Week 3 - Trial

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Week 3: Trial

April 20th. It was now time for the trial.

When everyone arrives at the trial room, the tribunes are already filled with townspeople. Compared to last week, there's less morbid curiosity and more quiet outrage. Everyone's glaring at the visitors while they enter the courtroom.

The number of podiums draped in black has increased dramatically. Nine's, Mako's, Sandalphon's, and Bakugou's have joined Moloch's, raising the number to five. That's one sixth of the available podiums. How many more will be covered in black velvet before these two months end?

Once everyone is at the right podium, the Sergeant bangs his gavel. He doesn't seem to be in better mood than before.

"Today the victim is Katsuki Bakugou. Solve it."

Without even bothering to taunt or be as antagonistic as usual, he waves the gavel. Five small photos appear on the podiums.

            

"When it's time, you shall cast your vote. Write it on paper or put the photo inside the slot, I don't really care about how you do it. What matters is that you actually do it. Start your discussion."

The trial room went completely silent, all the visitors can feel the attentive stares of the townspeople gathered to watch. It's up to them now to find the culprit.

Let the trial begin.

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Comments

[yonosoymaria]

Which points to one person in particular just as much as the "arrow wound" does, but the evidence of indecision or a scattershot method points at someone not used to killing.

[vague paternal feelings are a pain in the ass and you can probably tell from the look on his face.]

[robitussin]

Or someone who isn't used to the person they're trying to kill being able to cause explosions.

[yonosoymaria]

A valid point, but - no, that's a good point. If this was a situation like the last, killing because the alternative is we all find out what happens if we don't, it would make sense for the killer to have prepared for a number of situations, and if they weren't expecting explosions....

[He isn't sure where else to go with that, really.]

[snideper]

[she can't recognize a look of "approximating having an emotion" compared to a "might be constipated" kind of expression so instead!! hackles raised!!!!!]

If there was an arrow, it wasn't fired from a bow—that's what Kino said, anyway, and he's the only one who got a good look at the body. I'm not gonna waste an arrow trying to stab someone with it.

[icariot]

"Arrow like" is not the same as "arrow".

[snideper]

I said if there was an arrow.

[icariot]

Other stuff can mimic arrows, they aren't that unique.

[snideper]

I know. I said if because someone else brought up that there could be an arrow, and I don't want to get swarmed because someone thought one was involved.

[yonosoymaria]

That's my point - that's why I asked if it looked like someone who didn't know what they were doing might have thought it looked like a killing wound!

[snideper]

[SCOWLS SOME MORE but. like. in a way where she's confused and does not know how to express it except through anger]

...Right. All right, fair. I'm just not about to let these idiots run away with the idea that something that kinda looks like an arrow implicates me.

[fuckin. don't stick up for her it's weird!!!!]

[carbide]

We should consider the possibility that there was an intentional attempt to implicate you.

[snideper]

[.........confusion. why are you saying anything that could potentially lead us to not executing her???]

It's possible. I've got a pretty big reputation.

[pecker]

Who would that be? Everyone we're looking at has combat in their profile...

[yonosoymaria]

Combat, yes, but killing someone you've known, at least in passing... killing is different from fighting.

[He just... makes a little frustrated noise, then.]

I'm not speaking well enough. I don't know if I'm making sense.

[pecker]

Um, in other words, you believe it is someone who's never taken a life before, yes?

That's quite an awkward question to have to ask of everyone...

[doublelammy]

We already asked everyone to strip. You think this is awkward?

[pecker]

W-Well.... true. And I didn't say that we shouldn't ask.

[she's just timid]

[snideper]

Oh, you don't need to ask.

[likes: murder]

[doublelammy]

I really hope no one was thinking of actually asking you.

[pecker]

[masterfully suppressing the urge to laugh.]

Yeah I guess.... You'd be a pretty bad assassin if you hadn't.

[yonosoymaria]

Not necessarily never, but... someone who cannot justify away what it feels like to watch someone die and know it was by your hand. Someone capable of regret.

["Someone like me," he isn't saying.]

[pecker]

[Someone not like me, is what she thinks in response.]

Ah... Bakugou-san's eyes had been closed for him, hadn't they? So you may be on to something with that.

[streetwolf]

[Ughh he likes you too. So he'll try.]

...I don't think I have. There's been a few close calls but normally everyone just runs away when they know they're beat.

[unfashionably]

... It is, and I think I know what you're trying to say. The thing is, the amount of damage there is... Do you think someone would fight that hard if they weren't trying to survive?

[yonosoymaria]

No. No, there's no way, and that means he really was facing someone who could give him a hard time in a fight.