WEEK 2: TRIAL

[dropoffs]

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!

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

Comments

[tombtaker]

[ hooray a tube

great, he'll step back to observe the scene as a whole while Margaret digs in closer - is there anything else out of place they've missed or is most of it in this area?

Does it look like a blizzard could have happened in here - as in, is there anything slightly soggy like melted snow, or leftover ice marks. ]

[bossbabygirl]

[well what are those red strands...]

[dropoffs]

[ Lucien gets the whole field of view. He can discern that Omega Mart likely did not suffer a blizzard of any kind (no ice marks, no soggy sog, no leftover snow, etc.). None of the items are wet and the amount of droplets he has found are very few.

On Lucien's side of Omega Mart and freezer back aisle, he has nothing left to see with his tube aside from the knocked down grocery shelf against the freezers that separates him and Margaret.

The strands are strands. It is hard to tell without a closer look at them, but they aren't very large. They don't seem to match anything around her, though... No vegetable or fruit here with red strands. ]

[tombtaker]

[ great. that eliminates that idea.

does it look like something heavy (perhaps a frozen sidon) was dragged through here? Or more like people were engaged in combat? ]

[bossbabygirl]

[she scoops up the strands and the bouquet and then will examine the knocked down grocery shelf. is there anything...under it? or where it meets the freezer?]

[dropoffs]

[ More that people are engaged in something here than someone being dragged through here. The mess is such a mess with no clearing or trail of someone dragged through it.

Omega Mart items are under it from likely being toppled over... But as she peeks where it meets the freezer (which has some collision damage) and more under it, she can glance the bottom part of a blocked freezer having a pole stored inside. It does not fit with the rest of the Omega Mart items in there. It's the freezer door in the middle, very blocked by the shelf.

She won't be able to make it out without moving the grocery shelf and it looks. Very heavy. ]

[tombtaker]

[ sidon was found here - does it seem like maybe his body was in the freezer itself and he fell there?

he will help with the grocery shelf but he ain't gonna volunteer for it, Margaret will have to ask (but you can assume he helps if he's asked) ]

[bossbabygirl]

[looks at her 8 strength.]

There's some kind of pole here, but I can't move the shelf that's in the way.

[so. let's try. but also she will snap some pictures of the damage.]

[dropoffs]

[ We will see...

Lucien, with Margaret politely asking, helps with removing the shelf. With their struggle and pain where they could cause lower back problems in the future, they can access the freezer doors now. The other two freezers the shelf blocked show nothing off about them.

The middle freezer, with the pole, is now in view for both of them. It's a spear... And there's more damage on the door than what one would expect from a grocery shelf toppling onto it. The items in this freezer are also crushed inward (further into the freezer) or dented. ]

[tombtaker]

[ his damage comes from dex he knows how to lift with his knees!!!!! he will move to try and extract the spear using that same dex, reaching an arm through and grabbing it to pull. ]

Keep holding the shelf.

[ OKAY BOSSY!!!!!!

does it seem like the damage could have been caused by someone of sidon's weight and height, or smaller. ]

[bossbabygirl]

Augh. It's too heavy, I can't hold this.

[she will drop it on him the second he extracts the spear. sorry.]

[dropoffs]

[ Me blinking as they both keep holding the shelf because they may need to hold onto it a little longer. As Lucien tries to extract the spear, he will see that the freezer door handle is missing. It was difficult to see because black handle on black metal frame, but with his dex he can fiddle and finagle to get the door open and extract the spear. With the door wide open, they get blasted by the freezer air.

Do not ask me about door mechanics.

There is a clearer view of the damage on the inside of the door. The impact cracks are not only large, they are at a high height (so Sidon possible). There are thin scratches along the door, too.

Anyway, spear granted and Margaret abandons Lucien. ]

[tombtaker]

[ he gets hit on the head, dies, comes back to life with a much nicer personality that everyone likes better, dies again, and then returns to this very moment in time as still an asshole but this time in a Bad Mood ]

What the fuck?

[ well I FEEL WE NEED TO HURRY so instead of arguing with Margaret right at this moment he has obtained a spear and will inspect the door damage - do the scratches seem to match the spear end? ]

[bossbabygirl]

[mods this is non-canon she drops it on lucien and messes up the crime scene.

anyway, she will look around the rest of omegamart? is there anything else missed or did we get it all?]

[dropoffs]

[ decommissions Lucien and Margaret can lie about how he died

The scratches could match the spear, but Lucien will make out a lot of the scratches come in a set of five, no matter the direction.

You guys have seen everything you need to see! ]