GAME 3 - Day 2 Trial

[protoshepherd]

[ whatever you're doing, wherever you are, suddenly, you'll see proto badger on any reflective surface. ]

Trial begins now. Talk about who is guilty.

Tell me in mind when ready.


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[bewrightback]

[And there's a lawyer hovering near the box, looking very serious.]

As much as I don't want it to be true... I vouch for Miss Scuttlebutt's words. I know that it may be hard to take her 'scoops' at full value. This suspect in particular is one whom I wanted to believe in and defend. But... I am also fully confident in the honesty of her 'scoops' and her position. Many of your minds may be set on this point, but I would like to urge you to listen to us and to come forward if any of you have anything else to add. Please believe in us, and I've believed in so many of my clients in the past.

...And, er, speaking of defense attorneys, if there happens to be a certain type of defense attorney among us currently, I would suggest putting Miss Scuttlebutt under your protection.

[cardboard_journalism]

[then she'd burst up again, RAWR]

Hey! Whaddya mean, "it's hard to take her scoops at full value"?? That, Mr. Wright, is defamation of character!

[bewrightback]

S-sorry, Miss Scuttlebutt! I only truly meant it in this particular context!

[thefaceofjustice]

But Mr. Lawyer, the "prosecutor" hasn't submitted any evidence or even stepped forward! Anyone could lie about it. And probably would!

If a fake prosecutor were to frame someone else as guilty, they'd likely do it to someone who's already been convicted of a murder in the past, to make it easier to convince the others. Like Prosecutor Blackquill.

[bewrightback]

Objection!

If this prosecutor were to step forward before any and all guilty parties have been revealed, it would be a liability to them. We don't have the forms of protection here that we would have on the outside!

Because of that, I do stand by protecting this prosecutor's identity. I myself know of this person's identity and I trust in their world. I do understand your skepticism, Detective Fulbright. But all of the 'evidence' that we have to work with so far has been seemingly planted. Shouldn't this matter at least require investigation?

[thefaceofjustice]

What makes you so sure this "prosecutor" isn't lying to you to gain your trust?

Frankly, I'm not sure we can trust you, Mr. Lawyer! Much less an unknown person just because you say so!

[stagewright]

Daddy's completely trustworthy! How rude!

[bewrightback]

Ouch, Detective Fullbright...

I'm not sure what I can say, other than that I believe in this prosecutor. And they're the only lead that we have.

I understand that this will be hard to believe, between the secrecy and the lack of evidence. But I'm hoping that we can at least consider and look into this possibility. [He shakes his head.] This isn't easy for me, and I know it can't be easy for you.

[thefaceofjustice]

What if someone else came forward as this case's prosecutor?

[bewrightback]

Then... Well, we'd have to figure out which prosecutor is which? It we don't have the 'real' prosecutor already, it would be odd that they haven't communicated any of their findings to us yet at all.

[cantread]

Okay, let's see the evidence then.

[He says this like he is fully expecting Phoenix to have something to support his words.]

[bewrightback]

I... don't have concrete evidence beyond the word of the prosecutor.

But at the least, that seems more solid than the actual supposed evidence we've had to work with so far...

[cantread]

Words aren't always reliable, because people lie over the weirdest things sometimes, and it can muck up everything else.

So, knowing that, why do YOU trust her word? What has happened that makes you so sure that she is being completely truthful?

[bewrightback]

I understand how destructive lies can be, Sissel. Unfortunately, evidence is capable of being manipulated into lies as well. That's why I'm trying so hard to bring about the truth.

I have heard the prosecutor's word personally, and I believe in it. The prosecutor investigated me on the first night, and we realized that we both were innocent. The proescutor then found out the Prosecutor Blackquill was guilty from last night's investigation.

I know that might not be substantial enough to believe, but how about this train of logic? If prosecutor was truly a fake, why didn't they try to manipulate the arguments yesterday? At that time, trying to sort through the planted evidence had us running in circles, and we needed someone new to point their fingers at. In fact, so many people ended up voting for no one at all.

[cantread]

Well why didn't you just say that at first? That she checked you and that is why you believe her.

[Believing someone because they have helped you before, that is something Sissel can understand.]

And the clues didn't point at him yesterday anyway, they pointed at the other guy. The one with the white fluffy thing around his neck. So does that mean they're working together? Or that bird-guy framed him?

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[bewrightback]

I meant to, but I must have glossed over that detail... Sorry! [Now I feel like one of my own witnesses!]</small?

[bewrightback]

But if you're talking about Agent Lang, that's right. He was suspected yesterday, but it wasn't enough for the majority to find him guilty. He was seemingly the first on the crime scene, he was uncooperative in his testimonies, and there was evidence in his back pocket with his fingerprints on it. However, that evidence in itself was suspicious, as it must have been planted on his person and thus could have been tampered with. As for the first two points, they seem to stem naturally from Agent Lang's personality, so it's hard to find him fully suspicious.

At least we know that they're definitely not working together. According to the badger's reports, Prosecutor Blackquill was one of the ones who voted for Agent Lang yesterday. So if Blackquill is guilty, than Lang must be innocent. And he may very well have been the one to frame Lang... but it is hard for me to believe in Blackquill stooping to something like that.

[usefulanalysis]

Um. Are you completely, absolutely certain, Mister Wright? Because it looks like this game is for keeps. And...you know I don't want to doubt you? But [She lowers her voice.] Someone's life is on the line.

[bewrightback]

Ema... I understand fully the risk that lies in this and that this is not a decision to be made easily. And I understand how you can be skeptical about this calling.

But I know for a fact that it was indeed the prosecutor of this 'game' who made this finding. As long as we're trapped playing this game, and in the lack of any evidence that does not seem to have been forged, the prosecutor's word seems to be the greatest thing that we can rely on in this 'game'.

[usefulanalysis]

And you're one hundred percent certain that this...um...box? Girl is the game prosecutor?

[bewrightback]

I know for a fact that the findings that she's passed on are definitely those of this game's prosecutor.

[usefulanalysis]

But are they hearsay? Can you say with absolute certainty that Mister Blackquill killed Mister Payne?

[bewrightback]

I might have trouble believing it fully, but at the very least he must have been part of the group who carried it out. The prosecutor's word has been true thus far, so I can't quite dismiss it as hearsay.

[stagewright]

If Daddy says so, I'll agree whole-heartedly! He's the best at this!

[bewrightback]

Thanks, Trucy. I knew I could count on you.