[ 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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Comments

[hydrokinetics]

After last week, that's entirely possible. That's definitely something we should consider though. Killing him because nobody really knew him.

[ceded]

But ... who would do something so cold? That's ... way different than if it was self-defense, or something like that.

[hydrokinetics]

I don't know, but some people do all sorts of things if it means saving themselves. That's the problem with this set-up. It's probably easier to kill someone nobody knows or someone they don't care about themselves than a friend.

[ceded]

It might ... change who we suspect, [ she says slowly. ]

[hydrokinetics]

Exactly. We need to start getting together a list of people that knew him, but also people that wouldn't care about keeping him alive. It has to be those because if the note came from someone else, it'd have to be someone Manfred would agree to meet past curfew.

[ceded]

Will anyone really admit to not caring if he lived...? [ Frowns a little. Doesn't that sound kind of suspicious by default? ]

What we really need to know is if there's anyone here he would have trusted.

[hydrokinetics]

No one's going to openly admit anything, but it's about watching how people respond. [He's being surprisingly smart about this.] It's not so much in what people say but how they say it.

[Then again, Percy is too trusting as it is.] It's only been a few weeks. It's either someone he trusted, or he really wanted whatever information he thought he was going to get.

[ceded]

[ That gets her to be quiet for a moment. And then, slowly, she nods. ]

You're right. [ she's thinking of last week's execution volunteers. ] We should ask everyone. How they respond could tell us a lot.

[hydrokinetics]

[Another nod.] We have time. Maybe something else will come up, too.