[ 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

[hydrokinetics]

Could also start with the fact that the scene of our crimes all seem to be in one central location closer to the hotel. Whoever was behind the murders didn't want to stray too far from "home", apparently.

[This fucking sucks? Yeah. This sucks!]

[elemancy]

Maybe they didn't have much of a choice, or everyone just happened to be close. The way it looks...

[it sucks, but he's super not sure right now.] It's hard to say.

[hydrokinetics]

Could also imply that it was someone who wasn't strong enough to move the bodies either and just...left them there. [Which is super fucked up? That is amazingly fucked up.] You're right. It's hard to say

[elemancy]

Could be that too. There aren't that many of us left that wouldn't be able to do that, though.

[which could narrow things down, or they could immediately be chasing the wrong lead.]

[hydrokinetics]

It's worth considering, especially with the amount of blood Milla found from the hotel to the clinic. But that might've been from Dr. Lecter's bear trap? I don't know.

[elemancy]

Could be either. Not saying we should rule it out, just... that it's a pretty tough call to make with how many of us are left.

[hydrokinetics]

Let's just keep talking things out and go from there. It's not like we don't have a bunch of time still. With less people...maybe we'll get somewhere.

[moraled]

[...... ehhh]

Though I loathe to offer up the possibility... could it be that they wished for the crimes to be found?

[WHICH SEEMS KIND OF FUCKED UP BUT.... HERE THEY ARE. Everything is fucked up.]

[hydrokinetics]

But why would they want that? [It's possible but. Why.]

[flippity]

Maybe they didn't want us to waste time looking.

[ because they may be murderers but they know how tired everyone is, how nice ]

[moraled]

[That seems...nice....... DOUBTFUL BUT NICE, YOU JUST KEEP THINKING THAT, PAPIKA]

[flippity]

[ LOOK THE MURDERER WOULD HAVE JUST HAD TO GO AROUND SEARCHING FOR THE BODIES TOO IN ORDER TO LOOK INNOCENT MAYBE THEY WERE SAVING THEMSELVES FROM WASTING ENERGY???? let her have dreams ]

[hydrokinetics]

[...what if he just reaches over and tiredly ruffles her hair.]

That's almost too considerate, but maybe you're onto something. We've had murderers confess, why wouldn't we have murderers who leave their kills in plain sight?

[flippity]

[ she appreciates the hair ruffle. ]

And if there are no real clues as to who did it at the crime scene, there... isn't really a point to hiding the bodies, is there?

[moraled]

I fear I do not know. [His brow furrows, frustrated.] It is a scene I have seen before in cases of murder that I have investigated in Labyrinthia, though I fear I could not speak to the killers' thought processes in those times either.

[He just has no idea]

[hydrokinetics]

...it could just be to make a point. Maybe if someone thought we were going to miss the most obvious answers since there's only nine of us now. There would have only been eleven even with Natalie and Will. If they weren't worried, why put in the effort to hide?

[He doesn't like that either though.]

[moraled]

[... neither does he. He frowns.]

Tch. Mockery, then.

[ugh!!]

[uraniumnumnum]

You're overthinking it. Lecter was caught in a trap that was left out in front of the hotel. The other two were most likely going to check the stocks and were waylaid.

[ ash doesn't know why he's even interjecting at this point... he's going to be stuck here for hours, might as well not be completely bored?! ]

If you actually want to accomplish something, you should consider who might have wanted to kill those people and why. The rest is superfluous trivia.

[hydrokinetics]

[...he's tired enough that he's at least listening to Ash.]

Well okay. [He rubs at his face.] If somebody targeted Xion and Shinnosuke together, they probably thought they'd be an easy kill. Shinnosuke was blind and Xion was small. More than likely they weren't expecting them to put up a fight, so...maybe somebody who didn't know them that well?

[impulsiveness]

But who wouldn't know them that well? In a group this small, that could narrow it down a LOT.

[hydrokinetics]

That's kind of what I'm wondering, too. It's sort of why I brought it up. You knew that the two of them could fight too, didn't you?

[uraniumnumnum]

Or they targeted them because they suspected that they had roles, and they were partially correct. We don't know the Bandits' intentions, but I suspect they're trying to kill all of us before the Deputy and Bounties can kill one another. It would be in their favor to target people that have roles.

[thatsthespirit]

[she frowns]

Why? If anything, the Deputy and the Bounties are capable of ending this game. Why remove those pieces from the chessboard to take that away?

[uraniumnumnum]

[ he gives Milla a flat look. ]

You're spending too much time with the humans. Have you forgotten that the bandits are offered a reward? There are people who would continue the game to satisfy their greed.

[moraled]

... What if the killer was unaware of this?

[If they didn't know the Deputy and Bounties could end the game... then maybe...that would be why?]