driftfleet | First ♣ Video + Action

Who: Allen Walker
Broadcast: Network, video.
Action: Fellow members of the SS Tourist
When: A few days after the initial arrival

[It takes several days for Allen to accept that this is possibly not something Paradisa created. The lack of journals, the stories that he had left, the fact it's been half a week and none of them have died yet (or anything noteworthy happening really!)- it seemed more and more like he really wasn't in that world anymore. Which...he really didn't know how to feel about that. The more he thought on it, the more complicated it got.]

[Which after awhile, Allen decided to give up thinking and decided to actually get stuff done. So the feed will open up with him in the SS Tourist's cargo bay, sitting on some boxes by their treadmill.]

Ah- is this on? oh it-

Hello everyone! Um, my name's Allen Walker. If we haven't met, it seems I'm the lab support on the SS Tourist. It's nice to meet you all, despite the circumstances.

Anyway...I was wondering if anyone has noticed that...any of their abilities seem to be- limited? It's just they aren't completely gone- but my inno- [correcting himself, since rather avoid those dozens of question and innuendos] my powers seem to barely work at all. [Muttered] Then again, that might be a blessing considering the food...

[Oh right. it's rude to mutter stuff while addressing crowds] - I mean, I'm simply wondering if it's happened for anyone else and what it could mean. As in...on one hand it could be something they did intentionally to control us and prevent us from breaking their ships - but on the other hand it it also could be a possible unintended side effect to their tampering of our nervous systems. Although I'm not sure which one would be worse...

[Oh. Oops. Muttering again!] - Oh! Sorry!

And finally, I was wondering...has anyone see a golem flying around their ships? He looks like a golden ball with wings and a tail- and there's a pale cross on his face. His name's Timcanpy- and I'd really like to know if he's here.

Ah- thank you everyone!

[And the feed cuts out]

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[He scoffs!]

Throwing toasters into a bathtub is not a traditional method of revenge killing!

Yes it is. It totally is.

It happens in loads of murder mysteries.

No it's not! What kind of stupid mystery would that be?

[Very poorly mimicking an American accent]

"Gee! I wonder how he died! It can't have anything to do with this toaster shooting sparks in the tub, can it? Ya think it was an accident?!"

[He makes a "bah" sound]

The mystery isn't about how he died, it's about who did the murder.

It'd be whoever they know that's absurd enough to use the toaster instead of the hair-drier.

Unless the person knew they'd be looking for such a dumbass and used the toaster to throw the cops off their scent.

Perhaps, but it'd be better to throw them off their scent by using something that's found in the bathroom, so it could've looked like an accident or suicide! I mean that's just assuming there's someone dumber the cops would go after that'd be likely to use a toaster!

Edited 2014-10-28 19:42 (UTC)

They'd know it wasn't suicide by things like fingerprints and how far the cable is from the bathtub. I mean, you need to be able to get in the bath and then drop the bloody thing.

Some cords are long enough! Perhaps they plugged in appliance, left it on the side of the tub and it got knocked in by accident!

And it's being dropped in water! The fingerprints could be washed from that!

Well, yes I suppose that happens, but the murdering part happens, too.

No, no, I'm sure some fingerprints remain even after a good dunking.

Yes, but wouldn't a murderer worth a murder mystery want to cover it up enough to look like an accident?

Not many! And if it's a commonly used item, there'd be lots of fingerprints on it, wouldn't it?

Not if they were the sort of liked to toy with the cops. Some of them are rather big headed, you know. I mean, Jack the Ripper, that guy was all about the fame.

Process of elimination. Probably?