[ 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

[hydrokinetics]

[There's a half-smile at her efforts. He doesn't know what to say, the apology hurts a little because it's acknowledging there's a loss, but at least he focuses enough to continue.]

Last week we failed because we weren't thinking it was really two people acting together. Could it be the same this week, you think?

[thatsthespirit]

[she nods]

With three victims, I think it's likely there may be more than one culprit. I'm going to ask the Sheriff if he can tell us how many killers there were.

[hydrokinetics]

Thank you. Maybe we should also ask if any of the deceased had one of those roles...? This is too many people to be a coincidence don't you think?

[thatsthespirit]

You're right. Three people is overkill for someone to just murder indiscriminately.

[folds her arms, brow furrowing as she thinks]

But at the same time, the Sheriff did once say that roles would be announced if they're related to the murder. He didn't announce any roles on the part of the victim last week, and we know Manfred didn't have a role.

[and since no role announcements were made this week, she's assuming the victims don't have any, either]

[hydrokinetics]

That's a good point. So we just have some really trigger-happy crazy people running around who're still sitting in this room. [And that's the part that disgusts him.] How are we supposed to even pinpoint that?

[thatsthespirit]

[ugh. his phrasing makes the anger bubble in her stomach again]

We try to find out who might be this week's "Bandits." That's the one role we know whose job is to kill.

[hydrokinetics]

Maybe we should ask everybody at large if they have any ideas. We only caught one last week because Higekiri was too obvious. We still don't entirely know how the bandit role works.

[thatsthespirit]

But any Bandits will likely not divulge the secrets of the role, in order to protect themselves. . .

[still]

It could be worth asking the group as a whole for ideas on how to smoke them out.

[hydrokinetics]

Sheriff told me a little about it last week. Also said we could technically vote for two people each if we figured it out.

But that's more what I meant. Ideas how to narrow things down. There's still way too many of us to say for sure.

[thatsthespirit]

I'm going to ask about people's whereabouts on midnight the night of the killings, first. It isn't a perfect solution, but it should help with narrowing things down.

[hydrokinetics]

[A slow nod.]

Let me know how I can help. [And then, almost a little desperately:] Please.

[thatsthespirit]

[PERCY 8((((]

I will.