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!

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

Comments

[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?]

[frotag]

[ NOOOO ]

Aw, buddy... stay put, okay? I know you're just trying to do your job, but we don't know if there's still anything scary out there. Me and my friend will let you know what it's safe to come back out again.

[ he will quickly look over the entirety of bunbot's chassis for any sign of damage, more than what you would get from just a first glance... but once that's done, he pats it and goes to join throné.

the walls and floors have been splashed, but is there anything on the ceiling? he'll also flip the furniture back over, to see if there's anything on the other side of them or beneath them. ]

[dropoffs]

[ there's no blood amongst the miscellanea of chaos everywhere, but there is a very faint bit of glitter in the occasional wet splotch on the floor closest to the entrance, mixing in with the boba pearls and what is probably tea. but since she's looking for any unusual color like blood, there's also a few swirls every now and then of a brownish color.

the bot chirps a synthetic little noise at him at the comfort, emoji eyes wobbling gratefully. it will stay here out of the way! fortunately, there's no damage or splatter of anything on it, so he can be comforted by that.

... and then ichiban gets a drip of something that's probably tea on his nose for looking up. there is absolutely splatter from the chaos up on the ceiling, yeah. but only more mess can be found when they move any of the furniture, like whoever was in here really went to town on having a food fight. mourn the crushed macarons and wasted boba, but fortunately there's no scratches. ]

[naeddre]

[brown.................

what is it. can she tell by looking? if she touches it what consistency is it.]

[frotag]

[ yes that is very comforting thank u modchans. but he wrinkles his nose when the tea drips on him... he reaches up to wipe it off. nyeh.

what about the teacup seats right outside the shop, how are those looking? are they messed up too, or is the mess concentrated just inside the shop? ]

[dropoffs]

[ it's a deep, dark brown, almost black. it's hard to tell what the consistency is, since it's mixed in with the tea/water, but

when throné brings her hand up again, there's a strand of hair that comes up with her fingers.

at least it's only tea. it smells like just normal milk tea, too, so it could've been worse. like blood. the teacups outside look undisturbed, so it's everything on the inside of the shop that's seen better days. ]

[naeddre]

[sorry wheezes i'm here

she frowns... so it's not tea? she can't tell if it's thicker or more solid by touching the black in comparison to the water/tea? can she. smell it. sighs.

she also makes a face at the strand. gross. can she tell what color it is or.]

[frotag]

[ hmmmmm back into the shop he goes ig. but while he's crossing the threshold, he squats down to inspect the glittery patches by the entrance. what kind of liquid is this? water, tea, mystery??????? is there anything other than liquid that might be causing the sparkles? he will poke and sniff if necessary. ]

[dropoffs]

[ tis ok this is not going to be a long invest actually, you guys are doing good.

it is not tea! the foremost smell is milk tea, but there's a trace of something citrussy and peppery in the mix, and it drips a blackish grey. it seems like it's been watered down by the tea/water, to be the same consistency. the hair is a mix of black, grey, and white, with the boba mixed in, but she'll have to take a closer look at trial.

the sparkle water is a little bit thicker than the tea/water mix, but the cause for the sparkle is... glitter! when he sniffs, it doesn't smell like anything, but this close he'll see a tiny, white, fake snowflake on his finger. ]

[naeddre]

[i......... see

okay. well. she scoops some of the liquid into a cup. she also puts the strands of hair in another cup. these are her evidence bags.

is there anything else around the area to look at? like behind the counter or something.

any burnt smell? delicious smell, like cooked fish...]

[frotag]

[ hmmmMMMM. he will take throné's lead and grab a cup to put the snowflake and some of the glitter water into. he then reenters the store and gives it another once over as throné checks behind the counter... then goes to give bunbot more pets. ]

Anything else back there? If not, I think we're good to go... we've definitely got more things to spring off of than we did before checkin' this place out.

[dropoffs]

[ the robot arm that prepares orders waves at them both, seeming less disturbed by the current situation than the bnnuy. there's more tea and boba pearls but no weapons, blood, bodies, or shenanigans to be found otherwise. bunbot is soothed by pets.

everything just smells like tea and baked goods; there was no cooked fish happening here. ganymede, outside so as not to get in the way has opened a portal for them again. ]

All set? [ you're free to return from food fight hell with your makeshift evidence baggies. ]

[naeddre]

[well okay if that's all!!

she comes over to ichiban... and slumps against him for a second. owie. crouching hurts. but they can go back!]

[frotag]

[ before throné just goes full /pdead on him, he will quickly go over the scene one more time and take pictures—specifically the dark liquid swirls, the sparkly water patch by the entrance, and the general state of the store in a wide shot.

now they can go! ichiban waits for throné to stand back up on her own, then offers his arm for her to take for support on the walk back to the teleporter. ]

Thanks, Gany.

[dropoffs]

Sure thing. Let's get you guys settled in the conference chairs for a little bit - everybody can listen to you from there.

[ warp noises, you're all good here! ]