ROLE — SECURITY PATROL 🔦

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SECURITY PATROL

welcome, crewmate shu.

Early in the day on TUESDAY, Shu will hear the familiar ping of the I.R.I.S. at his wrist; the moment that he lifts up his hand to check what the noise is for, a window immediately pops up. The projection fills in a spread of blue, and a message sent only to his designation loads in the window.

I have something of a job for you. Pick a location to set up an off-network camera, to catch anything in the area; if the system is going to pull a stunt on us again, we can certainly work smarter, not harder.

If it does, meet me in the morning after the lockdown ends. I've updated some of your credentials so you should be able to get up before anyone else. We can go get the camera, maybe squeeze in a second location before we have to lock down everything and everyone's awake.

ADRASTEA

Come FRIDAY, early in the morning, a message notification sounds again. It's loud enough that it rouses him from a very groggy sleep before anyone else. No one else even twitches at the sound or the blue light, and there's nobody in the halls the moment Shu steps outside, so might as well head to the location that pops up - right?

It indicates where Shu needs to go to meet Adrastea. The walk there is eerie, and lit only by the emergency lights of the ship - a sickly, golden orange in a strip that barely brightens the dark corners. The senior officer can be found easily there, spinning something almost absently around one finger, the other hand cupping their elbow. Once Shu is close enough, they stop spinning the item in their possession and instead toss it at him for him to catch.

It's a flashlight, one with a strap on the end. Huh. Pretty useful, considering the darkness that surrounds them.

Adrastea taps a flashlight of their own against their shoulder, something serious but enigmatic in their filtered voice as their helmet remains blank, only a faint, cool blue glow just barely visible from within. "Let's go."

RULES

As the role responsible for security patrols, along with the information that is acquired on patrol, Shu is expected to follow a few rules:

1. For now, keep your new designation a secret. Should this designation be shared with anyone without prior authorization, consequences and termination of position are possible. This can be revisited at a later date.
    ↳ As of w2, you can share your role with ONE non-role person.

2. You may use your knowledge during trial to guide, suggest, or prioritize investigations. If you otherwise distribute any information acquired, it must be done anonymously or without referencing the true source. This can be revisited at a later date.

3. Each week, Security Patrol can do the following:

📹 A. one location can be chosen on Tuesday; this location is where the role can place a video camera, completely separate from the Eudora's system, which is tamperproof and will remain hidden until retrieved.
    ↳ As of w3, you can place TWO cameras in separate locations.

🔎 B. a second location can be chosen Friday, with two chances to pick again if your choice doesn't get a hit; this is the location which can be investigated before the curfew lockdown is lifted and crime scenes are marked restricted areas prior to being locked down.

Currently, junior crew capsules require a valid explanation as to why you want to check or monitor them, and senior crew capsules are off limits. Anywhere else that has been unlocked on the Eudora is fair game.

4. While patrolling on Friday before lockdown lifts, 1 piece of evidence can be retrieved from the location that you visit. Choose wisely.
    ↳ As of w3, there is a chance to increase this to TWO pieces of evidence depending on the investigation.

☠️ If Security Patrol finds a dead body, this does not count towards the pieces of evidence that can be retrieved, regardless of whether it's physically located or found in their video log. Adrastea will ensure that the body is brought to trial first thing to give the crew a head start.

5. Once you have completed your patrol, you can choose whether to share the recording (if there is one) anonymously on the public network. If you share it privately, the source of it cannot be revealed at this time.

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WEEK 5

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SELECTION: CAMERA LOCATIONS (DUE TUESDAY)

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[roseoftexas]

[ camera one: the splash zone
camera two: the church ]

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THE SPLASH ZONE

[ if you want to watch bradley roam around the place, before just floating down the lazy river for a while, you may do so. looks like it was just him by his lonesome, though it seems he spent a good bit of time looking around to see if anyone else was here before he gave up.

nothing else happens. ]

TAKE ME TO CHURCH

[ considering the state of the church when you arrived to investigate, you can take a wild guess how this video is going to wind up looking.

the following are here when the doors are locked:

- Adrastea
- Temenos
- Throne
- Arthur
- Kazuki
- Todomatsu
- Nodd
- Ichiban
- Lucien
- Harley, and her two hyenas

for the most part, they're all just mingling around. there's something going on that seems a little aggro between todomatsu and nodd, but nothing comes to blows and everyone is just minding their own business. ichiban puts twerk bandanas on the hyenas. there's a pillow fort low key made with supplies brought in to make the pews more comfortable.

