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FOURTH TRIAL

[ Well! That's sure something, isn't it? There may or may not be a lot of you excited to get down to business, but Jones does eventually move to collect you all and bring you to the theatre. It's a familiar routine by now, perhaps even comfortingly so given the irregularities of this particular killing.

Two of you gone this week. The elevator is started to feel downright spacious, don't you think?

A shanty, as usual, echoes from the crew of the Dutchman as you enter. The room is the same as it has ever been before you as the elevator settles into position. ]

To yer positions, passengers. Chins up.

[ Three more podiums claimed by the rust and wear.

You have your evidence, and you're going to need it before long. The music outside dies down.

Welcome to your fourth trial. ]

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[Oh, Scott's actually connected some dots.]

Hey, um. This is gonna sound really insensitive and terrible? But, uh. Have we considered why Lorna has [vague hand gesture] generic wasting sickness?

[Actually, he's following this exact train of logic pretty well, but before we go speculating wildly while she's right here...]

Lorna, were you this ill before you arrived on the ship? Has it gotten worse since being here?

She was having a bad time on Thursday. I was there with her and we ate butter and she did mention not having food wasn't doing her sickness any favors. The infirmary stuff doesn't do much in the long term.

[It was worrying enough for Filbo to immediately go and get the Decus coconut and offer it all to her]

I-I'm not saying she did any of this...but she really was having a hard time with, uh, the lack of food?

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I imagine it would be very hard on her with her illness, ja. That doesn't mean she did it - but I do think it's important for us to know as much as we can about her situation so we can rule her out entirely.

[Or you know, actually look in the right direction if this is actually where we're going here???]

It really will be for the better. At the same time if it turns out, uh...something happened, this probably is like Allenby? I don't think...Lorna would willingly do anything like--all that happened.

[He hopes, at least. Lorna seems like such a harmless person, he doesn't want to think that if she can go and transform into something that did all that was found today she'd be all pleased about it]

Ja, I do think that's the case. We want to avoid a repeat of that, so if we're on the right track...

[Well, let's try to be careful about it.]

[...Great. Plumeria has never been more ill at ease to be so close to this absolute nonsense. At least Allenby had a few people between that hot mess!!]

[Between this and the chalk, being over here is a real bad time today, huh.]

[Sure fuckin' is! We're a cursed ass peninsula of bullshit right now!]

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She mentioned to me that she was ill before arrival...

That's good to know. I'm curious if it's been the same since she's been here, or if she's been feeling worse and worse as time passes.

[Lorna gives a small nod.]

Yes... I've been ill for a very long time, even before arriving here. Normally I have Auntie Whispers to help me, but... it has not been easy to manage, on my own now.

[Nodding!]

I'm sorry it's been difficult for you, truly. Does it seem like your illness has gotten worse since you arrived here, without your aunt to help you?

It... it does feel that way, yes. But I've... been trying my best, regardless.

[It even says as much on her profile, actually.]

[oh right somehow i missed that, whoops]

I imagine things have been even more difficult this week because of the lack of food, ja?

...

[And at that, Lorna suddenly goes rather quiet.]

[...between this and whatever Data needs confirmed on that reading, this is about to go south real fast, isn't it. He's going to keep an eye on Lorna, but he's also motioning for Plumeria to come over here as he picks up that cursed sword again. You know. Just to be safe.]

[...just. quietly putting his hands in his pockets. where the taser is. just in case.]

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...Lorna, may I scan you with this device? It is not a medical tricorder, but it has some limited capacity to detect vital signs and the like.

[and maybe flesh-eating spirits have weird energy signatures, we don't know]

I see.

[There's a long pause, and then she signs, glancing at Magica of all people.]

There is a possibility... that it might not work on me. It's as Magica I said... I used to live in a realm that is more or less a purgatory between the living and the dead, so I may not have a vital sign indicating life, despite being here and speaking now.

[But Data is welcome to try anyway, because that doesn't necessarily negate energy signatures regardless, right?]

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internal freaking out?????????????????????????????????? The fuck do you mean no vital sign?]

...curious.

[But that actually makes him more interested in seeing the results, so he'll go ahead and scan her regardless!]

[ So! The scan doesn't find vital signs, in the traditional sense. But there is an energy signature! It's... strange, it seems to be registering as colder rather than warmer.

And then.... it picks up another similar signature, in the same space? ]

[.......well.

Of the people who are between him and Lorna, Constantine is nearest, so Data will cross over to show him the tricorder screen.]

Constantine, will you please confirm what I am seeing here?

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