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.
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robowest2017-02-11 12:00 pm
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His arms are crossed, his eyes closed, and his expression flat.]
Miss Papika and I found the bodies near the watering hole. Lust's... head was on the end of the dock, left there undoubtedly for someone to easily find.
[also gruesomely being eaten by crows but he's not going to say that.]
... The remainder of her limbs were in the water, as was Mister Keyes' body, anchored to a rock.
That was all that could clearly be seen from that scene.
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yikes ]
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throughout the trial when it looks like Papika's struggling with discussing the bodies, though, Barnham will try to be there to place a hand on her shoulder.
STAY STRONG, TINY]
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[They were standing in corpse water, they weren't going to be inspecting the rock too clearly.]
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[Too bad they can't drag it out now and toss it at people, though.]
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[At least someone strong, or--]
The rock... could have been rolled to the end of the dock, presumably, but in the end someone had to have had enough strength to carry or roll it. Likewise, I find it doubtful that someone who has been bodily harmed by this place to have done it.
[Natalie, for example, or Sei.]
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[Sorry Percy :'(]
Miss Papika may have seen it better when she undid the rope, though I fear we were in a rather big hurry to get out of that water.
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It was remiss, and that is simple fact. I shall not make that mistake again in the future.
[If he finds more bodies.]
...As it is, I am afraid we must work with what we have.
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It's a good thing we have practice figuring things out on our own, huh? We'll find something. [Not someone, since they keep fucking up, but.]
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Then they might have been ambushed - or killed somewhere else and the murderer, or murderers, took their bodies to the lake to dispose of them. If they were ambushed, why would either of them go all the way out to the watering hole in the middle of the night?