Day 02 Trial

[shimmershimmer]

[It is once more time to convene at the temple to pass judgment upon those who would destroy everything we know and love. Godspeed, my friends.]

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EDIT: Right now barely anyone has voted, and people seem to be tapering off. Trial may be extended depending on how it looks closer to closing time!

EDIT2: Okay, I'm extending the vote two hours to 6:30pm EST! We're still missing a lot of votes, so please get those in even if it's just to abstain!))

Comments

[lasuaspada]

If you're referring to handwriting, you're dismissing the possibility of a forgery, aren't you?

[cafeolay]

Not quite. Both of those notes are pieces of evidence we've yet to examine. Assuming it's a forgery before even looking.... That's a bit of a hasty decision on your part, isn't it, amigo?

[lasuaspada]

Hence I said it was a possibility, not a certainty.

[cafeolay]

You're right about that. But it would take a skilled man to forge, and the detective is anything but that, as you can clearly see.

But we can't theorize one way or another until we check those notes.

[lasuaspada]

Actually, I see nothing of note.

All of you seem to easily forget that if Fulbright-san is a demon, he's already a skilled actor by default. Using assumptions based on his current behavior is a terrible mistake that we really shouldn't keep making.

[cafeolay]

Ha...!

Consider that some courtroom humor, Mr. Tsukiyama. But evidence speaks louder than words.

[lasuaspada]

You said that last time, monsieur, and our Seer is now dead.

Waiting for your "evidence" hasn't gotten us much, outside of six people asleep - and if we abstain again, there may be nine tomorrow, who knows?

Intuition is just as valid an argument as anything at this point, I think, and mine? Says not to trust the dove.

[cafeolay]

Ha...! Well now, it wasn't my decision to mass-abstain, was it? A lack of evidence doesn't exactly make me complicit in those deaths, does it now?

A man's gut is as good as anything, and I won't try to change your mind. But I wonder why you're so insistent on dismissing a note without even looking at it?

[lasuaspada]

Because I feel the contents speak for itself. Kimblee-san has the most to lose from that note existing, whereas Fulbright-san stands only to gain from it for no obvious reason. Fulbright-san obviously wants us to kill Kimblee-san, and he's the only one strongly pushing for us to do so. When asked about the note, however, he can't defend himself - all he can say is "I don't know" and "it is what it is," and if anything he's provided us with a good reason to suspect him given that he's pointed out that he can really only know his own alliance.

[cafeolay]

That's assuming that Mr. Kimblee is telling the truth about the first note being his.

If it isn't, that changes things a little, don't you think?

[lasuaspada]

Not at all!

Say Kimblee-san is lying about that first note. The fact is that Fulbright-san - if he's a demon - would know that Kimblee-san is not. Killing Kimblee-san would still benefit him and his wretched group of infidels, and cast doubt on the actual False Seer present among us given that the position had been claimed before.

It's been said before, but Kimblee-san not writing that note makes him a liar. It doesn't necessarily make him a demon.

[cafeolay]

Ha....! I'm saying, if both of those notes were made by the same person, who is not Kimblee, then that would change things.

If Detective Fullbright were a demon, why would he go after Mr. Kimblee so aggressively in plain sight? That wouldn't be a practical plan at all. As you can see, we're all suspecting him already.

[lasuaspada]

Kimblee-san painting a target on his head as far as all groups involved are concerned likewise wasn't a practical plan at all, yet here he is. I don't know if you've noticed, amore, but practicality doesn't seem to be our strong suit.

I think that it's possible that Fulbright-san is anticipating the suspicion, though - that he thought that maybe if we don't kill Kimblee-san tonight, Kimblee-san will try to dream about him. If he's a demon, he's in a position to tell the Incubus to block his power tonight - but I think it's more likely that he's in the one position where it won't matter.

[cafeolay]

Ha....! Mr. Kimblee seems to be doing fine either way. In fact, the real Seer is the one that's died.

Fair enough. But you're assuming the Demon and the Incubus are working together. Do you know that for a fact, amigo?

[lasuaspada]

Wouldn't it make sense to assume they're collaborating rather than all acting individually? They run the risk of hitting each other otherwise, and wouldn't that be a mess and a half.

[cafeolay]

You make a lot of assumptions, is all, amigo.

[lasuaspada]

There's a difference between assumptions and what makes logical sense, amore.

[cafeolay]

Ha...!

No matter the beans or grains, a cup of java ends up brewed in the end. [What the hell.. did he just say...]