[ 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

[flippity]

If that happened then... who would have killed Shinnosuke?

[ wait ]

And how did he know where to shoot?

[moraled]

I am stuck on this issue as well--who then killed Mister Shinnosuke?

[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.

[flippity]

Mmhm... unless he was really dedicated to it.

[ although considering what they now know about shinnosuke and his love for his sister. well. ]

[moraled]

[Yeah, that doesn't seem quite right to him either. His brow furrows as he thinks about it.]

... either way, there is still an unsolved murder.

[hydrokinetics]

That's the part I don't know. Maybe somebody who witnessed him killing her? And for all we know, Xion knew that it would come to this and she guided the gun herself. She and Shinnosuke spent a lot of time together. She helped him out a lot after he lost his sight.

[flippity]

[ she is about to respond, but then percy suggests that xion might have done that and papika just closes her mouth. ]

Maybe...

[ she is still not over her cinema trip tbh so the possibility of other people killing themselves is. not fun. ]