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.
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robowest2017-01-28 12:00 pm
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[i'm sorry she's like this]
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Unlike you, I don't keep flapping my lips stupidly if I have nothing useful to add.
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[noooooo fighting!]
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[ yeah THANKS A LOT NOCTIS ]
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[he actually does have a modicum of faith in ash, but that doesn't mean he's gonna take this shit, either.]
Accusations can be turned around on anyone right about now. It's not just about you here. If you didn't do anything, we'll figure it out, right?
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The level of incompetency continuously on display makes me doubt that.
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[but, you know.]
Nobody's stopping you from adding something if you have it figured out better than us.
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I don't know anything about this death. This murder, this... trial. They're trivial. They don't matter to me.
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[goddammit, ash. stop making noctis sigh so much.]
Don't invite trouble and then get mad about it when people have something to say.
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[he's trying to look out for you, you undeserving punk.
but of course, he knows how to instigate in his own way.]
Guess I'll miss the sound of your nagging every night if you get yourself killed for no good reason.
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As if I'll believe that. [ just dismissed immediately. ] Do you think being assigned to the same room as me means it's your responsibility to "tame" me? Keep the others safe from me? Is that it?
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[why are you like this, ash. just listen to him and stop getting so riled up and maybe people won't go pointing fingers!]
If you try something on one of them, we'll figure it out from there. [don't think he won't stand right in the middle.]
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Why?
[ his brain begins to search for answers immediately. maybe he thinks he can use ash somehow... he wouldn't be the first. He did use his hacking abilities in public yesterday. ]
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[he's not into death and destruction, generally speaking. either way, noctis doesn't seem to have much reason other than that.
no ulterior motives here, bro.]
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You really don't know anything about me.
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[considering he's always too busy being a condescending human-hater and all.]
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Later. [he's going to pry later, have fun with that.]
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...but it actually gets her to calm down and back off SCORE ONE FOR NOCTIS]
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You're just lucky Mister Noctis had a point!
[STORMS OFF ANGRILY to fume like, five feet away or however far she can get in this enclosed space with all these other people here.]