[ WEEK ONE – TRIAL ]

[sheriffexe]

TRIAL

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. Welcome to the trial post! Characters are free to discuss everything related to the trial here. They won't be let out of the room until 9PM when voting ends. Every character must vote and the voting post can be found here. If there are any questions, please shoot a message to this journal or to robowest.

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Comments

[thatsthespirit]

I see. The saloon was a bloody mess when we investigated it, so if there'a a trail from the saloon to the railroad, then perhaps the culprit moved Ao's body several times throughout the night.

[holds up three fingers in succession]

From the saloon, to the railroad, to the graveyard.

[hydrokinetics]

But why to the railroad in the first place? To throw us off on what really happened?

[thatsthespirit]

I don't know. But I would suspect there's a larger purpose to moving the body, since the culprit didn't bother cleaning up the saloon.

[hydrokinetics]

[A nod.] Ao was killed with a slit to her throat from a glass bottle. I know the saloon was a mess but did we ever find the rest of the bottle? Its location might give us a hint to how things went down or where people went from there.

[thatsthespirit]

There was broken glass at the saloon, but I haven't heard if any was found a a second location.

[hydrokinetics]

A fight might have broke out in the saloon. Doesn't mean Ao was actually killed there. If we can confirm that, that'll clear up some stuff.

[thatsthespirit]

[yeah and Lust brought up a good point]

That's possible. She could have ran.

Or the killer could have wanted to make it seem like she ran.

[hydrokinetics]

With handprints going one way and footprints going another, seems like it was made just to send us in circles. Look at what happened yesterday when we tried to find Tiara. [They sure did go everywhere but the obvious spot.]

We'll have to keep all of that in mind today.