WEEK SIX - TRIAL DAY TWO

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (6)

saturday TRIAL DAY TWO (29) 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

[al2955]

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

Autopsy Report - Light Field

Cause of Death - Appears to be blood loss and trauma from multiple gunshot wounds.

Body Discovery - Found lying on top of Clover Field's unconscious body in the medical bay. Body discovery announced at 10:03 AM.

Time of Death - 9:30AM - 10:00AM

Condition of Body - Multiple bullet holes along head, torso, and sides of body from a spray of gunfire. Found lying on top of Clover Field's unconscious body.

Condition of Scene - Bodies piled in the middle of the medical bay. Upon entering, the wall on the lefthand side of the room has multiple holes from stray bullets. On the righthand side is a cabinet, where a sentry turret was placed.

Autopsy Report - Hancock

Cause of Death - Appears to be blood loss and trauma from multiple gunshot wounds.

Body Discovery - Witnessed to enter the medbay and be shot down by an undetected sentry turret. Body announcement went off at 10:06 AM.

Time of Death - 10:04 - 10:06 AM

Condition of Body - Multiple bullet holes along head, torso, and sides of body from a spray of gunfire.

Condition of Scene - Bodies piled in the middle of the medical bay. Upon entering, the wall on the lefthand side of the room has multiple holes from stray bullets. On the righthand side is a cabinet, where a sentry turret was placed.

Alibis

[al2955]

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 Night to Friday Morning, Week Six

Alibis here.

Findings

[al2955]

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.

(OOC: Please also link the thread where the evidence was found!)

Previous findings here.

Deadly nightshade + Poison Ivy + Observations & Conclusions

[thanatosincarnate]

{ Welp guess who decided to step up to the plate to write this. It's him. }

EVIDENTIAL REPORT

Poison Ivy - A few leaves were found torn from the plant in the garden and it was used by the killer to wipe against the door entry pad to her room in order to coerce her and Light to go to the medbay. It was also disposed of by incineration. Dangerous to one's health when burned, and only lethal when the amount burned is great. When it isn't burned, it doesn't have a scent that can be detected. When it is burned the scent is strong and hard to miss, causing irregularity of the heart. Causes rashes when touched by bare skin.

Note: Verification that poison ivy was the plant responsible for the above mentioned usage was done by civilian Adrien Agreste.

Dave Strider is the one who recognized how the plant appears by sight, as he is familiar with the flora itself.

We all also observed that the killer was very much in a hurry to carry out the deed given how hurriedly they ripped off some of the leaves from the poison ivy.

Deadly nightshade [ Since Arumat actually had to bring it in, you get a nice actual visage of the plant. ] - Another plant from Earth. Can be used as medicinal in small amounts, and anything greater than that would be dangerous considering how extremely toxic it is via ingestion in such numbers.

In addition, someone attempted to cover up that they took one whole plant of the nightshade by moving dirt over a gap between the plants that were still remaining. That is all.

- Arumat P. Thanatos, Dave Strider & Adrien Agreste

JACK'S ROOM

[bloodbiter]

Bull and I checked Handsome Jack's room together. Three things were immediately apparent: broken shards that were once part of a glass littered the floor, as well as stains caused by blood and alcohol. This seems to match the testimony he gave.

The largest bloodstain was near his desk, and smaller pools of it led into the bathroom. There we found a knife, presumably the one he was stabbed with. The blood in this room was largely concentrated near his toilet, so I imagine he sat down after he was injured. There were two towels, both stained with blood, though the blood on one of them was diluted. I imagine this is because the towel had water on it as well.

In his desk, there were papers with strange diagrams and what seemed to be mathematical equations. I would imagine this had to do with the program he mentioned he was working on for the datapads. Apart from the blood and alcohol stains and the glass, the rest of his quarters were quite neat. We have brought back the knife, the broken glass, and the bloodied towels.

[And true to her word, all these items are now in evidence to be looked over by anyone curious.]

Light's room

[chiseler]

As excepted, when Arumat and I went to search through Light's room we didn't find a whole lot. What we DID find was a bunch of Clover's stuff that indicated she'd been staying there for a while. The Fields stayed together all week. So how did our killer know they'd be changing it up?

Other than a couple of books there wasn't much in the room.

[And since the list Light and Clover made isn't relevant to the case, he thinks, he isn't bringing it up either. So there.]

Clover's Room

[antietam]

The room was entirely empty. Clover definitely stayed in Light's room. Only the bathroom had basic toiletries and make up.

Hancock's Body

[qundercover]

Took another look at Hancock's body. His mouth looked irritated, smelled of vomit and - according to the cat kid - Death. Eyes were dilated. Could be from a hangover, but could be something else.

