robowest | [ WEEK THREE

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

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[looks away from all the abs]

...oh crap, you're right!

What the hell are we supposed to do now?

If the one who killed Miss Annabeth was most likely the one who took the camera, then... who... out of everyone here, who is most likely to have taken it?!

[other than Money]

I don't know! I don't think anyone knows, except for the son of a bitch who did it.

[KICKING THE NEAREST OBJECT??? SORRY, RANDOM BENCH.]

God-fucking-damn it.

Argh, do... do any of the posters say anything about thievery?!

[HELP THEM

sei would kick something too if she still had more than one leg but sHE NEEDS THIS ONE TO STAND ON]

A lot of them do.

[SO???]

Arrrrgh, damn it...! What are we supposed to do, just close our eyes and pick at random?! That would probably be about as effective as anything else we've tried so far, huh?!

[SHE HATES THIS]

Out of the people who don't have a "solid" alibi? Ana. Eliot if we're going back to the wanted posters but we ruled that out.

Argh, argh... arson, what about arson?! Does anyone have a history of setting people on fire?!

...other than Mister Barnham?!

Mr. Barnham wouldn't light her on fire. [Just. To clear that.] ...Lust I think? I don't know. We know those posters don't even list everything either.

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[guuuuh]

Based on the answers to Xion's questions. . .

[. . .]

Tavrek. Either him, or someone whose role it was to return the camera to where it belonged, and thus they had the master key to do so.

So, what? We're voting for Tavrek off just that piece of evidence?

[no?????? no???????????????? fuck.]

[firmly and quickly]

No. I-- I don't know.

I don't know what other choices we have!

[her hands are balling into fists and she's starting to lose her cool. just like everyone else]

Death! Death is the other choice we have, Milla!

[Guess who's losing his cool 100%.]

[and she's raising her voice now, to match his]

Don't throw your life away, Jason Todd! You can't do anything to help anyone if you're dead!

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[JASON CALM YO TITS DOWN]

impulsiveness - 2017-02-05 02:00 (UTC) - Expand

We saw what happened to Mister Sagihara! Don't you dare do the same thing, you idiot!!

impulsiveness - 2017-02-05 02:02 (UTC) - Expand

I oppose this plan for obvious reasons!

[Like hell he's getting killed anytime without a fight. Since they're running out of time he's running out of cool too]

Edited 2017-02-05 01:54 (UTC)

Do you have any better ideas then?!

[EVERYONE IS LOSING THEIR COOL, EVEN MILLA]

I know! It isn't as though I think you're actually guilty, but--

[but??? what????]

Don't accuse him but not me!

[ also

losing it ]

[yells what??]

Xion--

[SHE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO REACT TO THAT]

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You can't just -- be nice to me because you feel like it! Tarvek didn't do anything wrong! You're accusing him based on the exact same reasons you could accuse me, but you won't accuse me!

[ Her voice shreds into tears, cracking horribly. She's not ... it's not like she wants to be accused. It's just bothered her the whole trial that everyone is so ready to accuse Tarvek but excuse her, for ... what? They share the exact same possible culpability.

Tarvek's just not the one who lost a friend. ]

[that realization hits her like a ton of bricks. her suspicions had fallen on Tavrek because she believed Xion to be sincere, because Xion lost a friend, because she trusted Xion. . . and wasn't she the one who was talking about having to suspect people, even if she trusted them?]

[and wasn't it partially her fault they spent most of the trial talking about a theory that was patently false?]

[there's silence for a few more moments, Milla's eyes wide, and her expression uncharacteristically vulnerable]

[and when she speaks, it's. . . quiet]

. . . I'm sorry.

She does have a point.

[Xion, that is.]

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