[ 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

[feminitis]

So we're... looking for someone strong enough to overpower her, then?

[moraled]

Indeed, I believe that is likely. Someone would have to be strong to cut her up regardless; that is not to be done by someone with little physical strength.

[insincerely]

Unless they caught her by surprise or drugged her beforehand. Or something to that effect, anyway.

[moraled]

... Yes. That is also a plausible option, particularly if there have been no signs of a struggle about the town.

[It's a shitty way to die, though...

He really should've done a better job of protecting her.]

[feminitis]

...drugged her? Do we... have things that we could drug people with...?

[Because that opens up a lot of really disturbing possibilities.]

[insincerely]

[He shrugs, before calling out:]

Hey, Dr. Lecter! Anything in the clinic that could be used for this?

[HANNIBAL PROBABLY KNOWS THE CLINIC PRETTY WELL...]

[sating]

We do, yes.

[ the resident doctor is here to help ]

The anesthesia I've used in my surgeries would be the most efficient, but other drugs available would have the same effect. Even painkillers in excess would, and all of them pose the risk of killing whoever takes them if it's in excess.

[robitussin]

If they drugged her and then cut her up instead of just stabbing her once, we're looking for a huge piece of shit. Which I guess is true either way, but... You know.

[insincerely]

On the bright side, if it turns out that she was drugged and we know that for sure, it might help narrow down the pool of suspects. Not everyone here would be familiar with modern medicine.

Right now, though, it's just conjecture.

[robitussin]

Don't suppose we would be able to find out whether she was or not from Hal?

[insincerely]

That sounds like it'd be a little too helpful, but it wouldn't hurt to ask.

[robitussin]

[ZOOMS BACK IN]

She was drugged.

[insincerely]

... I can't believe he actually answered that. [...] So where do we go from here?

[robitussin]

[that's the hard part??]

Depending on how exactly she was drugged... Maybe it was someone she trusted enough to let them get close enough to her to do it? Or she was taken by surprise.

[insincerely]

Does anyone know her eating habits? I mean, just to give an example—I try not to eat anything prepared by someone else, so it'd probably be pretty hard to drug me.

[For reference if anyone ever plans on it????]

Not that food or drink is the only way to drug someone, though.

[hitsitoff]

...She ate what I cooked without thinking much of it, so there's that.

[insincerely]

All right, so she wasn't too wary about being poisoned or drugged. That, or she trusted that you wouldn't do anything to her.

[He pauses, before waving a hand.]

Ah, not that I'm accusing you. I'm just laying out all the possibilities.

[hitsitoff]

Yeah, no worries. Can't solve anything if we don't consider all the angles.

She did trust me, so that could've had something to do with it, but I don't exactly know for sure.

[impulsiveness]

No idea. But if she was taken by surprise, maybe a syringe would do the trick?
Not that Papika and Barnham would have been able to notice any needle marks on her.

[GOD...????]

This is going to end up being totally unhelpful, isn't it?

[insincerely]

[SIGH...]

Probably. Mr. Sheriff wouldn't have given it to us otherwise, huh?

[impulsiveness]

Nope. Can't make the game fair, after all.

[robitussin]

There's anesthesia in the clinic, so that could have been it, but... There's no way to know for sure, I don't think.

[ugh!!]

[sating]

That may be taking a leap too far to assume that our killer has to be familiar. I only say so because if someone had heard in passing about the surgeries I conducted or was present for them, they would know about the effects of anesthesia. It's still something to consider, since it may not occur to someone unfamiliar naturally, but I wouldn't discount people that claim not to know.

[insincerely]

True. At any rate, I doubt we'll get any kind of confirmation that she was drugged to begin with.

[sating]

[ He breathes out a small laugh, but it's humorless ]

No, naturally not. That would be too helpful.