Also found a note on a napkin in his pocket, a list of tools:

luminol (X)
fingerprinting kit (X)
poison detection kit
clean food
bottled water
flashlight
magnifying glass
black light
tool kit
mystery device (X)(X)

Seems to confirm he had the third party role.

FRANKENSTEIN'S ROOM

[breakshot]

Todomatsu and I had a look at Frankenstein's room. As expected, he keeps his room in top order with nothing out of place.

There were a few personal letters addressed to people onboard - Light and Clover Field's names among them. Aside from that, we didn't find anything that seemed relevant to the investigation.

Elizabeth's room

[monsieurchatastrophe]

Jessie and I looked through Elizabeth's room, but there wasn't anything that stood out outside of a few personal letters.

Hancock's Room

[missmaladroite]

Jason and I searched Hancock's room. Jason said nearly nothing changed from last week - his will was still there, and everything else was a chaotic mess. There were a lot of bottles of alcohol on the ground - none of them were wine. There was a bottle of wine on the desk, mostly full, with two glasses. One was a glass of water, half full, and the other was an empty glass of wine. These were probably from when Elizabeth visited, unless he was drinking with someone else.

Hancock's letter was a little.... [she only read the part where they made out!!] Well, it suited his personality.

Fumi's Room

[tacklefordwhimsy]

There's not much to see, but it's worth noting her toothbrush and hairbrush aren't in her bathroom? If they are in Harold's room then that confirms Fumi's alibi.

Also, she's a fan of hopscotch, has been working about the extent of her powers, whatever they are, and has chemical notes that may be about stuff from the medbay. Maybe it's about the salve.

Body

[al2955]

The right area of the room has been sectioned off by a glass partition, which players can enter via a vertical sliding door. Light and Hancock's bodies have been laid out on a sterile metal autopsy table. Their bodies are covered with a plastic sheet, but the sheet can be removed. Other than the position and the sheet, the bodies have 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 10:03 AM and 10:06 AM. The photographs are close ups - they portray Light and Hancock's bodies, but no more of the scene than is necessary to do so. Still, if you want to check their position, it makes it easy to do so.

[qundercover]

[Okay, it's body desecrating time. Back to the ole GRINDSTONE of corpse violating. Gonna check Light's body first - his eyes for any unusual dilation, his mouth for any signs of Naughty Man Cherry poisoning and his body for a rash. Just in case.]

Host

[al2955]

[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.]

[jackhole]

[ rhys is the human embodiment of waste her time 2k16 so he has a question, again. ]

Will you let me go now, Alice?

[allout]

Hey, Alice. I have a question.

[ she might have been silent for the past half of the trial, but that doesn't mean she hasn't been listening. she's forming her own theories, which leads her to ask: ]

If we think that there's two culprits, does that mean we get two votes?

Summary

[missmaladroite]

So--- what we know.

First of all, the killer's initial plan had to involve targeting Light somehow. Because the killer was able to get a turret as part of their plan - and they put it in the salve cabinet of the medical bay. They then stole deadly nightshade and poison ivy from the garden, and, using a syringe from the medical bay, put poison ivy on Clover's keypad so that she would develop a rash on her hand. They then disposed of the syringe in the incinerator and burned it - there's still melted plastic behind - but the fumes are dangerous, as we know from Roxy and Adrien [SHOOTS AT GLARE AT HIM] getting sick.

Once the turret was in the salve cabinet, the killer activated it with an app on their datapad - which disappeared after use - from inside the medbay. This is because they had to have been in the medbay to activate it, we confirmed that yesterday. Then, all they had to do was wait for for Light to take Clover to the medbay, open the cabinet, and....

[....]

We still don't know what the nightshade [SHE'S NOT CALLING IT NAUGHTY MAN'S CHERRIES] was used for, and how exactly Hancock's death factored into this. What we do know was that the poison ivy was dug up in a hurry. And cotton gloves are now missing from the art storage, presumably to have done this.

And, er, either Light or Hancock was the one providing us with items. One of them had a third party role called the "Weirding".

[brooches]

...It was Hancock.

[ Elizabeth says softly. If Marinette heard her, that's good, but she repeats it louder. ]

Hancock has been helping us since the very beginning.

[chiseler]

[At the risk of angering the Liz defense squad...he has to ask.]

I've got a question. Doesn't Elizabeth's alibi stick her right in the hallway where our rooms are during the time the Fields came and went? Isn't that where the mural is? [Its a long shot but he's curious maybe if she saw them. Sorry Liz. Gotta ask the hard questions and blame equally for a while.]

