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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[ Hi, interjecting without really looking at Shinnosuke. ]
I still think Nui killed Riku, but I'm not sure how. He was all ... chopped up. But there wasn't a weapon there someone could have done something like that with. His sword was there, but I don't think that's what was used.
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Wait. What happened to Higekiri's sword?
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It's okay. We'll take care of it.
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What's up?
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[ Which. She. You know. Has. ]
I don't know if that was what she brought, but she always had it with her, didn't she? It was in her and Riku's room. [ On top of All Of This Blood. ]
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[Glancing. At the parasol.]
... Are you okay by the way? Carrying that thing, I mean.
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So she might have had a blade around that no one's seen or she had a weapon that she gave back to Mr. Sheriff before she got offed. Assuming it was Nui, anyway.
[Not that he doesn't suspect it, but got to leave their options open.]
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That's true. I think whatever was used to kill Riku is just something we didn't find. But if we didn't find it, why? [ Her mouth thins. ] Someone still has it, or it was given back to Sheriff Hal. Even if Nui had a sword we don't know about...
[ Her mouth twists. ]
If she killed Riku and then left, why was her parasol left behind, anyway? She carried it with her everywhere.
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[ As furious as she was at Nui when she discovered that parasol, she's willing to entertain this possibility. They can't afford to get distracted by biases.
Right?
Xion frowns openly, a rare (for today) display of emotion. ]
If she didn't kill Riku, maybe she killed Annabeth. Or ... she was just used as a cover for someone else's murder, and didn't kill anyone at all.
[ ... which.
She finds unlikely, but it has to be raised as a possibility. ]
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[not that he necessarily thinks xion would know the answer, but maybe someone else does. could it be something that would get destroyed in there? he has no idea if that's like.
a thing.]
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[ He raises a really good point, and one that concerns her, as ... it'll be almost impossible to confirm. ]
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[whether the weapon(s) melted down or they just weren't in anyone's line of sight—nobody seemed to look for anything like that there, after all.]
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[ ash pipes up. ]
All she had was her parasol, to my knowledge. I asked her about her combat abilities before for my own reasons.
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