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.
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robowest2017-02-04 12:00 pm
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You must be aware now that you shall be even more of a target like this.
[It's unfair, but it's also the way of murderers.]
Your contributions are, naturally, of use. I am simply stating that you must tend to your health first.
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[And stab anyone who gets close tbh.]
And I'm just going to say it now before anyone gets any ideas about mercy kills or whatever - I want to live, so if someone does go after me, they're not doing me any favors. They're just a killer.
[Just. You know. In case someone does off her and tries to use that as a defense.]
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[So...]
If, at any point, there is aught you require, I request you say so.
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[spoilers: she won't]
But I think... we need to think about who would kill someone the way this week's victims died. A lot of it is going to be guesswork, but...
I don't think there are that many people here who would kill so brutally.
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That is where we must start. "Who would be capable of such a thing" is undoubtedly our first question.
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[Well.
...yeah.]
But she was killed, so... was I wrong about her...?
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[ That's a polite way to put it. ]
Perhaps she did kill. I can imagine her responding with this brutality. But perhaps she was also interrupted by another
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[Hmm.]
A lot of this... sort of seems like her style. Except for the part where she ended up dead, too.
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[ He cants his head lightly ]
If we did indeed have two killers, then they might have run into each other. I could rather easily see someone dying in that scenario. After all, even if it were someone more... liked, shall we say, than Nui, the other killer would be in danger. What would give them any assurance that the other person wouldn't tell us of their crime but their death?
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...maybe Miss Harime was killed so that the other killer could have the reward all to themselves.
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It's certainly a possibility, though it's difficult to know with certainty. After all, we don't understand very much at all about how our murderers are meant to kill. What rules they must follow.
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[Ugh. Missed opportunities. If nothing else, it might have helped them understand the bandits.]
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