WEEK 5 - Trial

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (5)

saturday TRIAL DAY ONE (32) 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

[tevinteriscoming]

Oh? And why do you say that? I don't think he did it either, given that it would be incredibly stupid to implicate himself with the weights.

Personally, it's the motives that interest me, but where those lead, I'm not sure.

[Will immediately go over to the desk to check, then.]

[parodeity]

The motives are kinda hard since it's like.

[ as always, just going on people's word. which is bullshit in the case of whoever killed someone. ]

But yeah about the same reason you just gave? Kinda figure if he kills someone it will be in a less immediately yo look at this implication here manner.

[mnasthai]

[ Kazuma has mage outfits in the closet, in addition to the arrival clothes. There's no spare cape here like last time, because someone vomited all over his cape, and that stain was not coming out unfortunately.

As for the desk, there's a pen on top of it but nothing else to note.]

[tevinteriscoming]

[Well, in that case, going immediately to the bed. Shaking out blankets and the pillows, and once that's done, looking under the mattresses.]

At this this time around there's some physical evidence. They can only lie so much.

[parodeity]

Oh my god last time was annoying as fuck. I put in my vote, like, the start of the second day but couldn't figure out a way to prove the thing we all obviously knew until. Six minutes to go.

[ DAMNIT, LAVI. dave grimaces and goes through the pockets of the mage uniforms, checking the floor and any shelves in the closet before moving onto the dresser, assuming he finds nothing of note in his check of everything in the closet. ]

Definitely a fan of more physical evidence even if I am the hugest fan of everyone chillin' the fuck out first and foremost. That does not seem like a likely thing nowadays.

[mnasthai]

[ There is nothing to note about the bed, all around pretty boring.

As for the closet, there's nothing exciting on the shelves and floor. In the dresser, there is a stack of papers: the first page is notes from the last trial, hastily scribbled.]

[tevinteriscoming]

[Putting the bed back together, and going to give a look through the bathroom.]

Hah, yes, quite. It doesn't feel good to condemn a man based on little more than, well, it was obviously you, wasn't it? But you did come through with the evidence in the end.

Well done.

[parodeity]

I promised to try to be less last minute about it next time, but so far no brilliant ideas just yet on things to do.

[ dave will skim the first page to see if there's anything of note, and then go through the rest of the papers. what's he looking at, here. ]

Anyway, you were bein' super reasonable last time - every time, really - and that's actually very fuckin' helpful. Especially considering, like. Some people are not always reasonable.

[ but he loves judar's bullshit theories... ]

[mnasthai]

[ The bathroom is also unexciting, though there are some eggshells in the wastepaper basket in there. Weird.

As for the papers: The first few pages are like the first, notes from various trials. After that though, there are several pages that contain only strange symbols, that almost appear to be runes of some kind.]

[tevinteriscoming]

[Dave, you're too nice. He's actually pretty pleased by that comment.]

I do try. I don't know how far reason takes us when we're hiding corpses under invisibility cloaks, mind.

[Coming over to have a look at the papers as well.]

Last time he was writing about magic. I wonder if he'll have mentioned his motive.

[parodeity]

That's what all these runes are, I guess? So far it seems to be trial notes.

[ but he'll start looking for any notes about the motive. he'd said it was something related to magic, right? ]

The magic shit might make more sense to you than me.

[ so he'll definitely shift so dorian can take them or look at them because. yeah. ]

[mnasthai]

[ The trial pages are just that, with his personal annotations written next to them. There's nothing about the motive, though his notes for the first trial are longer than the rest.

The runic pages are unreadable even to Dorian, though they look hieroglyphic in nature for what it's worth.]

[tevinteriscoming]

I should hope I'm better at the magic shit, yes. Whatever alphabet this is in, however, I'm afraid can't translate it.

[parodeity]

Welp, let's hope it's not a confession or something.

[ he's joking but. seriously, let's hope.

i guess dave will check out the bathroom next! are you a tidy person, haircut needing man. ]

[mnasthai]

[ It is indeed tidy! More out of habit than anything else though, because if he kept his room in the mage academy a mess he'd be written up. One does wonder though why he chooses to keep his hair that long, but mysteries.

And that's about it for his room, nothing terribly exciting this time either.]

[tevinteriscoming]

I think we've about wrapped it up, don't you?

Honestly, at this point, the chance that we'd find anything incriminating in a suspect's room is slim. Everyone knows we'll be searching and there's hardly anywhere to hide.

[parodeity]

No arguments here. We usually don't find anything in their rooms, yeah?

[ but they check because... ]

The one time we don't check there'll be something, though. I think we've got a wrap, yeah.