sapphire

[dramatispersonae]

You find yourself in a beautiful red room, the edges of each wall adorned with real gold accents. At the center of the room is a long table, several chairs on either side of it, perfect for very serious conferences. In the middle of the table is a plate of strawberry jam tarts atop it, one per teammate present.

In the corner of the room is a hole in the ground, only large enough for a small animal to fit through. Next to it is a flat iron bar, curled at its tip, where a golden bell has been hung from it.

Finally, on one wall is a large poster which reads (or you find read aloud to you, if you cannot read):

Georgie Porgie pudding and pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry
When the Boys came out to play,
Georgie Porgie ran away.

Comments

second case

[dramatispersonae]

On the table you find another paper, though it most certainly wasn't there before. It reads, or is read to you:

DEFENDANT: the Boys
DETAILS: A vigilante group which claims to "know no borders," they are known administering justice and restoring order, regardless of the cost. However, no evidence of their methods could ever be found, and witnesses would often disappear before they could testify. They chased down Georgie Porgie in order to stop his mad killing spree, but their methods were sloppy following their recent member turnover. Over the series of six months, they killed each member of Georgie Porgie's family, beginning with his immediate family and eventually moving onto his extended family, which evidence shows knew of Georgie Porgie's actions but turned a blind eye to it. Following the deaths of his family, records indicate Georgie Porgie intended to flee alone, but he was caught and tortured until he said he would abandon his life of depravity. His release eventually led to the Boys's arrest.
PROPOSED SENTENCE: Execution

Re: second case

[glorious]

[ . . . ]

It seems as though Sayaka was correct.

Re: second case

[performing]

Looks like it, yeah.

Re: second case

[glorious]

...I disagree with the proposed sentence.

Re: second case

[performing]

How so?

Re: second case

[performing]

A group that doesn't care about the cost of things doesn't actually give a damn about "restoring order" either.

Re: second case

[sirenes]

I knew it was going to be something like that!

Well, I still think we did the right thing in the first round anyway.

Re: second case

[performing]

We accounted for the fact there might be fabricated evidence. So that's a plus.

Re: second case

[sirenes]

He still committed the murders anyway, right? It's just that he was forced into saying he'd reform . . . we definitely accounted for that! But what about these guys?

Re: second case

[performing]

[nods]

Those guys aren't any better than him. For one thing, if they really cared about order and justice, they would have handled things better.

I still don't think they should be executed. But as for what can be done ...

Re: second case

[glorious]

That would seem to be the case.

Re: second case

[sirenes]

So what about this group? Obviously the most important thing is to dissolve them!

Re: second case

[glorious]

That would be the obvious first step, but I don't know if it'll be enough. The group may be bound by a sense of ideology, something that would be much harder to destroy. Punishment against them could turn them into martyrs, and the chance of a similar group arising in their honor would be high.

Re: second case

[appleofhiseye]

Yeah, we did good in the first round. I'd stick to our decision.

Re: second case

[sirenes]

So we're fine with that . . . but these guys . . . it's hard to say who's worse!

Re: second case

[appleofhiseye]

They all made very bad choices.

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[appleofhiseye]

So it is them now.

Re: second case

[performing]

So what do you think?

Re: second case

[appleofhiseye]

Well, I don't think they should be executed. But they shouldn't take the law into their own hands like that, and they were unnecessarily cruel and violent.

Re: second case

[performing]

[nods] ... in the case of the family, sometimes it's hard to want to accept someone you love is doing something awful. They didn't deserve to die for it.

Re: second case

[telepathetically]

Can we give him the same sentence as the last guy?

Re: second case

[performing]

It might not be a bad idea, just as long as they're not kept together when they're sent out.

Re: second case

[telepathetically]

Make sure they're sent to seperate prisons and it should be okay.

Re: second case

[glorious]

It would be too dangerous to let the group work closely with others. The punishment should be a solitary one in nature.

Re: second case

[telepathetically]

Make sure the group's split up to different jails and it's fine.