2020.05.05 Life and Death Pt.0 - The Morgue

Life and Death, Pt. 0
Following a discovery of a derelict cargo freighter, bodies were taken to the morgue for the Coroner to examine.
IC Date	Monday 05 MAY, 2020
IC Time	18:52:08 2020, PDT.
Players	Kinsey, Floyd - ST
Location	Coroner's Office - Prospect, CA (RP ROOM)
Spheres	Mortal+

News Article

Reports have hit the media of an unknown derelict cargo freighter, the SS Tamerlane, breaching the rocky shores of northern Prospect. Investigators have reported that several bodies have been found aboard the freighter, a ship which according to experts is not seaworthy, and do not know where the ship came from.

MEANWHILE! AT THE CORONERS OFFICE...

<<OOC>> Floyd waves. "Hihi. So you would like to look at bodies."

<OOC> Kinsey says, "Correct!"

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Okie doke!"

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Well. There are 10 bodies total, several, over the course of the few days they will have come in, so a few will be on the ship during the +event."

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "So....let's go with...a Intelligence+Medicine roll, diff 6 please. :)"

<OOC> Kinsey also has forensics.

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "As in a secondary?"

<OOC> Kinsey says, "Yes"

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Well then feel free to roll it at diff 5 :)"

Kinsey loses one Willpower

<OOC> Kinsey says, "Wp for auto."

<---======##====================[ Dice Roll ]=====================##======--->
Kinsey rolls Intelligence + Forensics  vs 5 for 3 successes.
1 3 +5 +6 +8 10
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<<OOC>> Floyd says, "So 4 suxx."

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "We are going to say that you have 6 bodies. 4 male. Two female. They are all deceased. I will give you these for free. 4 of the 6 bodies have been killed (obviously). Two of them have bullet wounds, assassin style, another has their throat slashed. Otherwise? Feel free to ask 4 questions as you investigate the bodies."

<OOC> Kinsey says, "Assassin style? Back of the head?"

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Point blank. Back of the head. Gun resin on the scalp. Sorry! Executioner style, I meant :X"

Question 1:<OOC> Kinsey says, "How long do they look like they've been dead?"

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "The ones most obvious (the 4) are very recent. You would guess within the last few days. The other two are odd. Both of the others are dressed like freighter workers. Thick clothes, gloves, etc. The corpses have rotten on the inside, and you estimate they have been dead for several years."

<OOC> Kinsey says, "Clarification: The rotten ones are dressed like freighter workers?"

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Yes."

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "The others are dressed in otherwise standard civilian clothes."

<<OOC>> Floyd will make a thing for you:

Body 1 - Freighter Worker(Dress) - several years dead
Body 2 - Freighter Worker(Dress) - several years dead
Body 3-6 - Civilian Clothes(Dress) - died within the last few days, gunshots to the back of their heads

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "There we go. So we can give you notetaking"

<OOC> Kinsey says, "Perfect. She'll take samples from the rotten ones to check under a microscope."

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "It is human skin. Very very dead. Almost all of the...life bits? Have been hollowed away, probably by bugs. It is what you would expect a body exposed to open air would look like with years of exposure."

<OOC> Kinsey thinks.

Question 2:<OOC> Kinsey says, "Are there any unusual markings on the two jerky people?"

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "There is! Roll me Perception+Occult vs 7 please"

<OOC> Kinsey does not have occult!

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Oh no! Well! I will describe it to you so you have at least seen it."

<OOC> Kinsey will copy them to share with the group at the event?

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "So. The markings you find are not on the corpses- they are on the others. They all have the same symbol, somewhere on their person: One has it on their inner forearm. Another on their chest, another on their leg. It is a tattoo - An eye in which the "pupil" is a skull, with a '5' on its' forehead."

<OOC> Kinsey says, "Would it be ok to one of her powers for a question slot?"

Body 1 - Freighter Worker(Dress) - several years dead
Body 2 - Freighter Worker(Dress) - several years dead
Body 3-6 - Civilian Clothes(Dress) - died within the last few days, gunshot to the back of the head. Has the same tattoo somewhere on their person:

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Of course!"

Question 3: <OOC> Kinsey will touch one of the dried out folks and use Psychometry (She has it at 2).

<---======##====================[ Dice Roll ]=====================##======--->
Kinsey rolls Perception + Empathy  vs 6 for 1 successes.
1 2 4 5 +9 10
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<<OOC>> Floyd says, "remind me the rules for that (I know it is getting history through touch)"

<OOC> Kinsey says, "Whuff, copy paste does not work on that pdf!"

<OOC> Kinsey says, "Perc+Emp, she touches a person or item to get emotional and mental images. With 1 succ...vauge dreamlike feelings."

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Okie doke. So you touch the body. You become overwhelmed with Misery."

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "the raw emotion even messes with your mood and leaves you brooding."

<OOC> Kinsey says, "Awesome. Ok, I'm to the last question right?"

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Correct"

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Also, if you like, you can hold onto your question and think about it if you like?"

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Or if your going to the event, we can pocket this question and use it as a sort of 'hey, did I ever see anything like this?'"

<OOC> Kinsey says, "Sounds great because I'm drawing a blank. Long day at work."

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Okay. Then we will hold off on the Q - And if you want to retroactively "remember" your autopsy, feel free to poke me during the event:"

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "So! For your records:"

Kinsey's Findings

Body 1 - Male - Freighter Worker's Dress - Several Years Dead - heavily decayed.
Body 2 - Female - Freighter Worker's Dress - Several Yars Dead - heavily decayed
Body 3 - Male - Civilian Clothes - gunshot to the back of the head, tattoo on his inner left bicep
Body 4 - Male - Civilian Clothes - gunshot to the back of the head, tattoo on his left front shoulder
Body 5 - Male - Civilian Clothes - gunshot to the back of the head, tattoo on his left thigh.
Body 6 - Female - Civilian Clothes - gunshot to the back of the head, tattoo on her right palm.

The non-rotting bodies have been dead for roughly a week.
The rotting bodies have been dead for several years.
Tattoos are an eye tattoo, whose pupils are a skull, with a '5' on the skull.

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "I believe this covers all of the info."

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Oh! Don't forget, the decaying worker had a very strong feeling of misery very recently...for a dead person."

<OOC> Kinsey says, "Got it! Thank you. :) I'll mail if I think of another question before the event."

<<OOC>> Floyd says, "Okie doke! Sounds great. I release you from my office and thank you for participating! :)"

<<OOC>> Floyd will make notes and post them and link you to them on the wiki :)