[missmaladroite]

She was with Hancock in the early morning, as well...

[Marinette was meaning to ask about that]

[qundercover]

Took another look at the bodies - figured I'd check for signs of poisoning, see if we could see where the Naughty Man's Cherries went to. Light was clean, just took an overdose of gun. Hancock on the other hand looks like he had something going on. Irritation in his mouth, smelled of vomit. Could have just been a hangover, or could be something more - hard to tell. Irritation looked recent. Might be worth checking out more closely - maybe with the poison detection kit.

[tevinteriscoming]

I can't imagine why anyone would have poisoned Hancock.

Though -- is it possible he was poisoned accidentally? We know the killer collected belladonna but wound up using poison ivy instead last minute. What if they had to change their plan because Hancock accidentally ingested the poison? His profile says he was resistant to drugs, perhaps he would have also been somewhat resistant to poison.

Poison Results and the Anti-Jack Campaign

[jackhole]

[ okay so here rhys is with an ice pack on his head because he sure did get hit by a chair, but he's looking pretty smug regardless! yeah, he totally got one over on jack. he feels good about it.

also, he sort of kissed fiona. yeaaaah. ]

So, turns out the bottle of wine was poisoned. Very valid, crazy legit, pregnancy test confirmed. I guess someone's having a baby? Not Jack though, because he's a terrible father! 0/10, do not recommend. But as everyone knows, this kind of paints a target on Elizabeth's back.

[ and then he stands up and wags his cigar at everyone in the room, still holding the ice pack to his forehead. ]

Which means I'm going to suggest this -- even if Liz maybe kind of had some involvement in this, everyone knows she wouldn't do it. Probably was tricked into it. Look at her! Look at Hancock! They were, uh, besties or something. Whatever! What I want everyone to do is look deep into their hearts and realize this: Handsome Jack is an asshole. He isn't even very handsome! Look at his face, it's grotesque! So, vote Jack. A vote for Jack is a vote not for Liz or... wait, who else is a suspect?

[ looking at his datapad here ]

Frank...enstein... Fumi? Is that short for something? Fumigation? And Clover! They're nobodies and no one gives a shit, also Clover's busy angsting about her brother. No one wants to kill a crybaby! Instead, kill Jack! He doesn't know how to feel human emotions!

[ then he sways a little in place and falls back down in his chair. ]

... Whoa, kind of dizzy here.

[tevinteriscoming]

[You were doing so well. So well. Throwing the wine in Jack's face was a pretty respectable move, but respect is done.]

Or, we could discuss actual theories as to how the wine came to be poisoned.

Personally, I don't feel that this implicates Elizabeth. For one thing, she included her meeting with Hancock where he was presumably poisoned in her own alibi.

don't vote for yuno's faves 2k16

[bloodteller]

Hey, um. I'm sorry if this has been brought up yet, but the doctor. He has the ability to mess with memories, doesn't he? He did something to Machias when Allen died.

I'm really trying to think here, so it's only a thought. But can he tamper with memories? Then the alibis, if there isn't proof of them, they...

[breakshot]

I...

[ Well, he can't not speak up if someone's bringing up something he was involved in, but he's not sure he likes the sound of this. Still, he'll answer honestly. ]

... Yes, Frankenstein did help me recover some memories from what happened. However, I think I should note it was only some of them, not all. Other than that, you'll have to ask him yourself.

DRAAAAAG HIIIIIIM

[unasking]

[Frankenstein is absolutely sitting here drinking tea and listening to everyone, his brow furrowing now as he tilts his head.]

I'm free to listen to the rest of your theories and questions about what I'm capable of, should you have the interest.

[todorable]

[why is your room so clean wait no okay]

This might not go anywhere... But what Yuno's saying, about your memory stuff... What's up with that? As in, what's the World Book Encyclopedia version of what you can do and how it works?

gee trial why would you use two items.

[erythristic]

I...would like to ask something. How much of the fingerprinting tools do we currently possess? If there is enough, perhaps we could look into something - namely, the bottle in Hancock's room.

[call her crazy, but she's still trying to sort out her theories.]

[todorable]

There's enough to print one more thing. If you wanna go for it... Why the hell not?

trial clock

[breakshot]

Thirty minutes until voting closes.

[ Guess who's turn it is to do the trial clock! Guess who brought the power holler chords too!! ]

There's no time to waste. If we need to make a decision, we need to do it now. Anyone with last minute thoughts had better get them out there now if we don't want to screw this up.

[toprotecttheworld]

We have to pick the right person, or else Clover is going to be stuck looking at whoever killed her brother and resigned! This is serious!