WEEK 8 - Trial Day Two

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (8)

saturday TRIAL DAY TWO (22) 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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[al2955]

[THERE'S NO SHELF FULL OF MPREG BOOKS I'M PUTTING MY FOOT DOWN ON THIS but there is a shelf towards the back of the room dedicated solely to compendiums of odd medical cases throughout the galaxy. There's a whole lot of them, enough that the books are tightly squeezed together.

One of the books stands out though - the book at the very end of the shelf seems to be a fictional one about...vampire romances?]

[breakshot]

[ wherever that one mpreg book came from, the spot where it sat is getting marked for incineration too he's on a mission. wait, that doesn't look like an odd mpreg book what the hell. ]

... Tell me it isn't.

[ unfortunately twilight does exist in his world AND HE HAS HAD MORE THAN ENOUGH OF TWILIGHT RED MOON ROSE. Nevermind the fact YA fiction of all things is chilling out in the odd medical section?! Just because he can, he's going to take them out and mark these for incineration too. ... Okay, he's going to check first, then mark for incineration. ]

[al2955]

[Yeah, it's Twilight. All 8 books in one handy volume, how convenient!

The moment he removes the book, he'll notice that the shelf underneath it is scorched - it looks similar to the marks left in Arumat's room. The back cover of the book next to it has been singed as well.]

[breakshot]

What in Aidios' name...

[ Okay. Alice definitely did not mark these books for incineration ahead of him, did she? Let's check the shelf: aside from being similar, is it warped in any way too? Let's pull out that other book too and have a look. Just the back cover that's singed? How about the inside? Or the rest of the book? ]

[al2955]

[It's just the back cover that's singed. The shelf's slightly warped from heat the same way the wall in Arumat's room was. The inside of the shelf that the Twilight book had been nestled up against is also similarly scorched.]

[breakshot]

[ good to know and JUST BECAUSE this apparently might be #important he's going to check the section the twilight collection is supposed to go. anything off there? aside from bullshit vampire marriage and pregnancy and the fact team jacob was far better. ]

[al2955]

[Nope, nothing off! The books aren't as tightly shelved as the mpreg shelf, so there's enough space between them to fit the missing book, but otherwise it looks fine. Enjoy all the fifty Twilight spinoffs in that section.]

[breakshot]

[ just going to mark these for incineration pay no mind

Okay, because it's probably a good idea, he's going to bring Yuno back with him because she'd probably remember where she'd left her stuff. And going on a goose chase across the archives would probably waste more time too if we don't know where to look. ]

Here we are. Do you remember where you left the book?

[bloodteller]

[ okay look she is KIND OF UPSET over the idea of leaving grell and dave in that room but this is to clear grell's name as far as yuno is concerned, so when she walks into the archives, her eyes narrow. it's very anime ]

Yes.

[ there's a sharp tone there, determination clear in her voice. yuno approaches a table in the common area, set up for reading at one's leisure. she places a hand on the back of one chair. ]

It was here. I know I sat here... I left it on this table. [ and next she points to the long, rectangular table. you know. the library table. ]

[breakshot]

[ you are honestly kind of scary, yuno?? look. he doesn't want to believe mom did it either. anyway, let's have a look around. nothing else is left out, right? ]

And you got it from the... young adult section, right?

[ he GESTURES TO WHERE he found twilight earlier off in... some direction of the archives ]

So after they messed around with the shelves, they must have found your book. ... What time was this, again? When you left to get something to eat, that is.

[bloodteller]

[ nothing else of note, no. just looks like yuno was the only one dumb enough to leave a book out. ]

Yeah. I remember picking up a book called... The Hungry Games, or something. So young adult sounds right. And... [ she has to think for a moment, but she looks pretty sure, still. ] I got up about 5, give or take a little time. I remember I was playing tetris on a tablet around 6:30, so I'm pretty positive on the time.

[ and just for you her expression softens a bit machias isn't she so nice... ]

[breakshot]

That's still an hour before I spoke with Arumat. Let's see...

[ okay that's far cuter and less unsettling. please have that expression more often yuno, you're a nice girl. when you're not being intimidating. ]

All right, let's have a look at the shelves you mentioned earlier. Might help a bit if we retraced our steps.

[ like, the closest shelves to where she was sitting is what he's assuming. what are we looking at here? is this the same shelf that got mysteriously scorched? ]

[bloodteller]

[ actually, yuno leads him a few shelves away from the mpreg shelf. it's definitely the ya shelf, though, the hunger games is sticking out. she didn't do a good job putting it back. judar must be rubbing off on her. ]

[breakshot]

[ okay, let's yoink this sucker out of the shelf. we're not going to find more scorched shelves are we? ]

So after you returned this one, you mentioned you walked away from it. What happened next?