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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Are we talking about the victims? [NOT LIKE HE CAN TELL WHAT JASON'S WRITTEN DOWN, this is before passing to Xion happens, probably.] Simon was my roommate, so I can probably give an idea of what he was like.
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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.
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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?
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Well, anyone who's seen him around could tell you that he acted fidgety and had Money—the monkey—who, according to Simon, believed that he owned our room and us. Was kind of a kleptomaniac—the monkey, that is.
Simon was a pretty paranoid guy, to be honest. Stayed in our room every night, barely slept, and was a light sleeper when he did. To be honest, he's not the kind of person I would've pictured leaving the hotel on Thursday night, so either something's up there or my perception of him is inaccurate.
[... He doesn't really know if he should be saying this next part since it was technically a secret—but then again, he also said that he would spill under the right circumstances, and Simon's dead now, so whatever??? Sorry, roomie.]
He was also a huge liar who knew how to manipulate people into thinking he was more harmless than he really was... Well, let's just say that I got along better with his real personality than that little cowardly act he put up, and he dropped the facade for that very reason. He wasn't someone who would have any problems with killing another person, at least, though I don't know if he would go out of his way to kill, either.
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Okay, so that answers some things. The one thing we should consider, too, is that you wouldn't have been in your room on Thursday and even if you were you couldn't see him leaving. It might have been the perfect chance for him to sneak out. Is it possible he might have killed Lust and someone killed him to stop him?
Maybe there isn't a failsafe for Bandits not to kill each other. Has he ever said anything about killing before, or just that he wouldn't have a problem with it?
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[But then that itself could be part of the manipulation. Who knows??]
We played a game where we asked each other questions. One of the ones he asked was whom I'd kill here if I had to—his answer to the same question was that he'd go after someone who deserved it. So maybe he wanted to be some kind of vigilante, or something.
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I...don't want to know that list, Shinnosuke, but way to be morbid. The thing about it is is what would Simon consider as someone who deserves death?
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Anyway, he was probably trying to probe me with that one—and before anyone looks at me funny, I just said that I'd kill someone who tried to kill me first.
[??? What kind of answer do you even give in that situation without being a party pooper.]
But as for whom he'd go after... I have no idea.
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[He sighs a little.] With everything you've said, I assume he'd go after someone that probably has "bad crimes" on their wanted poster.
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What? Truly?
[HE DID NOT EXPECT THAT....]
... I feel he did not have much in common with Lust, then. She spoke of wishing to no longer be at another's whims; I fear she was often in situations where she did not have control of her own fate.
[So this is extra shitty and he hates it.]
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Guess we're back to square one, then.
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[And now she's dead so. Ha ha welp.]
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[y i k e s]
That's... wow. [She stares at him for a few long moments.] ...I wouldn't have guessed that. [SHE IS APPARENTLY NOT AS GOOD A JUDGE OF CHARACTER AS SHE THOUGHT, she feels sort of bad for looking at him when the discussion of cowards came up last trial.]
...if he was outside on Thursday night, he must have been up to something. Was there anything he did that seemed odd before... well...
[Before Shinnosuke ended up in the stocks.]
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Before that, he didn't seem especially odd, but again, he was a good actor.
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[what a useless offer, tbh]
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