[ 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]

[god dammit]

Isn't there any way to narrow this down...?!

[insincerely]

That would be too easy for us, huh?

[feminitis]

Rrgh, then... what else? The Sheriff said that the bandits were cooperating. Enough that he was willing to just... Give Mister Keyes to them.

Who here gets along well enough to do that?

[insincerely]

... Anyone not named Ash, if they knew their lives were on the line?

[feminitis]

I don't know... The fact that he mentioned it as a factor at all implies that the extent to which they were cooperating was unusual, doesn't it?

[insincerely]

He also said that being a Bandit is enough to earn your victim, so take that as you will.

[feminitis]

That's stupid. Nobody chooses to be a Bandit, how is that "earning" it? Maybe the Sheriff should brush up on the definition of "earning".

[insincerely]

You'll have to bring it up with him, not me.

[feminitis]

I'll have words with him after the trial.

[because shoving a dictionary in his face won't help them catch whoever did this]

[impulsiveness]

Not unless we want to start judging based on who would be callous enough to kill someone because they wouldn't be missed.

[JESUS.]

[feminitis]

[tries not to look at Ash tbh]

So we're looking for someone callous or weak or both. This makes no sense.

[elemancy]

...How do we know if anyone's not really one of those things, though?

[if simon was faking it, couldn't someone else?

UGH HE HATES THIS. why does this even have to be something they can suggest...]

[impulsiveness]

We don't. That's the problem. Anyone could be a good actor.

[elemancy]

[exactly his point.]

Kind of still leaves us at square one in that way, unless someone else knows something we don't.

[like what shinnosuke conveniently didn't tell anyone until simon was dead.]

[insincerely]

[LOOK... there was no reason to spill other than "Simon's maybe crazy???" and look at how well that went with Nui—]

[uraniumnumnum]

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