WEEK 0: TRIAL

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WEEK 0 TRIAL     45 CREW ACTIVE

 

ALL CREW MEMBERS, PLEASE REPORT TO THE CONFERENCE HALL AT 1200 HOURS. REPEAT, ALL CREW MEMBERS REPORT TO THE CONFERENCE HALL AT 1200 HOURS.

I.R.I.S. SYSTEMS ARE UPDATING TO ALLOW SHIP AND CONCOURSE-WIDE ACCESS AT THIS TIME IN PREPARATION FOR INVESTIGATION AND RESOLUTION OF THE EVENTS FROM THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY MORNING.

ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION.

Good morning, junior crew. With the heavy news of last night carrying into Saturday morning, things are incredibly quiet around the CSS Eudora. You may carry on with your personal business during the morning, but come 11:00, a soothing voice will cut into the air and announce that at 12:00 everyone must report to "the Conference Hall." Strange, however, that it's not on the map.

Never fear, your I.R.I.S. will automatically project a small beam of warm, orange light on the ground, directing you towards a large gated lift that has risen from the floor by the mess hall. Come 11:50, if you aren't on the lift, you will certainly find yourself moving there physically whether you intend it or not. The lift is capable of carrying every occupant of the Eudora to a sublevel that leads towards the mentioned Conference Hall.

The enormous hall opens up past two large, double doors with the word EUDORA printed over it. Within, a lengthy monitor sprawls across the entirety of it, displaying Thursday night's victims profiles along with a large map of the Eudora herself. With plush, dark seats in rows and a long table at the head of the room where four members of your senior crew await, it is clear what exactly this space is for, especially as the words TRIAL IN SESSION appear on the monitor and an ominous-looking countdown:
09:00:00

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Welcome to your first trial! Over the course of the next nine hours, characters will have the opportunity to discuss, investigate and theorize about Dahut's murder. Characters will have time to examine the body of the victim and explore relevant locations.

There will be a mod-tag break between 4 PM EST / 1 PM PST to 5 PM EST / 2 PM PST. While the trial may continue and players can tag each other, mod-led threads such as questions and investigations will be on hold.

Finally, we have a voting page for characters to vote on the culprit! Please be sure that your vote is in by the time trial finishes at 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST, unless you've spoken with the mods previously, as we'll begin tallying votes on the dot. Voting is mandatory for Spacecoast, acting as our weekly activity check in this game.

Good luck!

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Comments

[egodist]

Hm, so that's where the smoke could've been from.

[though there's a twitch of his expression at the hand mention]

Just the hand? And why there...?

[psynchroneyes]

Yeah. Nobody bothered to turned the stove back off.

[ fire hazard... ]

I don't know. I mean, if you're insane enough to start chopping people apart...

[egodist]

Where did they say that the torso piece of his body was found?

This at least lends to the idea that he lost his right hand first, and then tried to apply a tourniquet.

[barriermaddened]

Given he was still alive when he lost his hand, could he have placed it in the freezer himself to keep it fresh for a posterior reattachment?

[I hope I'm not misremembering about that limbs can be reattached as long as they're okay enough for it]

[egodist]

[he looks thoughtful at this]

Perhaps.

I might've been able to fix him.

[though a new body is just easier at that point]

[agamid]

The torso was found in the simulation rooms. It's likely the altercation began in the Galley and then ended there.

[egodist]

Hm... We'll need to see what they look like, but that is a distance that Dahut already wouldn't have his hand.

Another disadvantage.

[agamid]

I believe there is another group already set to investigate them, so we should know more soon.

[ thinking of the burnt fabric... ]

Was any of Master Dahut's clothing torn when you examined him?

[egodist]

No. No tears or cuts in the pieces of his clothes that we do have.

Just covered in blood.

[agamid]

I see. Then the fabric they find might point to our culprit.

I wonder as well, if the bruise you found was caused by the frying pan.

[egodist]

It might have to. I can't imagine that tearing someone apart is particularly neat. Even my autopsies get rather messy.

[scien is probably bloody right now actually]

I believe the Raven Consort is examining the pan now, if she'd like to compare while I supervise.

[agamid]

[ that is fine as long as he changed out his gloves. ]

We may as well rule it out as a possibility. Else we might need to consider if it was used to injure the assailant.

[egodist]

[uhhhhhhhh]

Oh? You expect to get everyone to comply to a search for bumps and bruises?

I suppose making that request would suit you, Masochist.

[why diD HIS NICKNAME GET WORSE]

[inquired]

Masochist... I see.

[ lol lmao lol ]

[egodist]

A perverse plague of questionable proclivities is overtaking the whole ship, Fake Priest.

[inquired]

[ help ]

Oh, am I a con man? [ the vibes are amused ] Perhaps you were right in that is infectious. Is Dion the initiator, or merely a victim?

[egodist]

I consider you Patient Zero.

So I suppose he might simply be a bystander caught in the undertow of the devil's call.

[scien's vibes are that he

doesn't think this at all actually]

[agamid]

I would prefer that you didn't.

[ SIGHS! ]

[inquired]

Nothing escapes mine eyes.

[roseoftexas]

[ learns so much about dion in this murder trial, i guess. ]

[agamid]

[ SCIEN JUST CALLING HIM THINGS his expression does not budge but unfortunately the vibes........ are amused.................... stop this we are solving a murder

anyway yeah dion will make it and then everyone will think he's a pervert and vote for him ]

I most certainly would not expect everyone to comply with such a request. Then again, Master Dahut did make himself to be very well-liked, so perhaps their affection for him will be motivation enough.

If the need arises.

[egodist]

[NOT THE AMUSED VIBES DION SAVE YOURSELF scien's eyebrow raise is knowing but he lets it slide]

If the need arises.

Do as you please. We all need something to lift our spirits.

[agamid]

[ can he not be amused when he hears something funny? ]

I thank you for your permission.

[barriermaddened]

I assume you wondering that means there wasn't anything particularly valuable about Dahut's hand?

[Unlike his still missing heart, she means]

[egodist]

No. Our entire bodies are manufactured, but at first glance we are no different from humans aside from a few marks.

[gestures at his own multi-colored eyes with the glowing blue pupils, and then at the beautiful floral design on his own neck]