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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robowest2017-02-04 12:00 pm
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[The question takes the wind right out of her sails and she glances down at the ground, where she's standing on the one foot that she has and using her katana to keep herself propped up.]
...I'm trying not to think about it until we catch whoever did this.
[Not great, in other words. Poorly enough that it'll be a distraction if she allows it to.]
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Understood. Sorry. [No?] We have a lot of ground to cover today. It won't be an easy catch. [So, that is to say, they have plenty of time to be distracted by this.]
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[She brings up a hand to wipe at her eyes, though she keeps her head bowed.]
I don't have anyone to blame for what happened to me but myself and I know it didn't have anything to do with the murders... s-so I don't want to waste time we could be using to catch Miss Annabeth's killer worrying about me. There's so much we still have to figure out...
I'm sorry, Mister Jackson. It was really kind of you to ask.
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But it's not just her killer. [Despite that being what he cares about most.] Somebody killed three of us. There's absolutely no way we can let them get away.]
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Right. This isn't even about... doing this because we have to vote. It's about bringing someone who thought it was okay to do that to justice.
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Exactly. Someone in this room is at least partially if not entirely guilty for what happened and if they walk away, the chances of this getting even worse spikes even higher. I'm not letting that happen. Let's start tackling evidence one piece at a time.
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Right.
[For Annabeth's sake... and for everyone else's sake, too.
They have got to figure this out.
(They're not going to, are they?)]
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Though she's been attached at the hip to Percy, and will continue to be, Xion spares him a quick glance before limping over to Sei.
There's no real ... expression on her face, but nonetheless, she'll reach for Sei's hand, very, very gentle. ]
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Sei squeezes her hand back, just once, and then will keep her hold light and easily broken for if she ends up needing to limp away because Percy is heading somewhere else.]
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The emotional effort she has to expend to do even this is immense, and it takes a lot out of her. But Sei is worth it. She can't even look at her friend, but she's trying so, so hard. ]
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She won't try and do anything more - Xion's obviously pretty close to her limit - but she'll stay there for as long as her friend seems to want her to.]
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But it's hard not to think over and over that, god, Sei is alive, Seizaburo is so badly hurt but he lived, just like Natalie, she didn't lose three friends this week. She just lost the one.
And it's a cycle of grief and relief that makes her a little unsteady. Does she want to still be here? This is terrifying. She doesn't understand her own feelings.
At one point, her hand will squeeze a little more tightly. ]