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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Hal said that the Bounties had to kill the Bandits that didn't cooperate, didn't he? And we know that Shinnosuke was a Bounty. [There's a heavy pause.] I...hate to ask, but is it possible Xion was a Bandit and refused...?
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. . . Shinnosuke and Xion were friends, yes? [keeps using the f-word to spite Shinnosuke in the graveyard] That would explain why Xion didn't resist.
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[as. . . sad as it is. damn it, those two, she really liked them both!!]
But that now leaves us with the question of who killed Shinnosuke.
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fuck]
She wouldn't have fought back against a friend. That could explain why her body looked so peaceful compared to the others.
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[As in... how many shots did they hear, and was there a small lapse of time between them?]
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And then she let him kill her...?
[ugh. no. no no, it sounds plausible and he doesn't like it at all!]
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this holds water.]
She'd... have helped him too, wouldn't she, if that's the case.
[by guiding the gun and letting him do it, even without his vision.]
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[ wait ]
And how did he know where to shoot?
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[His brow furrows.]
Unless he did so after he had already been shot--but in that case, Miss Xion refusing to be bandit does not add up either.
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[ although considering what they now know about shinnosuke and his love for his sister. well. ]
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... either way, there is still an unsolved murder.
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Maybe...
[ she is still not over her cinema trip tbh so the possibility of other people killing themselves is. not fun. ]