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Sterling + Onyx 1

Through the doors, you find yourselves in a small circular room that seems to be decorated much in the same way as the ring is decorated today. The curtains are in alternating colors of your teams, and in the center stand are three surprisingly lifelike, but faceless sculptures. They stand with their backs to one another, facing out to the chairs. About each of their necks is a cord that holds a sign written in a fine, looping cursive.

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Well, if someone stole, but stole because they had to feed their family. Or were tricked into it, perhaps a lighter sentence would be done to fit the crime. As opposed to someone stealing to sell for money.

But yes, in this sense. It's almost as if we're creating a vague punishment for a vague crime.

Being vague would be ideal, but I guess we do have to be able to "carry out the sentences" too. That rules out a lot of things.

Right so.

Perhaps we could think of punishments that would be vague enough to sort of... loophole out of any serious punishments.

Such as...?

That's the rub, isn't it?

But here's an example. Let's say the punishment for theft is a pound of flesh. But nothing ever specifics that it has to be your flesh. Instead you could give up some steak or something. ...If you had steak. Which no one does. Sorry bad example.