[ 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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THE SHERIFF

[sheriffexe]

[ Today, he is carving a deer. ]

[tightly]

[ Today, he is getting a monte cristo with grilled onions on french sliced loaf. ]

[sheriffexe]

[ Nice. The Sheriff appreciates you, Chane. ]

[feminitis]

...excuse me, Sheriff!!

[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?

[sheriffexe]

Not yet, no. Too early in the day to give you that.

[impulsiveness]

[POLITELY........ shoves this paper in his face.]

Can you confirm if the entrails belonged to Nisha?

[sheriffexe]

Ain't anyone else missing a bunch of organs, are they? So, yeah. They're hers.

[robitussin]

I know we don't have rights to the bodies this week, or what's left of them, but... Can I ask if Lust was drugged or anything before she was killed?

I MISSED THIS NOTIF

[sheriffexe]

[ He considers this for a moment. On one hand, it wouldn't be fair to say entirely but on the other hand, it's a murder weapon and everyone can tell Simon was shot. So. ]

... Yes.

[moraled]

I fear I must ask, to be entirely certain. Did Lust or Mister Keyes' possess a role of any sort in this game?

[sheriffexe]

No. They didn't.

[leadastray]

A question: Has anyone requested machinery? "Power tools"?

[sheriffexe]

No power tools were used in the murder.

[insincerely]

[Fumbling over here with Xion's help, probably.]

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.]

[sheriffexe]

Yes.

[alcobrawlic]

So, hey-- just out of curiosity, could someone who was already given a role also be made a bandit?

[sheriffexe]

Yeah, but I ain't do it yet. Plenty of other people to use for that still.

[hydrokinetics]

Hey, Hal. [Somehow in the weeks in being here Percy has graduated from "calm the fuck down about the robot" to "able to ask things as diplomatically as possible.] We confirmed Lust was drugged, but what about Simon? If he was immobilized it wouldn't have been buy a poison or a drug, would it?

[sheriffexe]

No. I gave him to the killers.

[bittybat]

[Look... Shinnosuke was blind, Courtney isn't here, and Damian had been DEALING WITH A DEAD MONKEY...]

Was the coyote what got caught in the trap?

[sheriffexe]

Yeah.

[ MOSTLY BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE?? IF COURTNEY CHANGED HER MIND?? let's go with coyotes ]

[thatsthespirit]

Sheriff. Those who decide to kill independently. . . do you provide them with the same assistance you provide the Bandits?

[sheriffexe]

I give them a weapon. No victim.

[flippity]

Old man, when you say independent party, do you mean anyone who isn't a Bandit? Or just anyone who doesn't have a role at all?

[ her tone is less rude than usual?? Even if she still tacked on the "old man" at the front oops ]

[ceded]

[ Before he heads out-- ]

Sheriff Hal? Um... if the bandits can get information about their targets, do you tell them when they pick one, or do they have to ask?