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AL-2955 ([personal profile] al2955) wrote in [community profile] cradleproject2016-07-04 01:53 pm

WEEK FIVE

the pygmalion. . .

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CAPTAIN'S LOG:
WEEK (5)

monday - thursday

(33) survivors


It had been merely a week since the last trial, but you find yourself faced with a new week on The Pygmalion. When you awaken, you will find the handcuff around your wrist gone. The robot in the cafeteria has prepared another breakfast of various foods.

(OOC: Please submit your murder proposals by 9 PM EST Tuesday.)
taken list
profiles
private conversations
setting
rulebook
murder proposals



ENTER COMMAND_
bloodbiter: (remember to feed yourself and stay hot)

[personal profile] bloodbiter 2016-07-05 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
monday evening, conference room

[assuming that after the announcement everyone will flock to the conference room to see what has been taken, she waits until around eight in the evening to go see for herself. she lingers around any item she finds particularly interesting, but anyone who comes in is more likely to standing in front of one specific case.

it holds a necklace with two strands of hair entwined inside the vial, one her own shade of brown and the other jet black. she stands in front of the case for a while, her hand placed on the glass and her expression unreadable. approach?]


wednesday afternoon, pool

[in the middle of the week, she's sitting by the edge of the pool, her boots sitting next to her as she dips her feet in the water. she looks lost in thought, mumbling to herself about something as her legs pedal back and forth carelessly.

if she sees anyone enter, she'll give them a nod, a wave and a smile, but it's also possible she's so focused on whatever it is she's thinking that she doesn't notice anyone who enters.]
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[personal profile] antietam 2016-07-05 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
throughout the week, conference room.

[ On the whiteboard, you'll find an anonymous message: ]

Ifmmp. J'e mjlf up tff uifsf't boz jousftu jo b mbohvbhf uibu jto'u npojupsfd. Usz uif qbsmps.

[ It's a simple code. Every letter is replaced with the next letter in the alphabet. If you decode it, it reads: Hello. I'd like to see there's any interest in a language that isn't monitored. Try the parlor.

Looks like it's a coded scavenger hunt. ]


tuesday afternoon, conference room.

[ Adam is here! He waited to avoid the crowd of people because there was only a select amount of things it could be. He didn't own very much. In fact, the item in the case is a hand-me-down. It's a deck of tarot cards that look very worn. A close look might come up with some dirt on them. He looks quite pensive as he tries to read the mess of cards that are face-up. ]

afternoons, archives.

[ Even though he's lost his Life Partner Jason, Adam can still be found in the archives pouring over everything possible. Honestly, just tell him to get lost. ]
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[personal profile] bloodteller 2016-07-05 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ following the rather awful diss of her hairstyle, yuno makes the decision that a new style is in order. she's rocking the leia donuts all week long; it seems her shame was great enough that braiding and pinning up her waist length hair is a valuable waste of her time. ]

monday morning, gardens
[ prior to the awful, awful EMBARRASSMENT alice bestows on this poor, sweet, innocent teen, yuno spends her morning gathering some flowers in the garden, and weaving them together. we're getting 2013 tumblr up in here: yuno makes flower crowns, humming to herself and seemingly having a good morning. she's smiling and not stalking someone, so things must be good, right? ]

Oh. Do you want one?

[ by the time she notices she's been spotted, though, yuno has amassed a tiny pile of flower crowns, all varying in sizes. a few seem to be small enough that they go around someone's wrists, in fact. ]


monday evening, conference room
[ yuno has been in here for hours. you most likely have noticed. it's hard to miss someone with pink hair, after all.

what's in the glass case is a picture. her attention has been on it the entire time. with eyes glazed over, she looks lost, disturbed, hurt. the picture looks as though it's been through some tough times. it must have been folded in half at one point, and then taped to something, because there are two clear strips of tape showing in the corners of the simple black frame it's been placed in.

she shakes a little, intermittently, as if suddenly aware of her own body. ]


tuesday afternoon, pool
[ i bet you thought that it was going to be okay. i bet you thought that the pool was safe. i bet you thought that there was no way that the most well known yandere in anime fandom wasn't brutal.

you thought wrong because yuno just launched a beach ball at your head from the middle of the pool. if you look over, she's smiling, and looking very proud of herself. the culprit doesn't seem to give a damn about her misdeeds at all, here. actually... she seems to be having fun? ]


wednesday evening, the elevator corridor outside the daycare
[ oh no.

a bunny mascot is staring you down. judging from it's over the top pose, it looks shocked to have been caught! whoever is wearing it must be having a bad time.

