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

[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.

[unfashionably]

That's what I thought at first too. Now I'm thinking I might've been wrong, instead of facing someone who was strong enough to compete with him? He was facing someone with killing intent. The bottle of hemlock and motor oil prove that.

[yonosoymaria]

Yes. Whoever it was fought with the intention to kill, but the potential methods besides drawing him into combat also make it look like they didn't necessarily plan for that. It doesn't add up in my head unless they took someone who could generate explosions as a target of opportunity.

[unfashionably]

They probably went for whoever they saw first and took it one step at a time. The stuff in the junkyard was their attempt at planning ahead that didn't lead to anything.

[yonosoymaria]

So they discarded the options of poisoning and immolation to fight instead? That still points to someone who would rather be "honest" and face someone as an opponent with the opportunity to kill.

[unfashionably]

My bet is they didn't have a choice. Once they attacked Bakugou, there was no running back to get supplies.

[yonosoymaria]

I suppose it doesn't matter if it was an ill-considered attack of opportunity or not, but... knowing what the killer thought would let us figure out who it might be, but....

[icariot]

IT could just be someone who is straightforward and doesn't mind getting their hands dirty. "Honesty" usually includes broad daylight not shadowed graveyards during storms.

[yonosoymaria]

"Honesty" also involves self-justification, when you're setting out to murder someone.

[icariot]

Self-justification is pretty subjective. If it was Clarisse, all the self-justification she would need is "likes: murder."

[You can hear the unimpressed quotes]

[yonosoymaria]

Yes, that's true... but we also all know that. Damn it, I'm just running everyone in circles now, I'm sorry.