, yeah?

[hatslinger]

Hey, wait a second. There's something we still haven't figured out. What the hell's up with the gel? I asked the AI just now, and she said it's not toxic or anything convenient like that. It has artificial platelets in that, and for those that aren't licensed doctors like me, that apparently means that it closes open wounds faster than usual. A stab wound would leave a bruise, though, so we'd still be able to tell that she was stabbed somewhere even if there wasn't a gash there.

[ Fiona places a contemplative hand to her mouth, looking through all the evidence again. ]

I can't help but feel like we're missing something here..

[brooches]

Could a bruise be covered up?

[ She's like 2 years short of foundation being invented, okay. ]

Since those doing the invasive searches were looking for wounds... maybe they overlooked powder?

BODY WASHING

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[ Wiping off the suspects reveals nothing of note.

Calisto's body, however, reveals a minuscule bruise on the right side of her neck that had been covered up by foundation and concealer. Wiping her face also reveals that she had been wearing lipstick; underneath it, her lips are also rather discolored and blue. ]

[thatbites]

[WELL.]

I think we can safely say we know why she was unconscious now.

CLINIC

[thatbites]

[IF YOU NEED SOMETHING DONE RIGHT, DO IT YOURSELF. EMILY IS GOING TO THE MEDBAY TO DIG THROUGH TRASH IF SHE HAS TO.]

[laptopper]

[ AND FUMI WILL ACCOMPANY HER, because Fumi has been in the medbay enough to be able to check where the needles are normally kept/see if there's one missing/check any nooks and crannies. ]

THE NEEDLE

[thatbites]

[The triumphant medbay search team is back from staring at syringes. They have one with a suspiciously (if only slightly) crushed needle with them. It might not have any liquid or anything in it but it exists now.]

Everyone yelling about how no needle was found can shut up now.

[probings]

So there was something else.

—Where was it? [important to know, since her initial eyeballing of the room didn't show anything strange aside from the serum.]