WEEK 2: TRIAL

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WEEK 2 TRIAL     41 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 third trial! Over the course of the next nine hours, characters will have the opportunity to discuss, investigate and theorize about Sidon's and Ashe's murders. 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

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INVESTIGATIONS

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[ once a request has been made, and subsequently approved, your assigned senior officer will take your party to the location in question. ]

THE BATHROOMS

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[ io will escort owner and blade towards the restrooms and showers. the barrier will lift, allow them all inside, though io pauses a moment as they pop open an i.r.i.s. screen, a notification arriving with a PING! hmm... ]

Alright... we'll begin here.

[ tilting their head at the bronze notification before they sweep it away to dismiss it. ]

Seems like we may have to make a small pitstop elsewhere after this before meeting back with the others. So stay sharp... Shout if you need assistance.

[discomfort]

Ah...? Well, that's fine.

[ owner pulls the blanket closer to be more comfortable. ]

Then let's begin.

[ okay first, i guess, is there anything immediately noticeable about the entrance itself. how's the door?? any damage? or anything around the entrance on the floor. markings? trails? ]

[baebladie]

...

[ Blade is...perhaps still not the best conversationalist at times, yet all the same he gives a slight nod at those words. Then carries his gaze over the points that Owner does.

Anything else that can be easily witnessed beyond the door? Strange things able to be viewed from their line of sight on the walls past it? Strange sounds that should not be? ]

[dropoffs]

[ the entryway doesn't seem to have any damage, as blade and owner approach. if they enter, they will hear the sounds of a shower that is still turned on, merrily wasting water, wow!

meanwhile, also visible from the doorway is the fact that one of the mirrors over the sink seems to have been the victim of being partially shattered ]

[discomfort]

[ oh...

well, guess they can split up here. owner will head over to the shower, and for a moment looks rather nostalgic. THE RESTROOM... SUCH FOND MEMORIES WERE HAD IN HERE.........

anyway on the way to the sound of the water, is there anything on the floor? BLOOD?? water drops? or is it all clean and dry? ]

OMEGA MART

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[ Hello, everyone. Callisto will take them to Omega Mart and this is what it usually looks like from a quick c/p of the locations page.

A grocery is an oddity in space, but despite that, this one is no less stocked with all of the fresh food you might need for preparing personal meals in the galley. There are a variety of familiar and unfamiliar foods in the produce, deli, and bakery sections, along with perishable and nonperishable food spread out in densely packed aisles. Baskets are provided for your shopping needs. Additionally, non-food items have aisles as well. Need red solo cups? We've got them!

At the front of the store is a long wall of konbini-style pre-prepared products, fast meals (like cup ramen), snacks, and drinks. The placement is for maximum convenience, in case you just need to grab something and run.

What is different is that they'll find the grocery store a mess with items strewn about here in the entrance way and some distance ahead. There's... Some dented item boxes from cookies to oatmeal, canned soups, bruised packaged meals, fruit, vegetables, just a slew of Omega Mart items on the floor. The shelves reflect that as well, a mess where items used to be.

At a glance, they can see that one section of Omega Mart is messier than the rest. ]

[tombtaker]

[ gonna pick up some frozen fish sticks and pizza rolls to bring back ..........

well that all looks great. he'll head in, careful to avoid stepping on anything on the floor or kicking anything out of the way in his surprisingly thigh-high but quite flat-heeled boots.

he'll follow the mess in, taking a look around as he goes - does it look like there's a clear path through here where the mess goes? anything like blood or other bodily fluids on the floor? ]

[bossbabygirl]

[me n the girls walking into omegamart heading straight to the clearance bread rack...

or in this case she will head to the location that is messier than the rest of the store. what does she see?]

[dropoffs]

[ We love adult shopping.

Lucien is so careful... This can of corn thanks him. Lay it to rest. As he searches through the mess of items when he heads in, he may find a few of droplets though they don't make a clear trail. They are just around, clear in color and very sparse.

On the messier side as Margaret shifts over, she will see... Again, so much mess just worse, then down that aisle is the poor floral department which was also affected. Some of the bucket of flowers were spared at least, but many of them have toppled over with flowers splayed on the floor with the rest of the market items. ]

[tombtaker]

[ he does kick one can of corn across the room as a spiteful warning to never thank him for anything.

clear droplets, but no blood right?

is



is it water? please be water. or does it appear to be something else? ]

HIPPITEA SHOP

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[ after the portal opens up at the entrance to this part of the concourse, ganymede steps aside to make room for the two of them to start the investigation, taking stock of the area themself as they do. for your reference:

Hankering for some coffee? Some tea? How about boba? Sweets? Looks like this café might be what could satisfy the craving.

Bright, fun, and inviting, with some cute teacup shaped seats just outside, the menu seems unending - and, somehow, things are always in stock and fresh. The cute shop is blatantly rabbit-themed, but there's no one around to explain why, exactly, that is. Macarons are shaped like rabbit heads, breads stare cutely out in little bunny shapes, and even the furniture has sprouted bunny ears.

However, there are a few hints as to what the connection might be in this cute, fun place - what isn't rabbit-themed is covered in moons.