everyone falls asleep, and adrastea does a circuit around the room to make sure that everyone's comfortable - and also pokes at a few things, to make sure they're not fleshy. she'll turn to the camera and give a sardonic thumbs up before she claims a pew to sleep in.

a figure rises from their pew when the doors open, and it's easy enough to figure out who it is considering the two, four-legged figures that skulk out with her. for a little while, that's all there is.

but the doors open again, just enough to perhaps check in on the group considering there's no rush - at first.

a pause, and then there's a flurry of action. the figure and the two animals rush inside, taking up a defensive position facing the doors, like they're getting ready to square off. another figure comes in, but it's hard to make them out from the angle the camera is at. especially considering the animals go barreling forward to attack them, and chaos breaks out. the animals get their blows in, but they also take some licking, as they get kicked away. the first figure barrels into the fray, swinging something.

the second figure is throwing something into the room as they fight, and then - that's it. there's no further footage, as something ignites with a small blast and knocks the camera to the ground. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ hijacks this to ask important questions without audience threads when i should be sleeping... after some build up ]

Well. That explains what happened to the camera.

SELECTION: INVESTIGATION (DUE THURSDAY)

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[roseoftexas]

[ the church.

:amen: ]

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[ well.

a hit, at what cost. ]

TALK TO ADRASTEA

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[ if not for what happened on sunday, adrastea might have decided to change locations from the bar to the water park. as it is, though, her eyes are still a little sensitive as the officers all recover from getting their shit rocked. so, dim lighting with the usual mood music it is. some rust stains pock across her body, having seeped through clothing, but she doesn't really pay it much mind as she lazily twists the seat back and forth with their drinks prepared. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ well, now they've dealt with raging heat they get to deal with freezing cold, which means I get to do two fit checks woo yeah woo yeah.

the coat is also covering the rust stains appearing on his stomach, where he just straight up had a hole last week. ]

Having fun there?

[ watching her twist and spin. whee. ]

[cashouts]

[ yeah woohoo! she's not actually wearing her uniform right now, either? it appears she is wearing her own fit, and is actually properly wearing the jacket. ]

You know when an old wound aches in the cold or rain? I'm having that, but it's my - [ she gestures at the entire range of her eyes. ] Better this than whatever other post-warp effects we could be saddled with, I suppose, but it's rather annoying.

[roseoftexas]

[ WHY THE TWERKING SHIRT, YELAN. ]

Just a whole face ache, then. Pleasant.

[ sounds miserable, actually. ]

Especially if it's still ongoing.

[cashouts]

[ because you rep your curfew groups when they have a group bonding activity. also she genuinely thinks temenos is funny which is unfortunate. ]

It's tolerable, just annoying. [ high pain index. ] I imagine it'll wear off by Wednesday, since they don't tend to stick around this long, but here we are.

Sort of renders having the water park unpleasant, though.

[roseoftexas]

[ twerking for the sacred flame :amen: ]

Yeah, the timing really worked out well for that. We're spitting rust everywhere just as the pool opens up.

[ tch. ]

... I had a question for you, actually.

[cashouts]

It doesn't wash out very easily, so I suppose there is that.

[ our pool party is saved...

but she tilts her head, propping her cheek on a fist. ]

Ask away, you know I'll answer what I can.

[roseoftexas]

Still kinda weird getting in the water while rusty, but-- it's not like we have the luxury of waiting to see if it goes away.

[ murder weekends are a thing. ]

You mentioned your predecessor a little, but-- was it someone called Althalos Truegust?

[cashouts]

Not especially, no.

[ but she slow blinks at him like a cat with the question, fortunately not having a headache response. because - ]

Yes. He was a coward and a cheat, and I learned a lot about my job just to spite him, I found him so unlikeable. He... killed someone, and was put in the brig. After that, things get hazy, for my recollection as it is right now. Originally, when we were deep in the delusion of enjoying our jobs, I thought he'd transferred to the main hub to work security.

I imagine he's dead, in reality.

