TRIAL ONE

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TRIAL

Once the various investigations have concluded, and the majority of the evidence has been dropped off with Makima and the ducks -- said ducks will scatter to start shepherding any travelers along to JojaMart, for some reason! Those already at JojaMart have a little less walking to do. Meantime, Makima has loaded the evidence onto the daycare wagon -- carefully packaged, because who wants a spill here -- and driven it off after the ducks.

There is, in fact, a back entrance to the JojaMart -- almost like a loading bay, but once it's opened and the wagon has been driven in, you can see that there's a small podium there along with a number of chairs and small tables. It looks like extra pieces used in either the Community Center or other areas around town may be stored here. The ceiling is tall and it's roomy, there's a scant few windows, but the white LED ceiling lighting and rather bare interior is only livened up by some larger spare whiteboards, extra shelving containing tools and knickknacks and a plant or two.

Once everyone is in -- Adela, Makima, a number of assistant ducks and the current inhabitants of the village -- the loading bay door is tugged closed by some enterprising assistants. There's a small door that probably leads into the front of JojaMart, but that's it. One of the ducks sets about serving tea in the slightly gloomy atmosphere.

You're welcome to examine the evidence in the wagon, discuss amongst yourselves, and figure out whodunnit in these first murders.

(( OOC: Welcome to your first trial! You'll have 7 hours (until 8 PM EST/5 PM PST) 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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[liberazoth]

Probably, for the sword... as for the lobster trap, I don't know.

[ eisuke, we need you... or someone else to examine the lobster cage ig ]

I was actually wondering if there might have been some sort of strange trap maybe set up with the bucket and the lobster trap or something, especially after hearing about how the market seems to have been [ a looney tunes slapstick setup, that is ], but there wasn't really anything to hang the rope off of if that was the case.

[hyperbloom]

Maybe there was intent to hang it somewhere, but they never got around to it? That setup is pretty weird.

[ looney tunes intensifies ]

There were drag marks leading from the pier to the daycare. I wonder if something happened to Keito in the shop, rather than it being set up for Sampo?

[liberazoth]

[ he shakes his head. ]

I checked the ceiling. It's only about 8 feet tall in there, and there aren't rafters to hang the rope from, so unless they'd meant to use it somewhere else...

[ could just have been for the post-murder cleanup wash, but also; ]

... well, if the bucket was somehow involved in everything I guess the evidence of it would probably be washed away now. There wasn't any blood on it when we found it.