spacecoast | WEEK 1: TRIAL

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!

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Thank you.

[ but also like, concerned look? there's a brief nonverbal communication eyebrow raise here. ]

We can at least begin to consider what kind of weapon might have caused that sort of damage.

...for what it's worth, the screws are supposed to be there. So we can worry about that part less.

[ nods... ]

The crushed hand and what was ostensibly the killing blow. We will have to wait for a more thorough report, but it is a start.

Yeah. Throné'll be thorough and then we can go from there.

She is the best assistant one could ask for.

[ so yeah. 100%. temenos watches throné's back as she gets back to work, frowning, but doesn't say anything else. ]

[ he looks confused for a sec, but then nods with a surprising amount of understanding. ]

Probably as spinal support, yeah? Given his condition.

Yeah. He told me once about how doctors put screws in his spine and that's why he made a brace for himself years ago.

Makes sense. So unless they were somehow fucked with, yeah, safe to ignore them.

...Never thought this kinda knowledge would help in a murder trial, heh.

[ a lil half-smile. ]

You'd be surprised what suddenly becomes relevant in a murder. It's...probably best that all of us keep an open mind about stuff and rule it out instead of thinking it might not matter at all.