Jackie Riemowski ~ Events at Paville (Cross-Examination)

"Events at Paville" (not to be confused with the testimony of the same name given by Ross Moebus later on) is the first testimony given by Jackie Riemowski and the third of the trial as a whole. Jackie Riemowski works as a sort of "jack-of-all-trades" at Paville and was present at the facility on the day of the incident. On the day of the trial, she was called to simply give her account of the events of that day.

## Text

1. I was
told a few days ago before that day that I was going to be taking an
afternoon/evening shift, showing the inspector around the facility.

 I met her at one, just as she was finishing her lunch. The other guy,
Ross, was handling lunch. He's an employee in addition to his testing
work, actually.

3. I showed her around some of her other buildings
for an hour. That all went smoothly. She was quieter than I expected, so
 it was more by-the-book than most tours. She was mostly taking
pictures.

4. Then shortly after 2, I took her to the building where
Nick works. The plan was that I would show her some of our fancy
psychological equipment.

5. Like usual, we were going to have someone
 with time to spare and experience in the equipment actually explain
that. This time, it was Nick.

6. When we arrived at the machinery,
Nick was already there, and so was Ross. Ross seemed... pretty agitated,
 but followed the rest of us in.

7. Then during the demonstration... I don't even know what happened with the equipment...

 I handled clean-up from that mess, eventually managed to call my
supervisor, and he made the call to keep going mostly as normal...

9. So after that, the rest of the tour was mundane until the handoff.

 After that, it was just preparatory work for the celebration. I already
 had the sign handled, so it was just usual maintenance work. Handling
the flower wall, making sure outside areas were clean, the usual.

 Then that night, I decided to check in on the sign again and noticed a
rope was loose. I went to go fix it when... that Ross person crossed the
 bridge again to come to talk to me.

12. He wasn't making much sense,
 but wanted me to help him with his testing...? It was long and
confusing, but I eventually managed to stave him off.

13. I finally got the rope problem fixed and went back to my normal work for the little time I was there after that.

## Press Details

* The tablet that Alexandra had was similar to Institute ones.
* At one point in the testimony (pg. 29), she has a strange reaction to something...
* The phone call was faked, as her cell phone was wiped by the magnetic surge.
* Ross was badgering her for help with his "research," involving a geometry assignment. Jackie believed that helping him would break the rules of the assignment.
* She thought the victim was quiet that day, but not odd.
* Johnny Smiles states via bailiff that he used a "professional grade watch" to check the time on the night of the incident. However, when asked about its present location, he claims to have left it at home while not knowing exactly where it is (page 41).
* What might have been a fruitful train of thought from the narration starting with "Wait, isn't there something od--" is cut off by a bailiff (page 41).
* The EMP blast caused by a brain scanning machine is mentioned by Jackie Riemowski for the first time (page 29). Jackie Riemowski's own words were "That's when everything went haywire. Some sort of spark came out of the machine, and it sent out some sort of magnetism that fried tons of electronics in the room. Her tablet, my phone, Nick's phone... All zapped to nothing."
* Alexandra Kranf being in possession of a portable back-up of the data on her tablet is mentioned by Riemowski for the first time (page 29). Jackie Riemowski's own words were "Ross asked if she had a back-up. She said she did and wanted to go test it herself. The two of us led her downstairs, and she used some of the equipment there to hook the backup to a computer, and get to all the data. She said she was thankfully *[sic]* for being so paranoid and... finally calmed down then."
* Ross, and some Institute officials, were with Kranf at lunch. When Jackie was there, Ross was handling dishes in the back.
* She kept the tablet in her purse when

she was handling the backup. The backup she also kept in her purse,
though she had a case for it. The case included a cable to allow tablet-to-tablet communication.

* Ross's tablet had "the standard company logo" on it. 'Property of Paville' stamp, followed by 'For Research Use Only.'
* Smiles confirmed seeing "something like a black deck of cards."
* Her "handling the flower wall" does not impact the flower's ability as part of a locked room.
* She testifies that Ross "simply didn't notice" that the phone call was faked. She said that if Ross called her on it, she'd say she had a second phone.
* Crossing the bridge "again" simply meant that Ross would have had to have crossed the bridge previously.
* There are no clocks outside, but finding a clock outside wouldn't have been a problem.

## The Power Surge

"We had gone over to the brain imaging equipment. Ms. Kranf took a
picture of it and then asked if she could see what it looked like when
it was turned on, said she wanted to try it herself. Nick said she could
 go right ahead and press the on button, which she did... That's
 when everything went haywire. Some sort of spark came out of the
machine, and it sent out some sort of magnetism that fried tons of
electronics in the room. Her tablet, my phone, Nick's phone... All
zapped to nothing. (There was no sign of Ross having an electronic on him.) Nick remarked, "... Great, my phone is dead. The thing is off, and it looks like for good." I responded with "Mine is out too."

The inspector was in a horrific panic. I tried to get her to calm down,
but I was shocked myself. She was breathing really fast, saying
something about sabotage. I told her it
was probably a simple malfunction, but she was still acting up. Ross
asked if she had a back-up. She said she did, an external hard drive like a black deck of cards, and wanted to go test it
herself. The two of us led her downstairs, and she used some of the
equipment there to hook the backup to a computer, and get to all the
data. She viewed a few documents before finishing. She said she was thankfully for being so paranoid and...
finally calmed down then. At that point, the two of us took her to the
main building, took her to rest for a bit to recover her nerves... I
know I got her a drink, but the two of us were juggling between her while I tried to contact my supervisor to tell him what happened... At one point, I left Ross alone with her for five to ten minutes while I got a secretary to call my supervisor. When she returned, she had a drink that Ross prepared with her, which she drank from. Getting her to recover from that fright took a bit.

As for the tablet, she kept it in her hands for a bit, but I think I saw her put it in her purse after a bit. She... really didn't take that well."

Later investigations showed that the brain imaging machine had frayed wires, suggesting the cause was wear and tear.

## Contradictions

The cross-examination ended after Jackie attested that the conversation took place at around 7:30, estimating from when she saw clocks at 7:15 and 8. This is roughly an hour off from Smiles' timeline, quite the contradiction. The prosecution maintained that Smiles was correct, and it was Jackie who was either mistaken or lying to get paid for time she didn't work, prompting the next testimony in an attempt to investigate the matter.