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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Comments

[shacklebreaker]

Hmph... There's nothing suspicious about Taka. In fact, we should be putting you on trial for assault of such a noble bird.

[wait what]

Only evidence will break the present stalemate, and I've seen precious little of it thus far. Hence this trial is and remains a finger-pointing farce.

[cantread]

Hey now, he's the one who assaulted me, so HE should be on trial.

[floofing up to show his displeasure.]

What do you suggest we do, then? If all we have is a bunch of people yelling at each other, then the killer will strike again tonight, right?

[shacklebreaker]

It is an unfortunate situation. Do nothing, and the killers will continue to whittle down our numbers. Accuse the wrong person, and we do the killers' work for them.

I suppose the question you all need to ask yourselves is which gamble you are willing to take... and whether you are prepared to live with the consequences. Will you believe a convicted murderer to be innocent, or the word of a snoop in a box, who claims to speak on behalf of another?

[He gives a dark laugh.]

I don't find either to be especially appealing.

[cantread]

Or maybe the 'another' lied to her too.

[shacklebreaker]

Truly, the possibilities are endless. Thus we are right back where we began.

[cantread]

What do you think about yesterday, then? About the fan in that guy's pocket, and everyone saying he might have killed the old, bald guy.

[shacklebreaker]

I voted for Wolf Boy, but I still stand by the premise I explained to Wright-dono, that there may have been multiple parties who tampered with the crime scene, either to frame an innocent or to point to the truth. Hence the conflicting evidence.

Still, I have nothing to substantiate my theory, at least not yet. I was willing to take a gamble, as was Wright-dono.

[cantread]

The lady who left today, she was with the guy from yesterday, right? They matched.

...actually what even happened to her?

[shacklebreaker]

She was his assistant, both of them Interpol Agents. Hence my irritation when the wolf became territorial over a domestic crime scene.

The assistant escaped, or so said the Badger. Fool Bright and I attempted to investigate before the trial began, but we could find nothing save those footprints.

[cantread]

Did they look like her footprints?

[shacklebreaker]

Indeed they did. Without her or any of her footwear present it is impossible to be sure, but we can make educated guesses, based on her size and stature.

And the stains appeared to be made from red wine, not blood.