robowest | [ WEEK TWO

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.

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Not that I know. Maybe it's time we have another chat with him? We can invite his sword and everything.

[Come on. Let him and Sei do sword assisted interrogation.]

He can't keep quiet about this forever!

[oh dear]

Nah. He can. You can even say he'll take this secret to the grave. [Ugh.] But like hell I'm letting that happen.

Let's drag the answers out of him. I'm with you, Mister Jason!

So, you're torturing him after all?

[#peanutgallery]

Of course not! We're just going to break his sword if he doesn't cooperate!

Oh, so we're killing him. Or emotionally torturing him.

I doubt it will really kill him! But if he thinks it will, he might talk.

In that case, that'd potentially be a sign of him not being entirely right in the head, in which case we're all picking on the mentally ill, you know?

I mean, we could always hang him upside down until all the blood goes to his head. Would that be any better?

You guys are the ones gung-ho about this interrogation slash torture thing, so don't ask me.

Uh. Wouldn't that also mean that you guys are murderers?

[LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SEC but....actually. No okay wait let's be a Good Person.]

Oh, for- Have you ever heard of someone actually dying if their weapon broke?!

[wait. he's a greek demigod, so he probably has.]

The important thing is it might be enough to make him talk if he's really convinced he'll die.

[He simply raises his eyebrows. He's not going to explain the whole demigod thing and what-have-you but he does find it interesting that....]

You don't believe him when he says how important it is then. You want to see if he's bluffing about that part, too.

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We're not going to kill him! It's just a scare tactic.

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[ LOOKS SHOCKED ]

Seizaburo! You can't! Isn't that ... too much?

I-it won't be a problem as long as he talks! And who would actually die if a sword broke?!

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Damage to property isn't exactly cold blooded torture, dude. I call bullshit on the sword soulbonding.

I'd also normally call bullshit on someone being 1,000+ years old, but that's what his poster says, and I haven't heard anyone claim the age section to be a lie yet.

With that said, I'm just playing the devil's advocate right now, so I'm not particularly concerned with what you do either way.

[CRACKS KNUCKLES.]

Alright. I'll grab the sword. Let's make that guy spill.

[ONWARD THEY GO

please someone tell them he's already talked to yuna]

[Please.]

[Interrogation sounds like it's a good idea. He and Sei were already talking about it, but it could be about time.]

I'm not seeing a downside to that since we keep circling around the same questions without any answers.

And it's not like we have all the time in the world. We only have a couple hours left until we need to vote.

[Though the thought makes him ill.]

Shit. [Yeah, guess who temporarily forgot about that.] All right. What do you suggest we do to get him to start talking?