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.

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Do we know if any of the crime scenes intersect?

[brooding over fruit juice tyvm]

Intersect in what way?

[ A slow shrug. ]

We have a hotel room scene. We have a bonfire and some blood, where it looks like someone was shot. We have the stocks and the Sheriff's porch. Three different victims. Three different crime scenes. Three different killers. Do you think any of the killers or victims interacted with each other while this was going on? Did Annabeth watch Nui get shot from the stocks or did Nui see Annabeth's body burning? Did Riku and his killer see the fire -- or fires -- from their window?

You and Yuna heard the gunshot. Did you hear any screaming from Annabeth burning?

[she closes her eyes and shakes her head]

. . . no. We did not.

[which. only now, strikes her as odd. if they heard the gunshot, why not the screaming. . .?]

Could Annabeth have been killed before she was burned?

I don't know. All I know about her body was that it was significantly charred.

[so it's hard for her to say]

She might've been the type of person not to scream. Prideful, that way. Screaming could have saved her life but she wouldn't face the indignity of it.

[ will, this isn't helping. ]

[NO IT ISN'T]

There wasn't anything we could have done, had we heard her screaming. We were locked in the clinic all night.

That's a shame.

[ mr. profusely unaware of the situation here ]

Will.

[ Maybe now isn't the time to be an asshole within earshot of the guy that dove under a porch to fight a coyote. All Hannibal says is Will's name, but the tone makes his concern pretty clear. ]

[ WHAToh

oh. hm.

yikes. ]

[...thank you for actually making him cry, Will, but he's not going to even remotely say why. He's scrubbing at his face though and clearing his throat.]

No. [And that's all he says.]

[ It's like she teleports by his side she's there so far, coooonsidering her foot. But she takes hold of his hand and leans against him just a little and if looks could kill Will Graham would be fucking dead. ]

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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]

[ Well. He has a question then. ]

... Did anyone find the rest of Riku's body?

No. But with the state of the "disposal pit" [there, Hannibal], we couldn't really tell how many bodies were in there. The only identifiable bits were the skulls.

Mr. Sheriff confirmed the other three were Higekiri, Ao, and Mr. von Karma.

Though you're right about the body.

Edited 2017-02-04 23:47 (UTC)

[ fuck hannibal ]

You mean, the corpse soup? [ will, don't grin ] That would mean two different killers decided to use the Sheriff's stew for convenience sake. If they weren't completely dissolved by the time you found them, you can estimate the time of the dump. It takes about 8 to 10 hours for a lye bath to work and if the Sheriff is using a mix of chemicals, I'd wager there's more than lye in there. Especially if the bones were still there in the morning.

So, curfew lifts at five am. Everyone was out there around seven? Maybe... two am, would be my guess. Annabeth might not have finished burning at that time, the flesh would be too hot for a few hours for anyone to touch long enough to carry to the bath.

[ will, why do you know about these things ]