[ 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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we're all screwed, the comment

[insincerely]

[WELP.]

So... we can all start hating ourselves even more, because apparently there were three friggin' killers. What now?

[thatsthespirit]

[GOD]

[SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY]

[SHE'S JUST]

[SO ANNOYED NOW]

[impulsiveness]

[THERE, THERE.

YOU TRIED, MILLA.

HERE'S SOME JUICE FOR YOUR TROUBLES.]

[flippity]

But... we can't even figure out two?

[ oh my god ]

Re: we're all screwed, the comment

[glaring]

[ three today.

one last week.

and who the fuck killed those guys in the middle.

why are so many of you so BAD. ]

[sidearmofthelaw]

...Well, at least if there are three, our chances of picking out one are better. So we've got someone who torched an immobilized girl, someone who made a headshot at a distance, and someone who hacked a body apart. That about right?

[impulsiveness]

You're shitting me.

We have less than three hours left. How the hell are we supposed to figure out three killers when we couldn't even decide on one?

[feminitis]

...wait. Wait a second.

This just means - we have to think about them one at a time...? We were ruling people out before because they wouldn't have done things that would point to all three of them, or to just two of them but... if we narrow our focus...?

There are enough of us left... maybe we could split into groups and each focus on a different death...?

[dubiousalignment]

And one is going to be free, even if we manage to catch two.

[Tarvek lets his head falls on his hands]

This is ridiculous!

[hitsitoff]

You've gotta be kiddin' me...

[why this]

Just when I think things can't get any crazier.

[alcobrawlic]

[ A VERY LOUD GROAN. ]

And here I thought we'd caught at least half a break...

[feminitis]

Three...?

[what the fUCK JUST WHAT THE FUCK.]

This is insane. This is insane - just one or two would have been bad enough. What can we...?

[uraniumnumnum]

[ irritated yet smug... ]

And you were all so quick to pin everything on Nui. How typical for your kind.

[insincerely]

[He shrugs.]

To be honest, I doubted she did it. [He was one of the people who brought up the possibility of framing, thanks??] Anyway, gloating doesn't help us right now, so just play nice in the corner somewhere, okay?

[thatsthespirit]

[as she sips her fruit juice]

Don't be so quick to blame it on human kind. I was the one who guessed Nui killed Annabeth, due to the singed nature of her clothing. Not because of her personality.

[and she isn't human, she is just saying]

[expelliarmed]

[ whole ass, why are you like this ]

[moraled]

Geh...

[WHY....THIS IS BECOMING REAL ACE ATTORNEY NOW]

What could possibly have possessed them to...!

[insincerely]

To be honest, we should probably decide on that. We know one of them was independent, so should we assume the other two were Bandits?

[elemancy]

...Screw this.

[the whole situation AND YOU MOTHERFUCKERS WHO ARE KILLING FOR SPORT, EXCUSE U.]

What the hell is wrong with you people? [just. in general. obviously directed at our present murders though he knows he won't get an answer for that.]

[generously]

Three killers... that means our odds of getting at least one of them right are good, yeah? There's no way of knowin' if last week's killer is among them, too, so realistically we might even have four in total if these guys get away again.

[sweats]

Do we know if any of the crime scenes intersect?

[thatsthespirit]

[brooding over fruit juice tyvm]

Intersect in what way?

[insincerely]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but this is what we have so far, if I remember right: Riku and Nui's room for one crime scene, the bonfire for another, the Sheriff's Station for a third. If you want to count it, the disposal hole could be a fourth.

Don't think we have any definite leads connecting one scene to another.

[But there's been a lot of discussion and he could've missed something, so?? also jan's tired]

[leadastray]

Nui's parasol was found with Riku's body, wasn't it?

[hydrokinetics]

[...oh.]

Now. We focus on one death at a time because we know none of them were done by the same person. We start breaking it down. We figure out if Riku was killed in his room, where Nui was shot, and--

...the person with the camera. [Oh gods.] That's probably Annabeth's killer, isn't it? She would have seen someone going into the Sheriff's station.