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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THE SHERIFF
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[Step one: address him calmly. Failed.
Step two: keep her hands clasped together so that she won't be tempted to punch him. ...kind of succeeded?]
These deaths - can you confirm whether or not we're dealing with just bandits, or with bandits and someone else acting, or... some other variation I haven't thought of yet?
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Can you confirm if the entrails belonged to Nisha?
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Hey, Mr. Sheriff. If someone hypothetically killed someone... and then they hypothetically cut that person into pieces for no reason and dumped those pieces in a lake, would that earn them more merit?
[Ugh.]
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THE BODY
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Can we talk about the fact that there are way too many similarities to last week's crimes? Decapitation, burning, and a gunshot wound. Sound familiar? [Three methods used last week.] We should probably start with discussing everything we found yesterday. Who wants to start?
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Do you think it was the same people...? Or... two of the same people, at least. [Since they only found two bodies. Unless the monkey counts as a third.
...that would almost be ideal - it would mean they had a second chance at catching the people who got away last week.]
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[aka someone help Shinnosuke please, the useless top-level.]
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It might be useful to start narrowing down our list of suspects earlier as we discuss how the murder might have happened. Who could have done what and who couldn't have... and interrogate those who could have. I understand people can lie and there's a large pool of suspects, but we have to start somewhere.
I only say this because we've done similar things in the past and still ended up not knowing who to vote for... And I've never really felt "suspected" of murder despite being... very capable? Which seems strange to me.
And if that doesn't work out, we should decide who to vote for if we have no other ideas. It's better to do this now than scramble later, I think.
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Oh my god??
What the hell you guys CAN WE NOT FOR LIKE FIVE SECONDS.
Barnham is definitely going to just slam his fist against the wall????]
If we could all cease bickering and....other...shenanigans [like kissing] there is a trial still to accomplish, and a murderer or two to be found.
If we may focus, please? [please for the love of god, his roommate is dead]
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[Yeah he's with you dude, this is getting really ridiculous.]
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strip search...
For the ease of me keeping track of all the threads since it got chaotic last week, just respond with the state of your character's body unless they have any objections to stripping down first! ]
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Re: strip search...
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Re: strip search...
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This game sucks.
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[and you bloodthirsty motherfuckers.]
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We've been focusing on Lust so far, but what about Simon's murder?
We know he was shot, tied to a rock, and tossed into the water from there. Gunshot wound was on the head, right? [Confirm or deny, Barnjamon and Papika.] His monkey was also found burning behind the train, right along Nisha's entrails. The Sheriff said that Nisha's guts are unrelated and the monkey was a passerby, though.
Any thoughts on how it all ties together?
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So the Sheriff just clarified for me, because clearly he's got a fondness for young and beautifully vivacious ladies-- we've got two killers, guaranteed. One's a bandit, one's an 'independent party'.
... He also said that someone who had a preexisting role here could also be made a bandit, but that hasn't happened yet. Just for future reference.
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ahhhhhhh.]
Then you mean to say--someone has killed one of our victims for the sole sake of killing?
[AHHHHHH
HE'S DONE JUST LET HIM LEAVE]
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Alright, the clock's ticking, so here's the deal.
Two victims, two killers. Word has it that Simon was offed by bandits, shot square in the forehead and dumped in the water, mafia-style. According to old Hal, the bandits wanted to kill Simon, so he gave them the opportunity.
As for Lust? She got drugged by an "independent party". The Sheriff told me that if the she got shot by a tranq dart or chloroformed, that we would have found the evidence, so take it as you will.
Additionally, it's unclear if it was the drug that killed her, but whoever did it kindly chopped her up for extra points.
Have I got things right, so far?
It's been confirmed that neither victims had a role, so there's that, too, I suppose. Oh, we also have a dead monkey.
[ Basically, this case is a fucking mess. ]
Now... the question of the hour - where do we go from here? Anyone got anything to say?
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[she speaks up from her spot somewhere on the side, where she's been sitting the whole trial]
Focusing on two murders at once hasn't worked for us so far, so some of us should focus on Lust while the others should focus on Simon. Yes?
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So Milla found out that whoever drugged Lust had to ask for the toxin by name. We ... should make a list of anyone who would know that kind of drug by name.
[ Which. Makes her uncomfortable. Dr Dad.......................... ]
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Guess we're not going to know what that toxin was, huh?
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I think knowing where everyone was on Thursday night would help, too. We've done alibi checks every week so we should keep up that pattern. Where was everybody?
[A pause.] And I'll start. Xion, Harry and I were in mine and Harry's room right after the hotel's front doors locked that night. None of us have been sleeping that great, so we stayed in our room and kept each other company.
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[he's too tired for any drawn out explanation right now. he wasn't asleep, but he was there and.
given who his roommate is? ha. haaaaaaaaaaaaa.]
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i'm stupid and forgot what day of the week was which IGNORE THAT TY??
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...Half-hour, guys. Better start getting some of idea of where we're going with this.
[enthralling announcement, he's got this.]
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EXECUTION
So, you voted for Ezio Auditore. Good job, I suppose. He was Manfred von Karma's killer from the other week but is innocent this week. Guy whatshisface was protecting with the whole boo-hoo I gotta protect, etcera thing.
Uh, but, you know. No one this week.
[ He shrugs. ]
Anyway, need I rehash or will you just head to the cells, Ezio? Get your execution vote in, kids.
[ A tip of his hat and he heads for the door. ]
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... Between Mr. Auditore's confession—about how Mr. von Karma was corrupt—and how Higekiri knew that the man was on death row, there's something we can probably assume at this point.
Seems like the Bandits are told some personal info about their targets. Reasons to kill them, specifically.
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JAIL CELL
He's sitting casually in the cell, not seemingly very bothered by the news. More than anything, he's tired. Sorta wishing he had done this before Lust died so maybe something could have come of that? Oh well.]
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