[ 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

[expelliarmed]

[ Xion???????? ]

There might not be a later.

[ Any of them could be accused. They need to worry about now. ]

[ceded]

Still! I won't vote for anyone without a good reason! Him being the Sheriff isn't a good reason at all! Unless we can prove he's the one who did it, we should leave him alone!

[ she's really passionate about this. ]

[athenite]

We also don't actually know what happens if we vote for him, which I find worrying.

[insincerely]

Yeah... if it was in our favour, they probably wouldn't let us vote for him at all. Not to mention he's been doing this for a while, hasn't he? We can't be the first to think of voting for him.

[athenite]

That's what I was thinking. It's clearly not his first time, and he's mentioned there being upwards of three hundred "games". There's just no way people haven't voted for the Sheriff before, so I sort of doubt the outcome will be one we'll like. Let's maybe not commit to it without trying to actually work through our options.

[insincerely]

[He smiles grimly.]

I get the feeling that some here won't like our other "options", but yeah, I agree.

[athenite]

I don't think any of our options are going to be fully palatable. Let's at least go with the ones that will minimize the risk to the safety of the group.

[ she's not a fan of russian roulette with people's lives, basically. and "well i guess you'll find out" sounds to annabeth like a round being chambered and a pistol being handed over. ]