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sheriff swanson ([personal profile] sheriffexe) wrote in [community profile] robowest2017-02-11 12:00 pm
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[ WEEK FOUR – TRIAL ]

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.



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hydrokinetics: (Yeah right)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2017-02-11 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[He appears to be calmly eating a carton of blueberry yogurt but he's pretty irritated that somehow they ended up with multiple bodies again. So, while his spoon scrapes the sides of the container, he speaks up]

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?
feminitis: (well that's.. unfortunate.....)

[personal profile] feminitis 2017-02-11 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sei's brow furrows as she considers that.]

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.]
hydrokinetics: (life threw the towel in on)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2017-02-11 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
It's possible. The Sheriff did say it's possible that Bandits can be chosen more than once, but it could just be a couple of people who wanted to pin the blame elsewhere. With something like this, we should really focus on who could even possess those kind of skills.
feminitis: (pouts because of reasons)

[personal profile] feminitis 2017-02-11 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
...shooting would probably be the easiest one to narrow down. Unless the decapitation was especially clean, it doesn't... that is... [Sei makes a face.] If someone unskilled tries hard enough, they could remove a head after a couple of tries with a sharp enough weapon. And it's not hard to start a fire.

But firing a gun can be really difficult. Even some of the most capable people I know from home struggle with it.
flippity: (pic#10762242)

[personal profile] flippity 2017-02-11 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she raises her hand. ]

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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uraniumnumnum: (why did you put it there?)

[personal profile] uraniumnumnum 2017-02-11 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
It's far more likely that they have access to the same set of weapons. We haven't got any reason to believe it's the same killer.

[ 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.
feminitis: (my will is second to none)

[personal profile] feminitis 2017-02-11 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[On the one hand, she's glad he's contributing. On the other, she hates being wrong.]

...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...
impulsiveness: (016)

[personal profile] impulsiveness 2017-02-11 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[i am not typing JASON WRITES DOWN each and every time kill me]

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?
hydrokinetics: (When you hear a song from that big lady)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2017-02-11 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[A nod.] I'm thinking the same, but that would mean somebody could have gutted her as early as Wednesday doesn't it? It goes off-pattern.
impulsiveness: (002)

[personal profile] impulsiveness 2017-02-11 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe they didn't care about the reward and just wanted to have some fun.
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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flippity: (pic#10940830)

[personal profile] flippity 2017-02-11 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Um... it was mentioned that it might have been just one person trying to make it seem like two different people did it? Since it's weird that it was two very different ways of... killing... the person, but both bodies were at the same place.

[ 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.
feminitis: (i don't understand...)

[personal profile] feminitis 2017-02-11 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
...you're right about being able to say it the other way around. I find it really weird that a single person would put the bodies in the same place, if they went so far as to differentiate their method of killing to try and make it look like two people.

[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?
flippity: (pic#10940844)

[personal profile] flippity 2017-02-11 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Mayybe not? If it was more than one person, if Simon was left there first, then whoever killed Lust might not have noticed? We found Simon down in the water, tied to a rock.

[ so if lust's killer came there second, they might have not noticed a body already in the water?? ]

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impulsiveness: (073)

[personal profile] impulsiveness 2017-02-11 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
If Simon was at the bottom of the lake already, maybe our second killer wouldn't have noticed. That, or we have bandits running around again.
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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alcobrawlic: (Go get yourself wet)

[personal profile] alcobrawlic 2017-02-11 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
We can't really say that two killers wouldn't have just picked the same place, anyway. Higekiri was a bandit and he knew who the other bandit was, so it's not like it's entirely impossible to say our killers knew each other, killed in two different ways, and helped each other dump the bodies in the same place.

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hydrokinetics: (Cannot seem to find my way home tonight)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2017-02-11 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah he's just going to reach over and ruffle her hair a little. He knows, it's gross, but you're doing good, kid.]

Seems like a ton of effort, but we can't rule it out yet.
flippity: (pic#10940829)

[personal profile] flippity 2017-02-11 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ thank you percy she appreciates the hair ruffle ]

If it was one person maybe the person got tired of the cutting so they just shot Simon instead.

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moraled: (Many emotional conflicts here)

[personal profile] moraled 2017-02-11 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[If nothing else, this is Duty, and Barnham can put Duty first always and forever.

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.
flippity: (pic#10762138)

[personal profile] flippity 2017-02-11 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ let's take the crow thing to our graves dude because

yikes ]
moraled: (He didn't even have time to do the)

[personal profile] moraled 2017-02-11 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[y i k e s

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]
hydrokinetics: (Half the population's just waitin)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2017-02-11 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
...wouldn't the rock have to be pretty big and heavy to sink a grown man, Mr. Barnham?
moraled: (everyone knows the earth is flat)

[personal profile] moraled 2017-02-11 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
One would presume so. We did not remove the rock from the lake, mind you--Miss Papika untied his body, and I then removed it from the lake.

[They were standing in corpse water, they weren't going to be inspecting the rock too clearly.]

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expelliarmed: (02)

[personal profile] expelliarmed 2017-02-11 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Were there any signs of a struggle near the water?
moraled: (Why does it hurt when I try to kill it?!)

[personal profile] moraled 2017-02-11 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
There were none. Only... the bodies. [and parts.]

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insincerely: ᴍᴀɴɢᴀ. (hospital food sucks)

[personal profile] insincerely 2017-02-11 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
This was probably obvious enough, but just to put it on the record, Yuna and I didn't hear anything weird last night.

[Aside from, you know, their coyote attack.]