In the morning, the town comes back to life. Birds crow overhead, a snake nearby hisses, a lingering coyote dips behind a shop before disappearing into the wild. It's a frightening contrast to the stillness of yesterday but it doesn't mean it's over yet. After all, today is the trial.
The Sheriff stands on the porch of the Town Hall and brings his hand up to his mouth to let out a whistle. He'll thumb back to the Hall behind him and very clearly state --
"Trial time, folks. Get in here and figure out who did it."
And then he'll turn to leave before pausing and adding on,
"Bring a snack or somethin' too.
The Town Hall is set up more like a court house, a Judge's bench at the front but instead of at center, it's off to the side as if more for observation than participation. There's a table at the front of the room already holding a small box and a pad of papers and pen, for voting apparently. A side room containing only a metal gurney is next and today it's obvious why there's a gurney there at all with the corpse, resting right on top of it. Aside from that, there are rows for everyone to take a seat and it's only after everyone is inside and settled, that the doors close and the Sheriff speaks.
"Well, have at it. You've got till nine."
And then, he points to a clock on the wall that reads 12:00. Good luck.
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robowest2017-01-21 12:00 pm
THE BODY
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He wants to make sure if the wounds on the body match up to what he's been told. He also wants to check to see if there's any signs of self-defense, and, after listening to everyone talk, if there's any signs that Tiara might be the culprit.]
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That said, there are only two main points of injury on Ao's body!
Her throat which is torn from the side to the middle. A piece of glass is pushed into the wound quite deeply, specifically the middle part of the throat.
Her hands are cut up in lots of tiny little scrapes with one bigger gash on her right palm and one smaller gash on her left.
Otherwise, she's a little banged up and blood covered. ]
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It's...an incomplete job. She struggled against them, just look at her hands.
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[She pauses to think this through]
The wounds on her hands could be from self defense, holding her palms up to block, but if we consider your thoughts, they could be from her holding the shard of glass first.
Either way, won't her killer have wounds on their hands, too?
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She also said the saloon was messy when she arrived. Unless she's lying, that means something happened without her involved.
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He is wearing very thick leather gloves ]
Do you expect to find something so obvious?
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Aka how would trying to wipe the dirt and dried blood off go, yo.]
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And it would work well! You'd be cleaning up a dead girl's hands but, okay. Sure. It would just reveal the same as before but in more detail, make the tiny scrapes pretty obvious and also most likely reveal a few lingering glass shards.
They are, of course, from the root beer bottle. ]
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... Next time, I'm making Jason do this.