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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Heh. Even I wish I weren't right, sometimes.
Though I guess there's still time for me—for a lot of us—to be proven wrong.
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[... Ha. 《Time》 is always such a big deal for him, isn't it? Counting down, second by second.]
Even if she's not the kind of person that people would like to accuse, it'd make things a lot easier for us if she's guilty.
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So what are we going to do about it now? Sit back and watch people die, week after week, until we stop knowing what death even is?
[With a clench of his fist:] Or are we going to break the framework somehow?
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[If everyone is willing to not kill, then - maybe. Maybe, they can get out of this. But if even one person will kill, for whatever reason, then...]
Do you feel confident that, a week from now, nobody standing here will have killed someone else?
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Some of us already have that reason, and we ought to be concerned about staying safe from them first, before more complicated tactics come into play.
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[But no, if they do that, whoever's in charge of this game will just put more pressure on the rest of them, won't they?]
...we just have to find a way to give people a better reason not to kill.