[ 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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Comments

[impulsiveness]

Could have been.

[Piping up with more murder fun facts, ig.]

Nui's skull looked like she was shot from a distance, though, not at point blank. Whether it was with the pistol or rifle depends on how good a shot our killer is.

[thatsthespirit]

[. . . EVEN MORE INTERESTING]

Damien stated the rifle he found was for shooting people at a distance.

One bullet had been used.

[impulsiveness]

Then we might want to focus on people who know their way around a sniper rifle.

[Which, uh. Is presumably not a big list.]

Could be why Nui's corpse got melted, too. If the killer doesn't know enough about chemistry, they could have assumed the chemical bath would be enough to obscure the big ol' hole on her forehead.

[thatsthespirit]

I'd say we could just ask people if they're familiar with one, but someone could easily lie.

[people could lie about alibis too, but you know]

. . . I'm afraid I don't know anything about this "chemical bath," but does it dissolve bones as well as flesh. . .?

[insincerely]

Depending on the acid used, bones can be dissolved as well.

[thatsthespirit]

But these bones weren't dissolved.

[huh]

So I suppose the acid bath wasn't comprised of the right chemicals.

[impulsiveness]

It seems like the Sheriff is the one that set up the bath, so our killer didn't necessarily have to know that. More likely they saw a convenient way to dispose of the corpse and took it.