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.
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robowest2017-02-25 12:00 pm
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[ she is. ]
Nothing we've done lately has been helpful. The only killers we've caught confessed. At this point, isn't it at least an attempt?
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Then do you wish to start us off?
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Fine. Are you going to check me?
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Of course, if that's what's most comfortable for you. I'll let you check me in return.
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...alright, I'll do it.
[ UGHHHH FOR THE NTH TIME, BEGINS STRIPPING. as if it wasn't her idea. in the first place. ]
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But there sure is a brilliant red streak along her left forearm, almost like it could be
paint. It's watercolour paint. ]
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[Milla is thorough with her search, although she stops when she reaches the paint]
. . . what's this for?
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The real reason is the embarrassing one.... ]
...Papika and I were painting in the saloon on Tuesday.
[ THE WORST. ]
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[but Milla can't help but ask as she pulls away and nods, indicating that Rin can get dressed again]
I see. . . there isn't another reason you may have wanted us to find that mark? You were the one insisting on a strip search, after all.
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If anything, I didn't want you to see it because it shows how careless I got in the bath.
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Would you like me to help you clean that off now?
[SINCE. THEY'RE HERE. WHY NOT OFFER, RIGHT??]
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I can do it myself.
[ can she get dressed now milla... please....... ]
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[PLEASE DON'T MIND THE WAY SHE REACHES FOR RIN'S ARM AND TRIES TO WIPE THE PAINT OFF WITH HER GLOVES?? i'm sorry. i'm so sorry]
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W-wait! It's fine, I just didn't notice because I was so preoccupied, I really will get it mys—!
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[is there anything underneath the paint if/when she manages to clear it away???]
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[. . . but when she finds nothing, she lets Rin's arm go]
I don't really know what the paint is supposed to mean, and perhaps ultimately it means nothing but mere sentimentality. But you were the one who insisted we conduct these searches, and I find it difficult to believe you'd "accidentally" avoid cleaning such an obvious mark off of your arm in the bath.
. . . is there something you're trying to tell us, Rin?
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I'm telling you to stop embarrassing me!! It was bad enough with the toilet thing, and then again with the constant stripping, and now here where I accidentally left something on my arm from when I was painting my Command Seal... you really have it out for me, huh....
[ anyway the chill is gone and now she's just miserable. ]
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Command. . . seal?
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It's just a mark I had at home.
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But you don't have it here, so you were trying to replicate it with paint. Why?
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[ also the only other things she can draw with precision are magic circle and things like that, which she really doesn't want to do here. ]
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In what way? If you don't mind my asking.
[she's embarrassed Rin enough at this point might as well PRY INTO HER PERSONAL BUSINESS right]
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And it would have been true, at least in her mind. They take magic seriously. ]
It was proof of my participation in something. It has nothing to do with this, and I'm not allowed to say much more on the subject anyway.
[ A pause. ]
By my own world's rules, not this one.
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[she considers]
I would say we're not on your world at the moment so those rules should hardly matter, but I won't press any further.