Moment of Truth Part 3

## Episode 57 - The FeyWild West

At the Airpike Courthouse, Talia admitted  to killing Jim Walker. Her lawyer, Felicia Firehawk requests a thirty-minute recess. In the side chambers, Talia explained she wanted to tell the truth about the death of Jim Walker and if explains that the amulets records the death of their wearers. With her tarot cards, Seline pulls 6 of swords (necessary transition). Ernest arrives with a bailiff and Walker's amulet. After explain to Ernest, he's able to get the amulet to project Walker. It shows Walker as he was outside that house in Duskdown then later that evening before bed and a few more different snapshots Walker before showing him in his hunting garb and then finally as he was when he died. Felicia says that she can work with this and steps out. Ernest tries to apologize but Seline and Talia apologize for having put him in this position. Back on the stand, Talia explains removing the heads from the bounties prevents prevents them from being returned as undead. Also it's easier to carry just the head to prove her claim to the bounty then dragging around an entire corpse. For the job in which she was given the title Reaper she didn't have a horse. Bringing back an entire corpse wouldn't have been practical on foot. Talia recounts the events of returning to Duskdown with their children and the events of the attack just south of it. Now able to present her case Felicia Firehawk calls Amblehollow back to the stand to identify Walker's amulet. Still holding the amulet she recalls Ernest. With the court's permission earnest shows the snapshots of Walker from the amulet starting with an image of Walker and his military uniform moving through several more images until the last two of the hunting outfit and his death. Tern attempts to discredit Ernest and is immediately shut down. Felicia recalls Talia to the stand. Talia first recounts her pack's massacre. Talia also says Constance Melody was killed after being declared an outlaw in a firefight in Crankshaft. She had also encountered Walker several times and even had the opportunity to kill him in Crankshaft and did not. Before rising to cross-examine Talia, turn slips a holdout pistol into a shoulder holster under his jacket. Tern tries to provoke Talia to anger with speaking about Melody and Walker. He moved close to Talia with his jacket open and the gun revealed so close Talia could take it and shoot Walker now. Instead with Tern prodding her with talk of convenience, Talia explains she had no idea who these people were at first. Then Melody popped up involved in a criminal conspiracy and Walker tried to kill her. Leroy Brown who was completely out of her reach, testified in open court that he participated in the murder of her community. Tearfully it dawns on her he admitted it openly.

> **Silas Tern**Answer the question, please**Talia Argent-Grey**I'm sorry your odor's a little overpowering what's the question?**Silas Tern**It seems all very convenient, a little too convenient**Talia Argent-Grey**That idiots keep messing up? Definitely working in my favor...[Seline laughs]**Talia Argent-Grey**It's convenient that they finally decided to show themselves. Actually didn't know their names until recently. Until this bozo decided to start putting posters all over the g\*\*\*\*\*\* District. I know exactly who he was. Constance Melody was a little bit harder to find. So was Jim Walker, but the dominoes fell into place and yeah it was a little f\*\*\*\*\*\* convenient but they decided they wanted to be criminals. And it was even more convenient, Mister Tern that you decided to put Leroy Brown, one of the men that came into my community murdered everybody including the children and infants, that you decided to put this idiot on the stand and then asked him in front of how many people? Including some reporters which I see back there, if he did in fact come into my community and murder everyone...**Cris Sass-Council**And Talia gets this look on her face as if what she just said finally dawns on her.[Seline sits down.]**Talia Argent-Grey** *(crying)*He admitted it!**Talia Argent-Grey** *(looking right at Brown)*You... you sat right here and admitted it! 19 years, 19 years! And you admitted it!**Talia Argent-Grey** *(crying)*Seline, he admitted it! 19 years and I'm the last one! They killed everyone and he admitted it, he admitted it he admitted it**Seline Argent-Grey**Felicia...**Felicia Firehawk**Your honor May we take a ten-minute recess?**Judge**We will take a ten-minute recess.

## Characters

### Players

* Seline Argent-Grey
* Talia Argent-Grey

### NPCs

* Captain James Wilde
* Felicia Firehawk
* Jareth Argent-Grey
* Adrienne Argent-Grey
* Felicia Firehawk
* Silas Tern