... because they start to run right at you, as smoothly as one can in a mascot costume. ]
Edited 2016-07-05 02:11 (UTC)
thanatosincarnate: (> the eternal crimson moon)

[personal profile] thanatosincarnate 2016-07-05 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
tuesday::viewpoint

{ He can be found here again -- he happened to look at the embroidery supplies, but the moment someone walked in, he'll shift his head to gaze out into the endless expanse of space. Like he had been looking out there originally. }


It seems we're already back to the usual routine, aren't we?

{ His tone is less harsh, as if he wishes to actually engage in conversation. He's terrible at small talk, but he's going to attempt it -- without actual malice if he can. Someone once told him it could help, and maybe he is taking that someone's advice to heart. }

wednesday::kitchen::morning

{ Sometime this week a certain duo can be found here. There's always a robot that can help with cooking and all, but really... what's the point of you don't ever learn how to do it yourself without messing up all the time?

There's probably a bit of food here or there. Ingredients, maybe? There's probably some failed items thrown into the trash. }


... Should have started with something else that doesn't take so long to cook.

{ Someone's impatient. )

I already said it’ll be an hour—Arumat, the pot!

[ That sure is Machias there with him, loud as always and working away with a knife and an assorted display of vegetables. Nearby is a pot, furiously steaming and, well, about to boil over. ]

Fine.

{ He manages to turn it off, just in the nick of time. }

( Ooc: Feel free to specify if you wish to speak to Machias, Arumat, or both! )


wildcard!

{ Let me know if you wanna do something not up on here or w/e. }
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[personal profile] chiseler 2016-07-05 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Throughout the week, afternoons, conference room

[The motive went live and Luke…still has to wonder just what that really means to someone like him. There’s really nothing of his that he cares if it gets destroyed. (It’s the nature of being himself, really.) However, that doesn’t stop him from camping in the room in a chair, arms folded behind his head and feet kicked up on the table. To anyone who enters the room, he’ll give a broad grin and a lift of his eyebrows, a slightly smug look on his face.]

So. Which one is yours?

[He can also be found occasionally eyeing a small gold dagger, never letting his gaze last on it too long. And in some cases when he thinks he’s alone, he’ll approach the display case and shake it to see if he can move it at all.]

Wednesday, archives

[It took him a few days to decide he wanted to explore, but he’s easy to find roaming through the archives all throughout Wednesday, occasionally taking notes. Every now and then he’ll forget a piece of paper by a book with scribbles on it (with the occasional misspelling and all) as he continues. It seems he’s reading up on the history of wars in the Earthen timeline.]

Evenings, viewport

[And sometimes Luke just likes to be a broody jerk and with the value of being valued, he can be found sitting in the viewport staring out the window while also trying to work on his vent map. Don’t mind him.]
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[personal profile] jackhole 2016-07-05 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
CONFERENCE ROOM - MONDAY MORNING
[ anyone who ends up checking out their motive at the same time as rhys has the great (dis)pleasure of seeing rhys react to his motive. in his glass case is a briefcase and on that briefcase is a small note that just reads:

You want my name? My name's Ten Million Dollars for all you should care. You're a Vault Key to me, 'kay? That's it.

and rhys just lets out a short little pained noise before pinching the bridge of his nose. he'll pick up the case, glass, briefcase, and all and try and abscond without anyone noticing him. which is probably kind of dumb looking considering how big the briefcase is. ]

God, I was such a douchebag.
ALL OVER THE SHIP - MONDAY AFTERNOON
[ and then he has to deal with the vulnerable player thing which is super offensive and about a private conversation and he's not going to put up with this? he's just not. so, after a quick look around in dry storage, one can spot rhys with like a billion rolls of toilet paper in his arms as he walks around the ship. what's he doing?

TPing the place.

if you pass him as he throws toilet paper to and fro, you might hear him bitching to himself. ]


Poor usage of toiletries? I'll show you poor usage alright, you god damn Maliwan knock off artificial lack of intelligence bitch. I've met vending machines smarter than you.

