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
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[ Xion clears her throat, not really liking being the center of attention, but #dealingwithit ]
The time frame ... for murders, that is. Eligible murders can start Thursday night, but ... the window lasts until a body is discovered. Which leaves Friday morning open along with Thursday night.
[ She clears her throat again. There's a lot of conclusions one can draw from that information and she won't be drawing any of them. ]
Um, that's it.
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Which means that somebody could have started all of this Friday morning after the front doors were unlocked. [Okay. That's all he has to say, someone else can take this a step further.
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[So much for their theory about the time of death, too.]
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[ Someone would have spoken up by now if that were the case, but maybe they were worried about becoming a target. ]
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[How enlightening.]
Or I hope they would have. Withholding information just makes you an accomplice.
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Here's a question. Did we ever get confirmation how old the blood was? [A pause.] And before today, did anybody else know what you and Rin were up to a few days ago?
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[They could ask Ezio or one of the other members of that group, though...
He shakes his head.]
I didn't tell anyone. Don't think Rin did, either. But anyone who walked past our graves would have noticed they got dug up recently. All we did was toss the dirt back on them and flatten it a little.
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With everything going on it wouldn't surprise me if people didn't even notice. I was in the graveyard earlier this week, too, and didn't think anything of it. That's what makes me think our murderer did the same thing. Used the time we were all distracted to pull this off.
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[She's. Not so subtly glancing in Nui's direction.]
...at least, that's the impression I got.
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We should try and figure out where everyone was Friday morning. If you got up early to make breakfast... no one would find that strange, right? So... maybe we should ask everyone about something like that.
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I'm with you! ... should we just ... ask the whole room?
[ how do we grill people for alibis ]
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[operation: be as obnoxious as possible is a go]
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[He wants to roll his eyes, but the corner of his mouth quirks up just a little.]
...Guess I've heard of worse strategies.
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Well, if they're annoyed, too bad!! [ WE'RE INVESTIGATING DARNIT ] Let's go, Sei!
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I-it's Seizaburo! But yes! Let's go!
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S-Sorry!
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Only way to catch a lie is to let someone tell it first.
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... you'd have to be gone a pretty long time for a murder, though. Well... I dunno. [ look she's not a professional at this investigation stuff ] What do you think we should do, Jason?
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I feel like that's unlikely. There were several of us out and about Friday morning after the doors were unocked, investigating the town. If the murder happened Friday morning, then someone should have witnessed it.
[considering that it looks like the crime scenes included three different places. . . I mean, someone running from the saloon to the station covered in blood would have been obvious right???]
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[Which means they could have unlocked really early before the rest of the hotel started to wake up.]