
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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Can we talk about the fact that there are way too many similarities to last week's crimes? Decapitation, burning, and a gunshot wound. Sound familiar? [Three methods used last week.] We should probably start with discussing everything we found yesterday. Who wants to start?
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Do you think it was the same people...? Or... two of the same people, at least. [Since they only found two bodies. Unless the monkey counts as a third.
...that would almost be ideal - it would mean they had a second chance at catching the people who got away last week.]
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But firing a gun can be really difficult. Even some of the most capable people I know from home struggle with it.
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Um. The cuts weren't super clean, but they also weren't very... messy? But it was also more than just the, um, head. It was her whole body.
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[ ash is as disinterested in the proceedings as ever... he just has to pipe up when people are Wrong. ]
The woman, Nisha - she said she and her ally had access to "tools." In other words, they're provided with a certain selection of weapons. It's not unreasonable to believe that the Bandits are, as well.
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...that would make sense. I guess that's probably another of the ways that the Sheriff makes sure we don't actually have any evidence we can use in these things...
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Way too similar.
Could be a copycat or someone doing an encore of their greatest hits.
And there were entrails in the fire, too. Nisha?
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We still have people like that, don't we?
[Not. Writing down any names, but it's not like it's hard to guess.]
Nui was sniped from afar. Simon wasn't. Point blank shots are easier. [Re: the skill set...] We have to consider why both bodies were dumped in the same location, too.
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[ she looks like she never wants to discuss these bodies ever again WHY MUST SHE HAVE TO DISCUSS THEM ALL DAY NOW ugh ]
But I guess you could say the same thing the other way around.
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[So... what then?]
Does that mean we have two killers who chose the same place by accident? ...wouldn't the second one have noticed, though?
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[ so if lust's killer came there second, they might have not noticed a body already in the water?? ]
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They could have gone solo for the kill and met up later to dump the bodies.
[P...robably.... Or maybe someone just didn't care about the floating body parts in the lake.
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Seems like a ton of effort, but we can't rule it out yet.
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If it was one person maybe the person got tired of the cutting so they just shot Simon instead.
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His arms are crossed, his eyes closed, and his expression flat.]
Miss Papika and I found the bodies near the watering hole. Lust's... head was on the end of the dock, left there undoubtedly for someone to easily find.
[also gruesomely being eaten by crows but he's not going to say that.]
... The remainder of her limbs were in the water, as was Mister Keyes' body, anchored to a rock.
That was all that could clearly be seen from that scene.
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yikes ]
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throughout the trial when it looks like Papika's struggling with discussing the bodies, though, Barnham will try to be there to place a hand on her shoulder.
STAY STRONG, TINY]
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[They were standing in corpse water, they weren't going to be inspecting the rock too clearly.]
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[Aside from, you know, their coyote attack.]