[ 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

[insincerely]

[Well, it's a relief that Ezio wasn't lying about the entire thing, at least. This still sucks, though.]

... Between Mr. Auditore's confession—about how Mr. von Karma was corrupt—and how Higekiri knew that the man was on death row, there's something we can probably assume at this point.

Seems like the Bandits are told some personal info about their targets. Reasons to kill them, specifically.

[robitussin]

...Yeah, that makes sense. Jesus, as if the posters weren't enough.

[insincerely]

That, or they just somehow knew from elsewhere and targeted him because why not, but I don't know where you'd get that kind of info—especially in just a week, and about a guy who didn't talk to others a lot.

[robitussin]

I talked to him once, but he didn't seem like the type of person who would willingly share those details, yeah.

[insincerely]

And it's pretty convenient that they happen to be details that could convince someone to kill him.

[robitussin]

And I'm guessing if they're spinning things in a weird way like they did on the posters, they have something that at least sounds incriminating about all of us.

[insincerely]

Isn't that nice to think about?

[robitussin]

Yep. Just fantastic.

[hydrokinetics]

[...]

Which means our Bandits this week might've known the same information you knew about Simon, too. [That's a good point, Shinnosuke.] Something to keep in mind, I suppose.

[insincerely]

Yeah. Not sure how much it'll help us from here, but it's something to keep in mind, I guess.

[impulsiveness]

Guess the Sheriff shares some information to make the kill "easier," or something along those lines.

[insincerely]

... Heh. Yeah. What a messed up mercy for the Bandits, huh?

[ceded]

[ Xion isn't even sure what to say to that. The realization that he's probably right is enough to twist her gut in knots. ]

... do you think ... they're told when they get assigned as bandits and choose a target, or if they have to ask for it?

[insincerely]

... I don't know. It might be worth asking about.

[ceded]

... I can do it.