unknownseas | FOURTH TRIAL

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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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[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.]

[No need to tell her twice, Yeager. She's coming over very quickly and she's got her hands near her sleeves just in case. This looks bad.]

...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?

[Constantine glances over towards Data's tricorder. It takes him a little bit to understand what he's seeing, but when he does, he freezes. He glances up towards Lorna, then back towards Data.]

I see it.

[He inches slightly closer to Data.]

And I don't like what I see.

Lalli, will you come here as well?

[That's really just because...well, Data would love people to not be standing super close to Lorna when he continues:]

Lorna, I am detecting two very similar energy signatures in your body. I consider there to be a high probability that you are, in fact, possessed.