WEEK 7 - Trial Day Two

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (7)

sunday TRIAL DAY TWO (24) 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]

Well, it's not a stun gun, evidently.

[erythristic]

It's nice to at least have that much certainty.

[hatslinger]

Certainty.. I wonder if that's something to jump off on. Whatever it was, it had to be necessary to burn it, because it'd be obvious what it was. But it's not something we recognize from the ship. What else was on the list?

[antagonize]

[Reciting from memory because he's a nERD:]

There's the turret, a proximity mine, the fucking lightsaber, a corrosive dagger, the vent map, the universal card, the cloaking device, and the mystery box. Which we obviously don't know if it could have something chrome in it because, duh. Would kind of defeat the point of a mystery box.

[thanatosincarnate]

What about that corrosive dagger?

That has chrome in it and is metal, isn't it?

[bloodteller]

Why would it be the corrosive dagger? There's no other marks on her, so she must have been killed with the blunt force trauma.

[antagonize]

Could be the corrosive dagger, but that doesn't account for the colorful piece of paper Shelley found.

Maybe Alice was nice enough to gift wrap the mystery box for our killer.

[hatslinger]

Think of it this way. If it's a box, something has to be inside it. That'd be two different things, wouldn't it? We only found one thing.

[erythristic]

They could have burned the item, and the box itself.

[but would it have burned quick enough...]

[antagonize]

If we assume the paper Shelley found belongs to the box, and the item inside it was metal... This could be right.

[They're going to have to rework all their theories. Welp.]

[douchemag]

'Course, if one of those things is what was burnt, it would mean the vent map wasn't used. Which means we're right back where we started.

[antagonize]

Yep. Nothing to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside like knowing we have to start from square one if this turns out to be right.

[douchemag]

Except we wouldn't even be at square one, we'd be at square zero. We've been thinking this whole time the killer left the room using the vent - but if they didn't have the vent map, how'd they manage to escape? What, did they just crawl around in there for hours hoping they'd get lucky and come out somewhere no one would see them?

[thatbites]

Maybe they hid inside of a cabinet until everyone was done inspecting the body.

[#sarcasm.]

[chiseler]

[...sarcasm though that may be, taking into account what Adam just said, too...]

If they had the cloaking device and burned something to fool us into thinking it was the map instead, they could have hidden right in plain sight.

[tacklefordwhimsy]

No. There's something wrong here!

[Shelley seems to have an idea!]

Luke, I think there's a flaw...if the killer wanted to make people want us to think the map was burned, wouldn't they need to know how the map looked like to create a convincing fake?

[thatbites]

[Is this a real consideration... Hm.]

I mean, yeah. Then all they would have to do is walk out the door you opened.

[hatslinger]

Well actually, if they didn't use the vents and they barricaded the only other exit, then.. Huh.

[douchemag]

The cabinets aren't that small, are they?

[does he look like he fucking cooks to you he can't remember shit about them]

Plus there's no way they'd be able to make it to the incinerator in time if they had to wait around until people were done looking at the body.

[antietam]

The cloaking device was metal...

[antagonize]

It was, but that still doesn't account for the piece of paper Shelley found. If it's not the vent map, then it could be— I don't know. Gift wrapping from the mystery box? It was colorful on one side and blank on the other.

[chiseler]

So what, it'd be like "congratulations on your planned murder, here's a gift to help you get started"?

Any way we can get a confirmation on what type of paper it was? Gift wrap's usually different than normal paper.

[antagonize]

We're stuck on a ship with an AI who has a gore kink. Would you really be surprised?

Not sure if we could get confirmation on what type of paper it is, though. Seems to me like it's been burnt beyond recognition... But we might as well try it out, right?

[antietam]

What if it's a red herring? They printed out a colorful piece of paper and burned it to make us think the map had been used.

[chiseler]

Probably not that surprised. Either way, I can go check it out in the evidence case while everybody's bouncing around theories.