FRIDAY INVESTIGATION

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CHURCH

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[ if shu was hoping for a quiet morning to investigate, he sure isn't getting one. adrastea is already at the church, and there's smoke coming through the doors as she drags temenos out into the hall by under his arms. kazuki and todomatsu are already out here, out cold and carefully laid out. ] Shu! [ oh, good. this is the problem with I.R.I.S. messages being down; she couldn't send him an S.O.S. to haul ass. ] Throné, Starling, Tavelle, Kasuga, and Nodd are still inside. The fire's not big, yet, but we need to get them out now. I don't know how long it was burning while we were out in there, and I didn't see Harley or her pets - they were with us last night. [ you'll get a bonus round to help move some of the unconscious bodies of your friends i'm not a monster. ]

[roseoftexas]

[ WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE CHURCH. ]

Why is it on fire? [ QUYNN DID YOU DO THIS. ] -- Wait you said Harley was with you? She's not now?

[ uh oh.

he doesn't have time to dwell on this. hang on, he'll rush his ass in there to grab the twinks (Temenos and Nodd). ] Can you grab Lucien and Throné? I should be able to drag out Ichiban and Arthur.

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[ FOUR DAYS. yOU HAD IT FOR FOUR DAYS!!! ] I can at least get Tavelle with little issue. [ he doesn't have a prosthetic leg to account for. but adrastea's not a quitter, and she will help get the both of them out after shu helps her deposit the first of the remaining twinks in the outside lineup. exhausting. this is the worst. she carefully arranges throné between temenos and arthur once he's out, knowing that the three of them will be looking for one another immediately. she grabs the camera on her way back in, from where it'd been knocked down from its high vantage point. she's just shoving it into her lady pocket for safekeeping as she tries to get a look around. ] She's not, not unless she fell under a pew in her sleep. [ freebie start: the fire is coming specifically from pews further away from the exit/entrance, but it's clearly already out of control and spreading. ] Why won't these damned extinguishers do their jobs -

[roseoftexas]

[ i'm calling that an ot3 until someone proves me otherwise. even if it's semi platonic. my eyes are observing. i'm saying everyone is out to speed this along. he'll prop ichiban up against a wall because he's the goodest boy who is over the age of 40. ]

So the camera didn't survive the night then. [ that's unfortunate. oocly i know there IS footage, but shu does not so whomp whomp until proven otherwise. ] Shit. We either need to stop this or -- what, if we can't it's just going to burn the place to the ground?

[ HE'S DOING A QUICK HARLEY SWEEP ANYWAY. ] Are there any fire blankets? It might not put it out but smothering it might control it long enough to make it through to Saturday without ruining any evidence I miss.

[ speaking of, is there anything obvious? he's being hyper aware that whatever he finds and claims now might be the only stuff that isn't destroyed from this room. ]

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No. We might be able to salvage anything on it, but I think this one's a goner, now. [ she braces her wrist at her mouth and nose as she squints through the building smoke. ] This won't be fun tomorrow.

We'll be able to put the room in cryo freeze, which will include the fire itself, but that won't put the thing out, unfortunately. I can try and get some fire blankets to smother it - we should have them in the cargo bay. Look around, but don't do anything stupid.

[ that said, adrastea tears a warp portal through the air and dashes through it, leaving him to the flickering of very stubborn, spreading flames.

there's some canisters that are warped in the fire itself, a few now-burning pillows and blankets, in the pews ablaze. but there's also a shape under one of the pews, closer to the exit and fortunately away from the flames. ]

[roseoftexas]

Permanently? [ MY TWO CAMERA TRIES. ] As long as we have something, which we should, that's good enough for now.

[ ... ] I'll let people know that we need to make this room a priority. Either via anonymous message, or to the other roles in general. This room'll come up on the list of locations, so I don't think it'd be weird if Arthur suggested checking it first given he's gonna wake up outside a burning church and know he's been moved.

[ well. off she goes.

shu immediately runs into the fire and frees himself from this mortal coil.


no he doesn't.

well, the shape under the pew seems a good place to start. he'll crouch down and have a look at it. what's hiding under here? ]

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I'll see if I can fix it, but no promises. At least we'll be prepared for this, instead of being surprised by our past fires during investigations like we were before.

[ YOUR CAMERAS... it's fine we'll cross that bridge later.

for now, adrastea is gone for a bit. shu is left to his own devices like the world's most underqualified fire fighter, but at least he has eyes and enough time to look around for anything important.

like an unconscious, slightly crispy hyena! oh no, the poor lil fella is knocked out cold and has seen better days, but fortunately none of the injuries seem grievous and overall he's just a singed potato that shu can either leave here or take with him.

based on how the pews nearby him are no longer in a neat set of rows, the hyena might have been a doggy-sized missile from the blast radius that he'll see on his camera footage. there are no signs of the other hyena or a clown, however. ]