[ seriously though, don't mind him as he COVERS EVERYTHING IN TOILET PAPER. ]
GYM - WEDNESDAY MORNING
[ today there's an odd sight on one of the treadmills -- or not so odd if you're a frequent morning gym user. it's rhys, running laps and looking like he's two seconds away from dying. jack's kind of made it a point to make rhys work out with him every day which is... not something rhys enjoys doing but he's not stupid enough to argue it. he doesn't enjoy it though and doesn't really know how to get himself out of this situation so he shows up every day anyway. still, he doesn't really have the constitution for this sort of rigorous activity and at one point this fine morning while rhys is running on the treadmill, he just sort of... stops...

and then faints.

it's a kind of sad sight as he hits his head on the treadmill controls before slowly rolling off the thing in his unconscious state. anyone want to be a pal and help this poor cyborg loser up? he won't vomit on you, probably. ]
WILDCARD
[ want to do something other than this? hit me up at [plurk.com profile] claptrap! or just whip up something and we'll do it.

the rest of the week rhys can be found arguing with robots and/or alice, eating ice cream alone in the parlor, viewport, or gardens, or "stalking" jack and/or fiona. the possibilities are endless! ]
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[personal profile] mnasthai 2016-07-05 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Art Storage: In the eye of the beholder // Tuesday

[ By this point he's checked out every other room, so he may as well check out art storage too. Kazuma can be found staring at one of the replicas of AL-2955.]

We don't need more of her...

[ After, he can be found looking at some of the weird paintings, in apparent confusion. He really doesn't understand art.]

Archives: Books, books, books // Wednesday

[ The library is easily his favorite place here, and it shows as he's reading book after book. It doesn't really matter what it's about, as he seems pretty happy regardless.]

[personal profile] todorable 2016-07-05 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
> monday

[Todomatsu's case holds two very different things: a contract with a company called Prestige with a lot of zeroes and no end date, and an obviously handmade sparkly pink tank top with an applique of what looks like a cartoony version of his own face. Looking from one to the other, his expression goes from mixed to incredulous.]


Are you kidding me? It's worth killing someone to make that fashion travesty disappear!

> cafeteria, all week

[Whenever he hasn't wandered off to do other things, Todomatsu is perched at a table in the caf, a cutely handwritten sign offering Protection Specialist. If you come close, he'll try to catch your eye]


Anything you need protected this fine day?

> other

[when not doing the above, Totty can be found at the gym, avoiding meat at the caf, or basically anywhere else bothering people]
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[personal profile] breakshot 2016-07-05 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
( monday; conference room )
[ As far as items go, Machias already had to deal with a missing shotgun - one he's definitely inquired about around the ship within the last week to no avail. For a moment, Machias half-expected to see that very thing on display when he walked in. Of course it all had be some kind of plot Alice and whoever else behind this cooked up on thier own, right?

Not quite. Instead, we're met with a different assortment of things. The first item is a picture of Machias, surrounded by a bunch of other students wearing the same red uniform he’s often seen in. Curiously, a couple of them are wearing a green-colored variant. The second appears to be some sort of handheld device, with a fob-like chain attached to it. It’s adorned with a red colored plate, a golden emblem, and lettering on the front that reads “Thors Military Academy.”

The third is… paper? This one seems the one he's most intently focused on. It’s bundled up and bound tightly together that only parts of words on it are visible. The huge letters on it, albeit slightly obscured, stand out: “The Imperial Chronicle.” Unfortunately, it’s been bundled up in a way that it’s impossible to see what’s on the front page, let alone what date or issue it actually is. Not that it made much a difference to Machias; though his face looks still enough, his too tightly clenched knuckles tell a different story. That's the very thing he'd asked Alice for shortly before he'd ended up on the vulnerable list.

To some, the selection of items might seem almost random. But to him, it's been carefully hand-picked; its purpose spelled out clear: were he to kill, he'd finally obtain the very information he'd been seeking the moment he arrived here. ]


( any day; archives )
[ Ah, the archives, the one place on the ship that practically calls out to him. He's scouring around for whatever information looks to be of use, particularly if there's anything to be learned about the ship's history or the crew. Later on, he'll have a gathering of materials around him. Curiously, for those well-read on their history, they may recognize one thing they share in common: they all seem to be dealing with the subject of civil war. ]

( thursday evening; chapel )
[ Come evening time, Machias can be found sitting quietly on one of the pews. He seems unusually quiet for once and looking pretty contemplative. Seems like he's got a lot on his mind, so don't do anything to make him holler! Would you really make the nerd holler in church? ]
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[personal profile] monsieurchatastrophe 2016-07-05 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Tuesday afternoon, lounge room + Marinette

[anyone going to the parlor on this lovely afternoon will be treated to quite the spectacle: Marinette and Adrien are on a couch together, sitting very close but not close enough to touch yet. They seem to be sharing a tablet … though they’re obviously not paying attention to whatever it is they’re reading, both furtively throwing glances at each other when the other one isn’t looking. Gross and sad, all at once.]

