[ 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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[hydrokinetics]

[Siiigh.]

We'll work on your aim for next time, okay? [This blows.]

[flippity]

I hate him! And... this...

[ this blows a lot. ]

[hydrokinetics]

I know. Me too. [If she'll let him, he'll put a hand on her shoulder to gently pull her back toward the discussion for the executioner.] Most of us don't want to be here, but the best thing we can do now is make sure Tiara's execution is as painless as possible. Then we can figure out what to do about this game.

[flippity]

[ she does allow him because percy is Good ]

... This means that next week it'll be the rest of us, right?

[hydrokinetics]

Yeah. That's what it means. [A squeeze to her shoulder because damn, this is not something people should be going through.] We'll have to be ready for it. At least until we can stop it.

[flippity]

We'll definitely stop it! We have to, okay?

[ for a second there her tone veers towards hysterical, but then she takes a deep breath to calm herself down. ]

And we gotta hit him at least once.

[hydrokinetics]

We will. We'll figure it out together. [It's okay, he's used to people kind of being hysterical in times of crisis...] But we've gotta work together and get everybody else to work together. Think we can do that?

[flippity]

We can do it.

[ she would rather not do any of this at all but... ]

Make sure you're very, very careful! Okay?

[hydrokinetics]

Only if you promise me the same thing.

[flippity]

Promise!

[ she holds her hand out to him, pinky outstretched. ]

[hydrokinetics]

[This won't end poorly, but okay. A pinky promise it is.]