Much like the Food Court, there is a barista robot behind the counter that waves you goodbye when you leave, as well as a more rabbit-eared server robot rolling around the shop.

however, it's not in pristine condition YET AGAIN. it's a little bit of a mess in here. ]

[naeddre]

[where is the mess located? she's wandering in here, limping slightly.]

[frotag]

[ actually yeah wait hold on a second WE ARE BOTH CRIPPLED this is fine. while throné handles the mess, ichiban goes to check on the rabbit server, if it's around...? bnuuy doko ]

[dropoffs]

[ why do you think ganymede didn't make you walk the whole way??? they're keeping an eye on you both as little galaxies continue to fizzle and fade off of them.

the mess is located... everywhere! many pieces of the cute decor and furniture are overturned - both chairs and tables - and there's a mess of squishy lil balls and liquids all over them, the floor, the walls. cups, boba straws, macarons litter the floor.

bnuuy bot is there, hiding in a corner with a tearful emoji face much like the nyanbots last week, but appears undamaged. ]

[naeddre]

[yeah she looks like she might pass out but it's fine she's had worse. she's determined.

she's going to go look at the mess a little more closely where the food items and things are. she will take one of each thing on the ground that you mentioned and hold it in a cup. is there any blood or scratches or things like that around? anything on the overturned tables/chairs?]

ARMORY & COMBAT ROOM

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[ In we go. Which Europa escorts them and will stand off to the side to give them the room to explore. I almost said explode, that bodes well. Anyways, some copypaste from the locations.

A row of sleek, black lockers line the hallway that leads towards the kwoon combat room and armory. Each crew member will find that they have a locker with their first and last name on it (where applicable) as well as their employee tag number. Inside each locker, they will find a spare, sleek EVA suit with a helmet and boots that conform to any size. There is an armory further up ahead once you step into the kwoon room, and the back wall is dedicated to staves, training swords of all kinds, and other weaponry. There is a small target set up in the back, capable of taking on the practice weapons and ammunition supplied for target practice. The rest of the kwoon room is lined with thick mats for throwing, leaping, tumbling, and whatever other sort of combat practice you get up to.

Right away, they can tell the room is very cold and.. wet. Tis wet. It also looks like a mess given there are just plentiful amount of weapons scattered and thrown about. ]

Be thorough, and don't hurt yourselves. Let me know when you're done.

[solesuccess]

[ no explosions plz........ ]

Thanks, Europa. [ he immediately shivers when they enter the cold room though, and he's carefully walking in. is the entire armory floor covered in water? or is it wet in different spots/clustered more in some areas than others? he's also going to start checking the ground for any glass now that they know snowglobes are a thing. ]

[riverbeans]

[NO EXPLODING!!!]

Got it, friend.

[while shoma does that, charles will first try and see if he can open every locker like a nosy binch. also, do all of the weapons scattered on the floor look like they're from the armoury, or is there any that stands out?]

[dropoffs]

[ Don't call me friend, buddy.

The room doesn't look to be covered in water in what you might expect from a flood or something, no it's more that it is wet in different spots/clusters yeah. But in general the room seems Wet. With a bit of a trail from where you came into the armory. Since Shoma is specifically looking at the ground for glass, he'll catch glints of glass among the mess on the floor. Pieces of shattered glass, and something more notably shiny buried.

Charles has no respect for privacy and tries to open every locker, what the feck. He does not find anything notable in the lockers though. Just untouched suits, helmets and boots that are normally here. Looking at the weapons scattered around... yes, they look like they are all from the armory. He'd also be able to tell that all of these are smaller weapons. Throwing knives, ninja stars, kunae, batarangs... and so forth. ]

[solesuccess]

[ while charles is once again on sidequest hell and being nosy, shoma will go ahead and crouch down to look at the notably shiny buried thing? pushing debris aside to grab it with his prosthetic hand. what do we have?

also since he's down here is there glitter or snowflakes in the water as well? ]

THE STRIP MALL

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[ io will escort these two mall rats into the strip mall. the stores for the most part at the start seem to be normal, untouched and just waiting for some more rampant bouts of shopping. however, something seems off about one shop coming up on their /throws dart right.

it looks to be a shop that specializes in very dapper clothing. There looks to be a lone mannequin postured in the wide window, dressed in what looks to be some very dapper clothing and holding a plain-looking cane. ]

[uncoincidental]

[hmm... time to enter that shop, then! looking around as she enters - anything immediately obvious about the state of the store from the entrance?]

[teenrebellion]

[ well. before entering, the mannequin looks normal? and the display around it as well, in the window?

he's going to trail after sheba at a slower pace, watching his step for anything out of the ordinary. how's it looking ]

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[ kazuki zooms in on the window before heading in. as checks out the window, he'll notice that it looks like some mannequins have been removed from this display, leaving just the one lonely mannequin. there are some vacant spaces here, showing that there were originally four here in this window. the single mannequin itself is sharply dressed in some gorgeous threads and wearing a top hat. it is also holding what seems to be a plain-looking cane in its hands.

as kazuki and sheba enter, they can tell even at a first glance that some real shit went down here. all sorts of dapper clothing and accessories have been strewn about; display racks have been knocked over.

they will both something is sticking out of the wall right by the entrance now that they're inside... ]