[But seriously, it’s pathetic. They’re doing that thing that teenagers do whenever they’re very awkwardly trying to make physical contact with each other but have no idea how to pull it off. For example: Marinette’s hand is glacially sneaking towards Adrien’s hand in the sad attempt to hold it]

[Adrien, for his part, has no idea this is happening because he’s a certified moron™, and insteads moves his arm away right when Marinette is about to finally Seal The Deal so he can do the classic fake yawn move. He moves it away right into bumping it into hers and jumps in surprise.]

[Marinette also jumps, and then quickly averts her eyes, blushing]

[SOMEONE PLEASE TELL THEM HOW TO FLIRT]


Wednesday night, archives

[or, if you go to the archives late on Wednesday, you might see Adrien looking through books in a far corner of the room, sitting on the ground with his back turned. he's... talking to himself? it's barely above a mutter, but if you concentrate, you might be able to catch some of it:]

You've had enough cheese today, let me just read in peace. [...] You're always hungry. [...] Just be quiet before someone hears you.

[... is he talking to his stomach or something. maybe someone needs to make him get himself a sandwich.]
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[personal profile] allout 2016-07-06 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
monday evening; conference room

[ upon hearing the motive, minako quickly dismissed it as stupid. a materialistic motive was (hopefully) something that everyone on the ship would dismiss as not worth it, but then again... everyone here came from different places. maybe an item meant the world to them.

she was considering not going to the conference room at all, but curiousity has gotten the best of her. when she enters the room, it takes a moment of looking before she sees the case clearly meant for her. it only contains one item: a strange key. when she sees it, her face goes pale as she presses a hand against the glass to give it a better look. ]


No way... How?

[ no one was supposed to be able to possess the velvet key except for her... or another wild card. the idea of someone like that being in charge of this whole game sends a shot of anxiety through her. ]


tuesday; archives

[ she had "explored" this room with rhys earlier in the week, but the constant bickering that they had shared meant that she couldn't focus much on all of the information that was in here. while it's interesting to see the earthen history data in here, it's the profiles of the crew that are interesting to her. as she flips through each profile and reads them, she finds herself muttering out loud. ]

I wonder if you guys are still around...
Edited 2016-07-06 00:57 (UTC)
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[personal profile] toprotecttheworld 2016-07-06 01:42 am (UTC)(link)


[Wednesday — Holding Cells, part 1]

[Did someone challenge her to do this? Does it matter? Starting in the early morning, Jessie can be found locked in one of the holding cells. She doesn't look annoyed. She doesn't look distressed. She looks bored (maybe even contemplative if you squint).

She's reading one of the tablets, and she's gotten some decent music to play. Anyone who stares too long will eventually get a stare, or maybe they'll follow one of the robots. She's still ordering food, she's just making them shove the items one by one through the bars.]


What are you staring at? Can't you tell a criminal mastermind is at work?

[Wednesday — Holding Cells, part 2]

[And once she's all alone in the room...well, that would be spoilers.

Surely, someone is hanging around outside the holding cells. And hopefully it's one of the people who made sure to see she was 100% locked in, because after spending those hours in the holding cells, Jessie leaves the room after unlocking the cell herself. It would be nicer if there was a crowd applauding her, but this'll do.

She walks out of the room with a smug sense of satisfaction written all over her face. This week has been rough, even moreso than usual because she's been thinking about her mother, but a little villainy practice has definitely put her back in the mood.]
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[personal profile] tevinteriscoming 2016-07-06 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
monday evening; conference room

[When the motive is announced, he's a little nervous. The week before last was actually dreadful, and what they threatened to do last week would have also been incredibly unpleasant. But when he actually hears the motive, he's more curious than anything else. When he actually goes to look, he takes a moment to pause, his eye catching on an expensive looking gold necklace, encrusted with gems and featuring a two headed snake. And he laughs, although there's a slightly bitter tone to it.]

Is that all? Consider me not very well tempted.

wednesday, archives

[On Wednesday (and most days, really) he can be found in the archives, examining the materials there. In particular, he's happened upon the book of memes. But being from a fictional world set in medieval times, he has no idea what he's looking at. He can be found trying to hold up some sort of strange image or cipher in different directions, trying to discern its meaning.]
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[personal profile] brooches 2016-07-06 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
wednesday afternoon [pool]
[ There was absolutely no way she was going to find herself in the cafeteria. Not after the horrors she overheard. She gets her lunch ( a modest pecan salad ) and retreats down to the pool to eat. Her boots were off, socks off, and she dips her feet up. It was different - seeing her skirt hiked up over her knees and dangling her feet in the water. She has a bag of pretzels to her side and in her lap rests a notepad. She sketches, drawing a very crude shape of the pool in front of her. She's focused on it, stopping every so often to get a few pretzels.

