WEEK 1: TRIAL

[dropoffs]

WEEK 1 TRIAL     43 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 an enormous lift stationed by the mess hall. Come 11:50, if you aren't on the lift, you will certianly 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 ramp 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 second trial! Over the course of the next nine hours, characters will have the opportunity to discuss, investigate and theorize about Viktor'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!

NAVIGATE
QUESTIONS INVESTIGATION REQUESTS BODY CHECK EVIDENCE TURN-IN INVESTIGATIONS EXAMINE EVIDENCE PUBLIC CHAT LOCATIONS STATUSES PROFILES SUPPLY SHOP

Comments

[discomfort]

Mm. The example last week was hard to figure out in that regard, because the two of them already knew each other. Viktor-sama is here by himself though, right?

[ no one has said they know him from home so he is assuming this ]

[thematics]

I think so. [ she didn't get a chance to talk to viktor... but personally feels that if anyone had known him from home they would have been loudly making fun of the sidon situation. ]

Scien kept saying that he was sure it was his own choice - even when it didn't really add up. He just didn't understand his own reactions afterwards. And it might have been lingering effects making him feel that way, too.

[discomfort]

Mm. I asked him why he didn't just confess, since he didn't want to hide that he did it, and he suddenly realized he had no idea why he didn't. It didn't occur to him that was strange until it was pointed out to him.

[thematics]

Yeah, same thing with me. And even though he kept saying he made the choice himself, he also seemed aware that his motivation didn't add up.

[discomfort]

If it is some sort of coercion or brainwashing, it's a rather nasty kind. To be unable to tell that something is wrong with your own explanation...

[thematics]

Most effective way to do it.

[discomfort]

And makes it more difficult for us.

[thematics]

[ just SIGHING about it ]

[inquired]

[ mood ]

Anyone's a suspect until the evidence proves otherwise.

[perfectpower]

When I talked to him I tried to ask him who or what made him do it, and I felt violent emotions come from him before he suddenly got calm and said he chose it. And the more I talked to him, the more confused he sounded over what happened. Like, he was saying he chose it but didn't sound sure of that.

[thematics]

Something was definitely messing with him. More than he was able to consciously notice.

Or maybe verbalize.

[perfectpower]

[He nods.]

We should plan on it bein' the case today too, that whoever it is won't be able to give us anything useful.