Week 4 - Trial

[cartesio]

Week 4: Trial

It's dawn when the Sergeant calls everyone to the courtroom. Despite the early hour, the tribunes of the room are as full as the last two times, sleepy townspeople glaring and looking at the visitors with distrust. The Sergeant told everyone to get to their spots. Anyone who looks behind them, will see the bailiffs carrying Sting Eucliffe away, who is trying to resist them but doesn't seem to have enough strength to do that well.

"Don't worry about him. That guy ate a lot of ice and frost for reasons I don't understand, and now he has a very bad cold. I don't want him making everyone in this room sick, so he's excused. No, that's not a hint all of you should get sick to avoid these trials."

There are more podiums draped in black now. Clarisse, Eric Lecarde, and Jughead Jones have joined the dead, and their podiums look lonely without their occupants.

With a twirl of the gavel, the Sergeant recites:

"Today the trial will focus on solving the murder of..."

He takes a PDA out of his pocket, and holds it in the air. The PDA's text-to-voice software says: 'Forsythe'

"...Pendleton Jones the Third. The circumstances need no introduction, we all are aware of them. Here are your suspects"

            
Once everyone had a moment to see the faces in the photos, the Sergeant adds:

"By the way, there are two separate culprits today. Yes, two of these five people directly caused Jughead's death. When it's time to vote, remember to vote for two different people."

Let the trial begin.

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Comments

[odasaku]

Most likely. But why discard it? If they kept it then it would've just been frisked by the Sergeant.

[ like. he has an idea why but he'd rather not jump to conclusions ]

Mods!

[quickpersuader]

Actually... would it?

[Turning to the Sergeant.]

If one of us used our weapons during the case but kept the weapon on us, would it be barred from being used as evidence in the trial?

[cartesio]

It's all about asking. As you have seen, no weapons are allowed, but if you asked to examine anything that was taken from them, then those weapons would be given to you.

[He's not going to cooperate in hiding evidence, yeah]

[quickpersuader]

[Well then.]

So even if we use our own weapons, they aren't safe from checks... if it's relevant. [Thinking back to Clarisse.]

Did the culprit know about that?

[cartesio]

Perhaps not. It's not like I went around saying that before now.

[Although in the Sergeant's opinion it was to be expected that would happen -- that he wouldn't just hide evidence]

[odasaku]

[ huh. oda nods. ]

Well, that's good to know.

[quickpersuader]

Well, I doubt they knew that, so I suppose the more likely cases are...

The culprit wanted to frame someone specifically and left the gun as evidence, or the culprit was unused to guns and dropped it before escaping. They weren't able to go back and retrieve it in time without looking suspicious.

[Does that sound about right?]

[odasaku]

Glock 17s are a mass produced gun so I guess either of them are possible but...

[ he frowns. ]

The person would have to have an eye for detail if they wanted to frame me. The difference between a 17, an 18 and 19 are pretty small.

[quickpersuader]

Yeah. I think if they were trying to frame someone, that would have been up to luck. Assuming you and Dazai weren't the culprits trying to frame yourselves, the other two aren't familiar with guns.

[This makes no mention of Kino.]

[odasaku]

[ oda stays silent for a moment, and then speaks up ]

But you know about guns, right?

[quickpersuader]

I do.