Bug her, but pls don't push her in. ]



thursday morning [hallways leading to bedrooms]
[ Elizabeth always wanted to try this... she can't help but feel like it's a poor time. It takes her until Thursday to finally have the will to tape off the area of the floor leading towards the bedrooms. Square patterns with numbers in them line the floor, all carefully marked. She has a random item in her hand - a small thing to toss. It's a grand ol' game of hopscotch. Would you just look how she pleased she is as she lines the last bit of tape on the top of the area? ]
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[personal profile] antagonize 2016-07-07 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
MONDAY EVENING (CONFERENCE ROOM)
[Yeah. Okay. He doesn't head to the conference room as soon as the motive is announced, instead opting to occupy himself with other things until the late evening. Once he's eaten at the cafeteria, he decides to check out what "important" item the people running this show managed to dig up. He glances at each case with vague curiosity, walking around the room until he spots this particular outfit — and he's immediately turning around to look at something else. Maybe a piece of jewelry that belongs to someone else, or one of those photographs.

Should your character be in the room, he might even attempt casual conversation.]


So, think anyone is going to be stupid enough to commit murder over one of these trinkets?

[And he's tapping one of the glass cases with more force than is strictly necessary. Rude.]

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (CAFETERIA)
[On Wednesday afternoon, anyone looking for disposable cutlery in the kitchen might find that most (if not all) of it is mysteriously gone. Thankfully, no one will have to dip their hands in underwear drawers just to locate these missing items. It should be easy enough to spot Jason in one the tables at the cafeteria, taking apart a tower somehow made entirely out of plastic spoons, forks and knives.

... He seems to be playing jenga with them. Weirdo.]

MONDAY - THURSDAY (ARCHIVES)
[And throughout the week, Jason can be found browsing through the archives for anything he hasn't read already. At least there isn't a pyramid built out of empty coffee cups this time around.]
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WHITEBOARD

[personal profile] monsieurchatastrophe 2016-07-07 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
[on Tuesday morning, there is a new message on the whiteboard, in perfectly legible green handwriting. Is the anonymous cat vandal back to draw more cats? Yes. And, also, no. It reads:]

Hi guys! I thought this would be easier to pass on the message than trying to get everyone together at the same time.

I know being handcuffed last week wasn't pleasant for any of us, but we can't say it wasn't effective.
[here, an arrow is pointing at Clover's "days without incident" counter, showing a whopping 7 and following it with exclamation marks and stars. he is so proud, you guys.] So it might be a good idea to keep that up... without the handcuffs. Luke thought about a buddy system! If no one hangs out alone, it'll be way harder for people to get killed or to murder. It wouldn't have to be 24/7 or with the same person the entire time, of course. It doesn't even have to be with only one person! It could be a group, so long as no one is alone and we know who is supposed to stay with who! What do you think?

Thanks for reading!

Adrien ฅ(*ΦωΦ*) ฅ


[...it looks like he couldn't resist the last cat emoticon at the end there. ah. wait. there's a ps?]

PS: BTW! This was Luke's idea, but we'll both be taking questions about the logistics if you have any!

[adrien you don't have to keep throwing luke under the bus like that they know.]

[so. how long until dicks.]
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[personal profile] qundercover 2016-07-08 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
monday evening; conference room

[Bull honestly isn't too torn up about this motive - he's never been a very material person. Being on the move constantly and also the whole cultural philosophy that personal possessions are all kind overrated garbage makes the whole materialism thing pretty easy to avoid. He isn't sentimental about many objects. Axes are replaceable, and so are most people to be honest.

Still. He seems to be fascinated by something in the case. Actually it's pretty large - and very hard to miss. Very hard to miss indeed. The painting is approaching lifesize, and obviously someone put a lot of time and effort into creating that masterpiece. Surely it's special to someone.
]

Don't take this the wrong way, I'm not advocating for murder, but it'd be a damn shame to see that get destroyed. Just look at it.

thursday afternoon; gym

[Bull isn't really doing much. Just hanging out with . . . a broom stick? That he's offering to you?]

Hey. How hard can you swing?