[ WEEK THREE – 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

[insincerely]

True, although we don't know how far or short of a distance, right? Just that it wasn't at point-blank, unless I missed something.

[sheriffexe]

Ain't a bandit role, no.

[hydrokinetics]

[Surprise, Xion, he's just a lot better at looking emotionally stable than you are.]

[hitsitoff]

[Well, um.]

...I don't like guns and I don't use 'em.

But I do know how to use 'em.

[elemancy]

Didn't say not to find him suspicious. Picking fights about human justice isn't helping, though.

[that's just general morality bullshit that can apply to pretty much anyone in the room.]

Anyway, I'll stop when you do. [it's not even about pity or protection.] The more time we spend arguing about crap like this is less time to actually figure out who did it.

[he sighs, and adds:] For whatever it's worth, don't think either of you would be behind this one.

[expelliarmed]

Fair point, though it still seems a bit excessive considering how the rest of her was disposed.

[ ...Ugh. ]

[leadastray]

Her body could have fallen over into the fire and have been retrieved.

[hydrokinetics]

So does that mean that the bandits themselves don't really count as an official role either? Since they rotate and everything. Like if we asked about victims having a role, would the Bandit role also be included in that?

[Just. For completionist points.]

[insincerely]

Actually, if anything, that's exactly why I'd think they disposed of her corpse.

But I'm not necessarily likely to be any more right than anyone else here.

[a_sin_for_him]

I suppose that's right, but if the gunshot wasn't the fatal wound, we have even less to go on than we'd thought. We have limited time, and only the evidence available to us. If we keep chasing 'but what if this possibility we can't prove or disprove happened?', we're never going to get anywhere.

We have to work with what we've been given.

[sheriffexe]

Nah, that's something else.

[sheriffexe]

[ >( ]

Thanks.

[hydrokinetics]

[The only reason he believes this is because Milla told him she's used to having a sword. So there's a shaky smile.]

Bet she was relieved with that. And I'm pretty sure Milla wouldn't decapitate someone if she was with Natalie and Yuna all night so that answers that.

[alcobrawlic]

As much as I'm not happy a gun was found in my grave, I do know how to use one.

[insincerely]

Well, I won't argue with that logic, although taking everything at face value is giving a free pass to any murderer who does any basic attempt at misleading.

[sheriffexe]

Bandits don't count as part of the normal set of roles since they rotate, yeah.

If someone died and was a bandit, I might tell you though. Only if they were the bandit of that week. Say, if they got in over their head and their intended victim killed them instead. I'd tell ya about the muck up.

[impulsiveness]

Already said it before so I'll say it again. I know my way around a gun. [Technically.] Not sure I'd be able to make the shot we're looking at, though. That requires precision.

[hitsitoff]

...Well. Thanks for thinkin' so.

But yeah, you're right. Dissolving bodies isn't... really my thing. At all.

[tightly]

[ Write, write, write... ]

I do not use guns.

[a_sin_for_him]

In this case, unless the murderer carved their name on the corpse, I'm not sure what they could have been bothering to hide. We all have access to guns. Most of us seem to know how to use them, to some degree of skill.

[thatsthespirit]

I've never shot a firearm before, but that's because they aren't common where I come from.

[and she had no idea wtf Damien was saying when he was talking about the rifle, which was the likely murder weapon, so. . .]

[uraniumnumnum]

Yes. [ a pause while he considers his next words. ] I suspect that Nui was involved with the death of the girl in the stocks in some way. In what way, I don't know. Perhaps there was a scuffle of sorts there.

[ or... ]

... Alternatively, there could be someone who wanted her dead based on their own suspicions. We already know of one person with a history of burning girls and a fixation on justice.

[hydrokinetics]

[Yeah, he thought so.]

So...let's say three people were involved. Like Annabeth, Riku and Nui. And let's say that the bandits this week were Annabeth and Riku, and their victim was Nui. If...[He stops. It's hard to ask, but he told Milla himself he has to do it on his own.] If Nui killed both Annabeth and Riku and someone else killed her...would that be something you could tell us?

Or if those two were bandits, chose not to kill and then "mucking it up" by getting killed. Would that count?

[insincerely]

[He shrugs.]

Can't answer that, seeing as how I'm not the murderer.

[expelliarmed]

I've never used one. Wizards don't have any use for them.

[ who needs a gun when you can avada kedavra someone ig ]