[ WEEK FOUR – 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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[moraled]

[...]

I knew... Lust as well as could be expected, given the circumstances. I shall do what I can to assist in this. Deciding what they had in common may be difficult, but we must at least try.

[moraled]

Was there any who knew him particularly well? I fear I spoke with him only once.

[And he seemed...weird but otherwise harmless ish??]

[ceded]

Will.....

[ can you maybe chill ]

It's okay. If you feel like helping, let us know, but... it's okay.

[elemancy]

[he... has a point there.]

Probably gonna seem counterproductive no matter what. Look at what we're dealing with here. [cutting a body into pieces? tying someone to a rock after they've been shot?

it's all needless convoluted.]

Kinda seems like we gotta start taking what makes sense out of it and just try to figure out who can or would be able to do these things.

[hydrokinetics]

[A squint. Shinnosuke you are on his watch list?? But okay, information!]

Yeah, we are. Trying to figure out if Lust and Simon have any similarities or people they would have spoken to. What can you tell us about Simon?

[sating]

[ At the solemn expression, Hannibal pauses and considers Sei, but then takes a half step forward so that he can reach out to place an encouraging hand on her shoulder. ]

Figuring out peoples' secrets is an art that people refine for a lifetime, to be fair. We would naturally make missteps even in a month. But I think we are getting better, at least. We are starting to ask better questions.

[tightly]

[ Write, write, write... (and with Xion reading it out for Shinnosuke's sake--) ]

He was frightened of the people on the wanted posters, regardless of who, but he did not explain to me why. That is all I know about the man.

[impulsiveness]

Whoever shot Simon had to be physically close to him. His brains weren't splattered all over the place, were they?

[Why are headshots gross. Stop.]

[flippity]

Maybe. Ummm, I remember last week that Xion said whoever did that to Riku, the cuts were really bad so it seemed like they didn't know what they were doing? These weren't... like that, but they weren't very neat. So. Possibly?

[ she suddenly looks very uncomfortable? papika glances at wherever the heck eliot is, and then leans in to whisper in jason's ear. SHE MOSTLY DOESN'T WANT ELIOT TO OVERHEAR THIS since he seemed pretty upset at lust getting killed ]

There were crows. At her body. They might of... made it harder to tell if there were, ah, other wounds.

[sweats]

[ WHY IS THIS HAPPENING ]

I'm. Fine.

[ but he is becoming more annoyed by the second ]

[combattente]

[Since he has no information to offer up, he'll say this instead.]

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.

[expelliarmed]

Were there any signs of a struggle near the water?

[alcobrawlic]

Okay, ladies, let's give the guy a breather.

[ Before Will Regrets. ]

[moraled]

[Strange...]

Frightened... I suppose that is not so unusual, in a situation such as this.

[impulsiveness]

[GROSS.]

What about the monkey? Was he tossed there by this week's murderer, or is that asking for too much information?

[sating]

[ Will, can you just chill for. The entire day honestly???? Every time you open your mouth it's upsetting to everyone good lord

But Hannibal is definitely going to look over to Will with concern, though he doesn't say anything just yet. But he's definitely listening in on this conversation to make sure Will doesn't make anyone cry. Again. ]

[sweats]

[ THANK YOU, SARA....... time to go find the whiskey ]

[alcobrawlic]

Well, for starters, the one person who definitely couldn't have done it would be Shinnosuke. So maybe let's begin with who's out of the running.

[hydrokinetics]

[And surprisingly, Percy speaks up.]

Guys...leave him alone. Will's already made his stance on it clear.

[moraled]

There were none. Only... the bodies. [and parts.]

[hitsitoff]

Yeah, we talked a lot. Dunno what of that's really relevant or what she's got in common with the other victim, though.

[Give him a sec, he's just going over everything she told him in his head right now.]

...She mentioned she's got involvement in espionage. Who knows if that's got anything to do with all of this, but that's a thing.

[sweats]

[ If anyone's going to cry, it's Will because everyone is so

mean

to him

specifically

:'( ]

[tightly]

[ Realising her note might not have been very forthcoming, she adds more as an explanation, ]

The week when I was one of the people on the most wanted board, he saw me looking at the board and then tried to hide from me.

[ ... ]

But, he also squeaked very loudly.

[moraled]

[That sounds kind of funny, he's not gonna lie.]

Indeed, the first and last time I spoke with him was in regards to my wanted poster as well.

He did not seem frightened, but he did confront me over my charges.

[impulsiveness]

[... If he was going to write anything coherent, it gets overridden by all this SUDDEN DISGUST??? Holy shit. He looks at Papika once she's done whispering in Jason's ear, a little wide eyed.

Y i k e s.]

I see. Thanks, Papika.
I'll keep that in mind. [EW???]