WEEK SIX - TRIAL DAY TWO

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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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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.

[chiseler]

And according to Elizabeth the wine was already in Hancock's possession by the time she went to see him. So that means...what, that he picked up the bottle from somewhere someone was sure he'd pick it up? Or he accepted it as a gift from someone else he knew.

[antietam]

To be fair, the poisoning was well-hidden. It wouldn't have immediately implicated her or anything.

But I think we have to figure out why kill him if there was already a plan to kill Light. They seem like the same killer to me just because both things linked to the crimes came from the garden.

[jackhole]

[ a grimace here ]

I'm looking out for my own skin here, mustache man. You have to give me some credit.

[ yeah he probably still doesn't know dorian's name. or the name of most people here. six weeks, rhys! ]

[laptopper]

... He probably should have hit you a little harder.

[ SHE IS A GENIUS NOBODY FUCK YOU. ]

[bloodbiter]

It would have been ideal if he were knocked unconscious, I agree.

[jackhole]

Eh, it takes something bigger than a chair to knock me out cold. I've got a hard noggin.

[ don't be so smug about it?? ]

[unasking]

[Amazing.]

I'm simultaneously grateful and offended.

Thank you for that, Rhys.

[jackhole]

I, uh, try? Yeah.

[antagonize]

... Oookay. Now that that speech is over, how about we start thinking about where the bottle of wine could've come from?

[And never speak of Rhys's existence again.]

The obvious answer would be Elizabeth gave it to him, yeah. But if we take what she said about the bottle already being there during her visit as the truth, then it must have come from somewhere else. As someone who was in that pigsty last week, I can definitely tell you it wasn't among his stash while he was a suspect. That means he must have acquired it sometime this week.

[brooches]

Have we looked at the parlour? Is there anything similar..?

[ She knows of alcohol but not friends with it. Wait til tonight tho. 2turnt2feel. ]

Our attention has been on the crime scene and the gardens.

1/2

[bloodteller]

Fuck you.

[bloodteller]

[ wait, hold on. ]

--Sorry. Rhys, we'll figure out the killer on our own. Fair and square. You can't tell us who to vote for without proof.

[erythristic]

Or, when Hancock turned away to get her water, Elizabeth poisoned his glass of wine.

[she says this calmly, counting down the seconds until half the ship hates her.]

[bloodteller]

You don't have any proof of that.

[ fightin' words, grell ]

[antietam]

[ Just going to quietly chat with her. Unpopular theories unite. ]

I think the question becomes motivation then. And the only motivation I can think of is... retirement. If Hancock really wanted Elizabeth to get out fine, then it would be hard for us to suspect her if she killed him, right?

[brooches]

[ She flinches, she had been expecting it. Since conversing with Luke and others about her place in the hallway and drinking with Hancock. ]

That's... that's a valid theory. I can't dispute it, can I?

[ She's scared. She's terrified the killer is going to get away with this and their deaths will be in vain. ]

He entered his bathroom with a glass, filled it up and returned. That's my official testimonial on the matter. If I wanted to keep a poisoning secretive, why would I put the location on my alibi...?

[bloodbiter]

Why would she include being in his room in her alibi if she tried to kill him there? That's a horrible plan.

[thanatosincarnate]

...

I consider the idea of Elizabeth being more indirectly involved by her being present when the offer for some wine was given than anything.

{ Well, it's not like anyone can blame Grell for thinking of it -- or they could but Arumat could also just sock them in the face too. }

[chiseler]

This has been real entertaining. [Is he the only one amused? Probably. Sorry about that.] Any other reasons we should all be Anti-Jack right now?

[It's. Mostly sarcastic. Rhys why are you like this...] And wouldn't that mean Jack has a reason to target these people in particular? Or are you gonna tell me it's because he's a bad guy and he'll go after whoever's convenient?

[jackhole]

How many times do I have to say genocidal lunatic who razed Fiona's planet to the ground before anyone takes me seriously? What the hell.

[ HE'S GOT JACK RELATED PTSD LEAVE HIM ALONE ]

No, Jack only puts thought into his kills when it's personal. Otherwise, everyone's just a bullet to the brain. He's thrown people out of the airlock for getting his coffee order wrong.

[douchemag]

[oh my god he is all aboard the Rhys train from this going forward]

You sure you're not just saying this because he's probably gonna kill you if he survives?

poison results pt. 2?????

[antagonize]

[After running a small test, Jason is going to return to this hot mess.

Why is this mess happening.

Either way, he'll clear his throat to get people's attention first.]

Hey— if we're wondering whether or not the wine was poisoned after Hancock poured himself a glass? Looks like it's more likely it was poisoned before he even popped the bottle open. Asked Alice to fetch us another bottle of wine and a syringe, and lo and behold... the needle went past the cork pretty easily.

[So.]

I'm guessing the killer must have used the syringe to poison the bottle, handed it over to Hancock, and then got rid of the evidence in the incinerator.

making sacrifices for science: electric boogaloo

[breakshot]

Well, I was curious about something, so I made a small trip over to Light's room. Have a look.

[ Machias is holding up his left arm, showing the underside of it. There's a rash on it that looks awfully similar to Clover's. ]

Looks like whoever did this made sure to get Light's handprint scanner too. So, assuming they grabbed the leaves in a hurry, then they also had time to get both Light and Clover's scanners before leaving.