[ 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

[moraled]

[............ he's going to lose his goddamn mind.]

... Once again, that... does not narrow down our potential subjects in the least.

[thatsthespirit]

. . . focusing on the physical evidence of this case doesn't really seem to be doing us much good.

[insincerely]

What else do we have, though? It's been pretty useless so far, but... other than that, all we've got is digging into people's psyches.

[thatsthespirit]

We have the game as a whole. The roles some of us have been given, as well as any ultimate game goals some of us may have. It also isn't much, but when the physical evidence fails us. . .

[moraled]

...No, it has not. We must...focus on the game, is that not correct? Who would stand to benefit from this? What role was in play here?

[... he's not good at it though.

This is hard, and he's not comfortable with this at all.]

[thatsthespirit]

That's right.

We can assume that both victims were killed by bandits since they didn't have any roles. So perhaps the question we should ask isn't "who is the killer," but "who are our Bandits this week?"

[moraled]

Very well then. We change our thinking.

Who are our Bandits this week--likely, someone who has not been one before. However... as we do not know who our Bandits were before, Higekiri aside, that does not help us.

How else shall we figure this out?

[thatsthespirit]

[hmmm. . . she has to think about this for a bit]

Do we know anyone who has met with the Sheriff for significant periods of time this past week?