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WEEK (3)

saturday TRIAL DAY ONE

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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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Think we’re getting somewhere, but got a few things that are sticking on my horns. If Machias had the invisibility . . . thing, spell or whatever [ technology, bull. ] already, doesn’t make sense he wouldn’t have hit with the first shot. Not a ranged weapon expert, more of an in your face guy, but if you’re invisible I’m thinking you can probably walk up to a guy and shoot him somewhere where it’s going to take him out way quicker than a blow to the shoulder. Not exactly a killing wound.

Also think those guns get more than shot in ‘em without having to wind up in between. [it’s a Leveled up Bianca, like Varric’s got. The concept isn’t too difficult.] If you got more than one shot, you’re familiar with your weapon, and you’re missing from three yards away, you should either consider switching to a sword or you’re not aiming at the guy.

Point is, don’t think Machias had intent to kill on his mind. Would have been way easier ways to do it.

Edited 2016-06-26 22:31 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree. I think the cloaking device came from the attempt on Machias's life, myself.

[ because...

yeah. ]

He's a military academy kid and shit? If he were goin' for the kill he'd make the shot, and none of those shots hit Lavi, who he'd have to have the cloaking device for anyway.

Need to take a look at the order this shit went down in. This is obviously messy, something went sideways. Doesn't make sense if you had a plan that lets you be invisible and you let it fuck up that badly. Most of it doesn't feel all that planned - didn't even manage to kill Machias after targeting him. Means they probably rushed it.

Yeah, I think the whole paranoia thing means it wasn't really super planned. The way shit looks now, I think Jack's theory - hell, my theory too - is more plausible than it ain't.

Should consider who's most guilty - at least who most deserves the axe, since it's going to swing on someone - should be the guy with the intent to kill. Allen might have been an accident, trying to take out the witness sure isn't.

Not really a consideration that matters 'till we figure out which guy is which, though, right? I mean. Since some people seem unconvinced Lavi did the do.

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qundercover - 2016-06-26 23:16 (UTC) - Expand

parodeity - 2016-06-26 23:24 (UTC) - Expand

qundercover - 2016-06-26 23:39 (UTC) - Expand

thatbites - 2016-06-26 23:44 (UTC) - Expand

parodeity - 2016-06-26 23:45 (UTC) - Expand

Yeah, I kinda feel like the dude would know how to shoot his own fancy laser gun and shoot it well.

Basically this.

Not to mention, the theory relies on Machias somehow being knocked out, yes?

I may not be a gun expert, but if I'm attacking with magic and someone manages to close the distance and hit me with a shovel after one cast, I've clearly made a mistake.

So, maybe fired more than once. We find evidence of that? Missed, maybe intentionally, could be trying to scare someone off without killing them.

Yeah, they found two shells, didn't they? So that's at least two shots fired. One warning, one at the arm...self-defense?

Dead guy's arm was his weapon, right? The curse or whatever. [IT'S DEFINITELY CURSED.] Falling apart, apparently because it was used. Could have been attacking, or defending against something.

Either way, trying to stop the arm weapon...right? And apparently something stopped him, since nobody looks like they've been smacked with a giant claw.

I'd think so. We can't discount the paranoia -- perhaps Machias thought he saw a threat and reacted.

The question is, if that is what happened, how does the cloak of invisibility come in to play? Someone must have intended to kill Lavi or Machias.

So...that's a no to Jack shooting him after the trial, then?

[they should probably get that clarified before anyone innocent dies HUh...not that he cares that much except Machias still hasn't finished Zork with him yet!!]

You think Machias was firing to miss then? Or are we back to the idea that someone knocked him out first and stole his gun?

Some type of warning shot then that came too close?

[if we're just throwing ideas out there...]

Wouldn't that make sense? If there were already two people in there, maybe he was trying to scare them off.

If he was panicking, his accuracy could have been off as well, making the shot look worse than it was intended to be.

If the guy was trained like it's been said, panic wouldn't have throw off a shot. You got enough experience you shouldn't go missing wildly. That's a beginner's mistake with weapons.

erythristic - 2016-06-26 23:08 (UTC) - Expand

The dog tags were buried, right? Maybe that Nerd was just reacting how people normally react to finding people standing around with a shovel in the middle of the night.

[Shelley did say she heard the footsteps early in the morning, after all.]

erythristic - 2016-06-26 23:07 (UTC) - Expand

toprotecttheworld - 2016-06-26 23:11 (UTC) - Expand

That could be it. It'd explain why Allen was only hit in the shoulder and didn't get his head blown off. Plus with the whole paranoia thing this week, Machias might not have even needed a good reason to go off on someone. Guy's got a pretty short temper.

His notebook holds enough evidence for that. But there's quite a difference between "going off" and actually looking to kill.

Right, but we already figured he probably wasn't looking to kill Allen, yeah? But he could have been fucked up enough to accidentally hit the guy and make them think he was.

Exactly.

{ Thank you Bull. }

It wouldn't make sense.

Rest of what's been said sounds reasonable. Think we're close.