[ WEEK TWO – 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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trial clock

[insincerely]

Hey, get your asses over to the voting box now—or at least in the next fifteen minutes.

[impulsiveness]

How about we put Higekiri's ass in the voting box, instead? His literal ass. Since he seems so determined to use it to cover for someone else.

[HE'S SO UPSET.]

[feminitis]

...his whole ass?

[i'm sorry]

[impulsiveness]

[weak finger guns for the abyss that is now jason's life]

Well, duh.

[insincerely]

You should consider getting those impulses checked.

[impulsiveness]

My impulses are fine! [Proving Shinnosuke's point, rip.] The only thing that needs checking is the brain inside that idiot's head. How does he expect us to just— It's not right.

[ceded]

But...

[ She hardly knows what to say. ]

How can we...?

[insincerely]

I'm not here to tell anyone how to vote.

[ceded]

[ She doesn't even say anything to that. Just shakes her head roughly and buries her face in both hands. ]

[impulsiveness]

... Just vote for someone, Xion. [Not necessarily Higekiri.] You know what the Sheriff said about abstaining.

[ceded]

This shouldn't be up to us. [ Her voice is thick. ] This shouldn't be.... why does any of this have to happen?

[healstaff]

I don't suppose we can vote for the voting box to die...?

[insincerely]

I actually have no idea what would happen if we all tried that.

[hydrokinetics]

Hey, just as a head's up? Sheriff Hal said that only the person who actually did the killing counts as the guilty party. Higekiri will count as an accomplice, but he's still considered innocent. [There's a pause.] Also said we could each vote for two people. Not that it matters since Higekiri's not telling us who's really responsible but...for the future, I guess.

[insincerely]

Well, we can try and play Guess Who? in the last couple of minutes we have, even though all we have to go off of is... what, the murderer's got a family?

[hydrokinetics]

I wish we had more of this information a lot sooner. We don't have another choice unless someone decides to confess on their own.

[feminitis]

[She doesn't particularly want to be the one to say it, but after chuckling a little like an idiot at her own joke, her expression becomes more serious.]

...this isn't going to sound good, but I'd like everyone to remember that this doesn't necessarily have to be a vote for who we think is guilty. We can also use this as a vote to protect ourselves from people we think might be a threat later.

[You know. Pre-emptive murder, just without consequences because it's an execution.]

[insincerely]

Wow, you guys really don't like Ash and Nui, do you?

[uraniumnumnum]

The man has confessed his guilt, and she still wants my head instead. I'm almost impressed.

[feminitis]

I'm just stating facts. There are people who are upset that we can't find the true killer this time - but at least this way we can try and make something productive out of this.

If I was going to try and go after anyone in particular, I'd have named names.

[impulsiveness]

But we can't have someone executed just because they're off their rocker. That makes us no better than any other murderer on the streets.

[Not that he........... doesn't see the logic behind it, and sort of agrees with it. Ugh.]

[ceded]

How can you-- you can't just start voting for anyone we don't know hasn't done anything wrong because you think they might be a threat!

[thatsthespirit]

[SEI. . .]

Would anyone have pegged Tiara as a threat last week? The purpose of these trials is to hold people responsible for their actions. Not kill people indiscriminately solely because we don't like their personality.

There are other ways to protect ourselves from perceived threats.

[shalashaska]

Fifteen minutes. Feels like we need another week to uncover more of what's going on with this one.

[insincerely]

Too bad we can't ask Mr. Sheriff for an extension.

... Actually, I'm not sure if anyone's tried, but he'll probably say no anyway.