[ WEEK SIX – 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

[glaring]

[ For real. ]

Two of them were shot. By the same person, if we're lucky.

Which we're not.

[elemancy]

Probably not. Guess we should ask how many people we're looking for at this point and try to take it from there.

[though with only 9 people here, that.

well, he'd hope they can narrow it down, but they don't exactly have a good track record.]

[thatsthespirit]

[gestures towards the Sheriff. she's standing stiffly today, arms crossed, demeanor tense. everyone is tired]

I asked if two murders were Bandit kills, and one was an independent kill. The Sheriff said no, but won't clarify for now.

[glaring]

Because there's only nine of us in here? I can see why.

[ sighing. ]

I didn't look at the clinic.

[thatsthespirit]

I did. Percy and I were the one who discovered the scene at the clinic.

Is there something you want to know about it?

[glaring]

Only if something there could rule out someone here.

[thatsthespirit]

[props a hand on her hip]

The trail of blood beginning at the front of the hotel led to the clinic. It like someone was dragged there. Upon arriving at the scene, Percy and I found Natalie and Dr. Lecter unconscious on the ground. Dr. Lecter's leg was caught in a bear trap. Natalie was severely injured as though she had been in a fight.

Dr. Lecter was dead on the scene. Natalie was not.

[glaring]

Did she say who she got into a fight with?

[thatsthespirit]

I didn't have the opportunity to ask her. I assumed she'd be here, at the trial.

[that's what she gets for making assumptions]

[elemancy]

...Of course not.

[that would be too easy.

but where do they take it from here?]

Alibis are probably pointless with this many of us. I don't think it's gonna help us this time around. [he doubts stripping will work either, but you know.]

[thatsthespirit]

Our usual methods of investigation are all useless here. Alibis, and strip searches. We have the bodies, but--

[that hasn't been super helpful in the past? though they might as well try]

[elemancy]

Not sure we'd get much out of the gunshot wounds—maybe the other one, though.

[hannibal's was a bit of the odd man out in this situation.]

[thatsthespirit]

[yeah, it's true, he was]

Then we might as well give it a try. We still have several hours before we need to make a decision.

[elemancy]

I guess then we should decide who wants the honors of... corpse checking.

[gre...at... any volunteers, pals?]

[impulsiveness]

[There are only nine people left and they are all tired. Save them.]

Maybe he'll make us wait until there are 10 minutes left this time.

[thatsthespirit]

[HA HA. . . HA]

[also there are no trial snacks today :(]

Perhaps, but we should focus on what we can in the meantime. I'll keep an eye on him and raise the question again after we've had some time to discuss our situation.

[impulsiveness]

Right. No point in getting stuck on something we can't do shit about.

[thatsthespirit]

[she nods]

Exactly.

Are we going to start with the bodies?

[impulsiveness]

Might as well. They're all we have right now.

[impulsiveness]

Xion was shot once. Point blank. Shinnosuke obviously wasn't.
We should try to figure out why.

[glaring]

If they were killed by the same person, the tally we took on who could use a gun before won't matter. I would assume that anyone could manage to kill someone else point blank, even if they were inexperienced.

[ or it was still done by a noob anyway, ugh. ]

Maybe he was defending her.

[moraled]

[Hmmm...]

Perhaps. However, would it be likely for such a... point-blank shot to be done after she had seen Mister Shinnosuke killed before her? That seems quite unlikely.

[Xion was trusting but...not that trusting.]

[glaring]

...then the other way around, maybe. She got shot and he reacted.

[moraled]

[He considers that, thoughtful.]

That seems plausible, I believe. Though he would not have been able to see, he could have heard the gunshots, presumably.

[But then we have a bunch of body moving shenanigans???

Which...is about par for the course for whole ass, thanks]

[impulsiveness]

Do we have any idea why they were both outside after curfew? That could help us figure out the order.