WEEK TWO - Trial

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (2)

saturday TRIAL DAY ONE (38) 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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Comments

[refactor]

Today?

[ Jack looks to Rhys, then back to Dave before shaking his head. ]

Nah, he's always like that. I mean, sure, today's a little worse than usually but that's probably because he talked himself into being a suspect like an idiot.

[parodeity]

I mean, at least we can reasonably say the dude obviously didn't fuckin' do it since he just sassed his way onto the list.

[ SHRUGS. ]

[refactor]

Yeah. That, and the only way Rhys could kill someone is by accident. I mean, dude forgets that he has a metal arm literally every time that having a metal arm would come in handy. Trust me on that one.

[ Jack shrugs, like this is perfectly obvious and not like he's shittalking Rhys right next to him... Yet even so, this doesn't have quite the sort of scathing tone that most of Jack's insults do. That could be endearment. Or it could be Jack thinking "man I could use some pretzels right now." Hard to tell. ]

[parodeity]

..Okay, that sounds like a funny story. Or like, ten funny stories. You should share when we hit sleepover time.

[ dave... ]

[refactor]

[ Jack looks surprised, but it's quickly followed by a laugh and then fingerguns. ]

Y'know, it super is, so yeah, I'll share later.

[ But back to the more important topics: ]

Thaaaat aside. Do kinda think the how isn't super important, relatively speaking? The point is, the dude got crushed. The wires could just be more random shit to throw us off, or if they are relevant, probably just the little "push" needed to get it to fall over.

[parodeity]

[ OH RIGHT. DAVE FORGOT THEY WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE MURDER AND NOT RHYS BEING THE LEAST CHILL...

#on the ball ]

Yeah, idk, it's not like they could have practiced this shit without us noticing on other robots? Cutting the wires on an electronic thing to get it to stop working isn't really like rocket science here, I'm pretty sure other aspects of the case matter more on the how scale, I agree.

[refactor]

[ I mean, fair, rhys being rhys is more entertaining (in jack's opinion) ]

Pretty much. Even an idiot that took half a second to start looking up "what is this thing" would figure out that, hey, cutting the wires might do something. Doesn't exactly get rid of any of our suspect list.

[ a beat, then: ]

Okay, except for Rhys. But he didn't count in the first place.

[parodeity]

You know, I bet if he'd just asked to get taken back down she would've complied.

[ RHYS MAKES SUCH A BIG DEAL OUT OF THINGS... ]

[refactor]

[ Jack nods in agreement ]

I mean, probably? AIs like that, they're simple. I'm definitely getting to like Al's sense of humor though, gotta say.