TRIAL IV

[lesmodsalouette]

Trial

Another Saturday, but this Saturday is your last Saturday. If everything holds, if everything works out. After all you've been through, are you capable of being an optimist? The carnival calls regardless, furniture arranged around as they always are with banquet table and pit in the middle.

This week's new offerings are: a fluffy loaf of a certain type of rye bread, a hearty beef stew and an assortment of fresh pies with candied fruit and cream.

For the last time, find out who killed two of your own: G'raha Tia and Sariel.

(( OOC: Welcome to your first trial! You'll have 7 hours (until 8 PM EDT/5 PM PDT) to vote one (1) person guilty of murder. As this is scapegoat style, a correct vote is not necessary. Please remember to vote unless otherwise discussed with the mods, as that is our AC for this game ))

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now hold on...

[uiscebeatha]

[ After a moment of thought, and after hearing Ish's revelation, a bud of resolve plants itself in Cain's chest. He lifts his head and steps forward. Though he can't see half of the people here, his gaze still sweeps the crowd.

He speaks loud over everyone else. ]

The trial is going to proceed as normal, but there isn't going to be an execution tomorrow. The wishes have been granted. Our votes here are, in practice, meaningless. Lives have been taken, but we don't have to risk losing another innocent. Which means...

Culprit, if you could please come forward.

[ Cain draws the sword from his sheath and holds it to the side, tip of the blade pointed downward. ]

I understand people will be angry with you, and may want to retaliate against you—violently. But you have my blade as protection if you wish to say your piece.

[ His tension eases, and an earnest plead colors his expression. ]

Please. Offering closure and peace of mind to the friends and loved ones of the lives you've stolen is the least you can do for the rest of us.

[cleansheets]

[uiscebeatha]

[safetycheck]

[ She looks at Cain and gives him an approving nod. A good approach in her opinion...and she'll wait to see what happens. ]

[uiscebeatha]

[ Cain doesn't react... He doesn't see her :( ]

[perfectpower]

[Cain...]

[uiscebeatha]

[ don't worry about him, boss... ]

[simulacres]

[ this is kind of what she was hoping would happen with her final part.

hopefully, it's of use... ]

[uiscebeatha]

[ Nothing will happen if they don't try. Words his 16-year-old Catholic buddy said once. ]

[stygiomedusa]

[Oh, smart. But with the way everyone so far has been standing here silently...]

Well, I think confessing now would cause less ire than letting the mystery stew. Wouldn't it?

[she does not know about midtrialing]

[safetycheck]

[ let's not midtrial maybe

maybe..... ]

[uiscebeatha]

It would.

There's no point, practically, in keeping it a secret at this point. Letting another person take the fall, even symbolically, would make people even angrier than just confessing at this point.

...People will still be angry, but my blade will protect them.

[divineth]

[handshake emoji]

I thank thee, Cain. Truly.

[uiscebeatha]

It's nothing. I'm tired, too, and I just want to get to the bottom of this.

[fourtuity]

[ Sounds pretty, but old men sure have a tendency to disappoint her. Wonder if he's covering for something like that old man was... ]

[uiscebeatha]

[ HE'S ONLY 22?!

in another lifetime, perhaps clover would learn that his last name is knightley for a reason— ]

[littlegentleman]

[The people here really are so kind...]

[uiscebeatha]

[ he's doing his best... ]

[the_obedient_servant]

They would have to be insanely stupid to listen to this request.

[Just saying.]

[uiscebeatha]

You're free to think that.

[ He knows this voice... ]

But if you're just here to argue with me, I'm not going to. You and I are never going to see eye to eye.

[ocenon]

[ It's as good an attempt as any, he supposes. Richard's not saying anything, but he is resting his hand on where his sword is laying. haha, yay! ]

[uiscebeatha]

[ everyone here is so bloodthirsty... ]

[simulacres]

[ she is giving richard A Look. why is this lion so fucking feral. ]

[coldseep]

( He rubs at his teary eyes...

Regardless of their history, if anything their time here has proven, it's that Cain really does seem to be the best of Central.

Despite his preference for the Northern temperament, he can't help but feel rather fond. )

[arbalestrier]

[He crosses his arms. Well, he can't fault him for the attempt. Maybe all they needed was to just ask someone point-blank if they killed them??]