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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[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.

[tevinteriscoming]

A decent bottle of wine is in short supply around here. The easiest way to get one is to request it at the trial. Perhaps someone else requested it for him and brought it to him.

[chiseler]

I'm leaning toward the latter. You had a smart idea about ordering these things during trial. [Which thanks btw. But.] Still puts us back to the question of who else would Hancock have trusted enough to accept wine from?

[unasking]

Given how many people onboard have a penchant for alcohol, is there any way to say that Hancock in particular could have picked it up?

Though it's also not set in stone that Hancock was specifically targeted either, I suppose.

[tevinteriscoming]

Did Light ever drink wine, perchance?

[unasking]

You'd have to ask Clover for further confirmation, however I've never personally seen him reach for a glass. I was under the assumption that his drink of choice was tea.

[chiseler]

That's the other thing, I don't think so. If anybody saw a bottle of wine, let's say, in the parlor or somewhere where you'd normally find wine, they could just pick it up.

The thing I don't understand here is if Hancock wasn't targeted, how would our killer know who they actually would have killed in a scenario where somebody else picked it up? They'd have to know that their victim didn't die in order to have time to freak out and set up Light's death. Unless we really are working with two cases here? [Ugh. He's rubbing at his forehead in thought.] That's where things start blurring.

[unasking]

It would explain why things might have been done in a rush. The syringe disappeared overnight after all. If no body announcement was made by a certain time when the poison should've already claimed its victim and been found, perhaps that's when the haphazard new method to kill Light began.

[chiseler]

Well that's the other thing. What would the syringe have been used for between Thursday night and Friday morning that would relate to Light and Clover's situation? I don't think it makes sense that it was used to put poison ivy on the door, but...?

[unasking]

[WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS CONVENIENT TEST]

Supposedly the entirety of the syringe's contents could've gone into the wine itself - hence why it's not related to Light and Clover's situation.

It would almost be better to determine whether or not the nightshade and poison ivy were taken from the garden at the same time or if they were separate events.

[tevinteriscoming]

Separate, I'd think -- the nightshade was picked carefully, but the ivy was said to have been picked rushedly.

[chiseler]

Arumat's report says the whole plant was taken of the nightshade versus the poison ivy which were some shreds from the leaves. Given that it was clear somebody tried to hide the nightshade was gone but didn't seem to care about the poison ivy? I don't think they were simultaneous. It's definitely a last-ditch effort which would mean the wine was prepared sometime Thursday night or early Friday before Elizabeth went to see Hancock since that's when the syringe disappeared.

[Right? Tell him he's smart, Franken, this is logical to him.]

[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.

[tevinteriscoming]

Agreed. I can't fathom how or why he would have been poisoned when another plot was already in motion. There's no benefit to it.

[erythristic]

Are you so sure the purpose was to kill Hancock?

[antietam]

What do you mean? I think the purpose was to get him to go to the medbay... maybe to implicate him? But the killer had to know the turret would still be on, so... There had to be some estimation that he would be killed.

[erythristic]

Or it could have been to incapacitate him until the true target was taken care of.

[antietam]

Light? But Hancock wouldn't have gone to the medbay if not for the poison.

[erythristic]

As long as he was kept out of harm's way until after Light's death and discovery, then him going to the medbay would pose no problem.

[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! ]

[tevinteriscoming]

Can't I have a better nickname? You don't even like him, and he still gets to be Handsome.

[jackhole]

He named himself that.

[ but he still considers and looks dorian up and down here as he thinks. ]

You could be uh... no... left sleeve guy.

[ rhys is not good at this. ]

[tevinteriscoming]

You're abysmal at this. Call me Dorian and let's have done with it, or I'll begin making up nicknames you may not like.

[jackhole]

[ putting his face in his hands ]

Okay, yeah. I'm so sorry.

[ for his bad nicknames. not anything else though. ]