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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[TELL THEM THIS SHIT, YOU MORONS.]
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And how would they know for a fact that the Sheriff came to fetch Natalie early this morning to take her to Will?
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The hell if I know. Apparently they didn't think it was important enough for the rest of us to know until now.
[he might be a little aggravated with these children right now.] Natalie must have told them something.
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Even so. . . this doesn't leave us with any answers about Shinnosuke and Xion.
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[whatever happened with hannibal, will and natalie—that won't answer much for the other two innocent deaths.]
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[he's not sure. he doesn't think he needs to make an argument for why shinnosuke would fight back, they know he's not the type to just let death walk over him so easily.
but.
what about xion? why she wouldn't fight back is more the issue, he thinks.]
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[he's not sure he wants to entertain this thought, but:]
Would she do that to protect one of the others or something? [he wasn't close enough to xion to really know.]
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Perhaps she wished to see someone who had died again?
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[oh god.]
She didn't seem... like she'd be the kind of person to do that, but I don't know. [something doesn't seem right about it, but he really can't say he knows her well enough to say for sure.]
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She didn't to me, either. I feel as though there's something more to both Xion and Shinnosuke's deaths than there have been to the deaths in all of the trials thus far.
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[the fact that xion apparently didn't even resist is really bothering him.]
I don't know, I can't figure it out.