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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robowest2017-01-28 12:00 pm
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[ she scratches her head. ]
That... still doesn't explain why after hours. When did he get the note? Annnnd where did they give him the note? I wouldn't want someone accidentally finding it.
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I didn't think about that, but that's a good point. The rulebook says not to share that information with the public but it doesn't say anything about not telling one other person. But then you have to wonder why would they tell Manfred? And those are good questions, too. They'd have to give him the note in some way that nobody else would notice, too. Manfred had it on him when he died but what about before then?
The timing is what's not making sense to me.
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One! If they handed him the note, why couldn't they tell him right then? Two! If they hid the note for him to find, they had to be super confident no one else would find it. So they could have left the info there and not meet up at all. C! Everything you just said.
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Yup. All of those are missing pieces but knowing all of that makes it more suspicious. Chane brought up a good point, too. [And he'll just kind of direct her attention to Chane's notes.]
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she reads over chane's writing ]
I wonder why he just had the note out like that if it were meant for him... If someone else found them, the note would make the lawyer man suspicious.
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[ or tossed it in the lake or something less drastic than eating paper ]
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Papika, don't eat paper. [But still.] It doesn't explain why the note wasn't destroyed though. Any sensible person would if it was something that was supposed to be a secret.
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[ according to everyone he was apparently just MEAN so ]
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