[ 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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Comments

[impulsiveness]

[The answer is yes, so no need to write that down when he can nod at Percy. If it's not another cause of death, it could have been a bruise or mark that would identify the killer.

But that... would have been noticeable even then? Maybe?]

[flippity]

If there was something else, then it had to be covered up super super well.

[ and it probably would have been even harder to spot anything considering, you know. the crows. ]

[impulsiveness]

So not bruises.

[The crows... why.........]

What about stabs? You could cover those up by chopping at the right spot.

[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.

[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???]