WEEK 4: TRIAL

[dropoffs]

WEEK 4 TRIAL     33 ACTIVE | 8 SR. CREW, 25 JR. CREW

 

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 fifth trial! Over the course of the next nine hours, characters will have the opportunity to discuss, investigate and theorize about Diluc's and Nero'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

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BODY CHECKS

[dropoffs]

[ stationed at the furthest end of the conference hall's stage appear to be autopsy tables brought from someplace else, where a box of sterile gloves have been set at the foot of each table.

if you are comparing something to one of the victims' bodies, please comment to their respective sub-toplevel. ]

DILUC

[dropoffs]

[ on one autopsy table is a figure, where a white sheet has been respectfully laid across. ]

[verminous]

[he'll be there for initial discussion and stuff but i wanna get rolling SO

he's gonna check out his bunkmate's body... carefully removing the sheet to give him an initial look-over. what's visible with a first scan over, here.]

[dropoffs]

[ at first glance, yo boy is looking... a little more red than usual.

diluc is wearing this outfit, though it's a bit discolored in places and torn around his upper body. though probably more important is that there's what appears to be blood all over his neck and face. ]

[verminous]

[returns here with the paper that has a partial handprint

does it look like it could be from diluc's big ol' hands if he compares? any traces left on diluc's paws?]

[dropoffs]

[ COMES HERE TO SAY there's no traces on diluc's hands and i think we gave you a size list already but lmk if i'm insane ]

[naeddre]

[can she test all these weapons here against nero's wounds? just to get an idea of anything matches

plus the knives + the claymore in evidence]

[verminous]

[I FORGOT TO CHECK EARLIER but double. checks. to make sure.

is the bruise on diluc still fresh looking? or partially healed? do any of his wounds seem like they may be partially healed?]

[dropoffs]

[ nothing appears partially healed! ]

[verminous]

[it's me again, modgaret...

does the rope brought back from east park match to the bruising on diluc's ankle?]

[dropoffs]

[ it's...

a match! ]

[rosebleed]

[Coming over here with the EAST PARK KNIFE. She will measure it against Diluc's chest wounds. Does it seem like it will fit?]

[dropoffs]

[ it does look like the knife found at the park is a match for the stab on diluc's shoulder ]

NERO

[dropoffs]

[ on another autopsy table is a figure, where a white sheet has been respectfully laid across. the sheet is a little... damp. ]

[perfectpower]

[Coming on over here, a frown set on his face. He reaches out with a shaky hand to pull off the sheet.

Actually first, is it Nero's actual body or is there a stone here? Probably the former but it really is the first thing he would check.]

[dropoffs]

[ it's a rock

just kidding! it's a nero body. he's wearing his usual outfit, and he is wet. he is SO wet, and not in the sexy way. another thing brad will be able to notice at first glance is that his skin looks pale, and there's a blueish tint to his lips.

also

that he is wet

did i mention he's wet (unsexy) ]

[tombtaker]

[ do all of nero's wounds look fresh and open as they should, or do any look slightly healed over? ]

[dropoffs]

[ he's only got the one stab! and it is very open. ]

[naeddre]

[can she test all these weapons here against nero's wounds? just to get an idea of anything matches

plus the knives + the claymore in evidence]

[dropoffs]

[ she sure can. of the weapons that were submitted on this list, the ones that are somewhat similar (but not matches) to nero's wound would be:

- keith’s knife (too small)
- the two knives recovered from diluc’s body (too small)
- the knife found in the galley (too thin, too small)

everything else is either far too big (swords or sword-adjacents) or far too small (multitools). ]

[naeddre]

[actually comes back here again sorry i'm the worst

can i get a better look at this stab wound? you said it's really deep - how wide? ragged? clean? can she get a sense of what might have caused it? anything in it?]

[dropoffs]

[ it does not look like there's anything in the wound! it's a clean stab and it's pretty wide. it is also Deep deep, enough to probably pierce more than one organ but not deep enough that it went through to the other side; maybe a little before halfway through him*. there is less blood on nero than you'd think for a wound like that, though, but then again, he is... Wet.

*halfway through to his side made no sense im editing that ]

[riverbeans]

[does an arrow from the armoury match any of nero's wounds]

[dropoffs]

[ no. ]

[sexyasmieu]

[ coming to check on nero's horizontal bruise on his back...

does it match:

- anything from the weapons check
- squinting at the photo of the pedal boat, could it be from like, slamming into the edge of the boat? ]