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TURQUOISE

[Unlike with previous games from Lancelot, the room today is sparse … and cold, as if this is a place where some of the remaining winter hasn’t left (though surely that has nothing to do with the Snow Queen …)

Instead of wine, bread, and meat, there is dirty water, some berries (that are safe to eat), and some other plants that clearly have been picked off a plant.

There is nowhere to really sit except the cold, hard ground.]

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In the past, I betrayed my oath to my king. I was not truly loyal to him, not as I was meant to be. Did you know … we were friends when we were young, though perhaps not as young as many of you? We came to be brothers. And still, I hurt him. I broke that vow.

So I must ask you, Aather. What are the sins … or crimes … of your team? Please list three.

Please list only three. No more, no less.

When Arthur learned of my betrayal, of what I had done—he did nothing. A strong king in every way, but in the face of betrayal from a loved one, he could only stand by and do nothing. His mercy led his realm to despair; many others thought him to be weak.

They weren’t right. But they were correct in another way: I was deserving of punishment. A crime is not a crime without the punishment that follows, some might say, but some crimes are worthy of punishment.

Today, list three suggested punishments for any crimes, worthy crimes, perhaps even your own crimes.

Three punishments here. No more, no less. They can be anything.

Surely you have all witnessed the importance of being held accountable. Would Camelot have been so cold, so burdened, had Arthur punished me correctly? Would the Snow Queen have experienced such misery?

Now, hold your other Aatherites accountable in the same way. So many crimes have surely come to pass that it is time for them to face it.

Tell me one team you find guilty, and the reason for that guilt.

And … tell me one team you find to be innocent. This is according to your own understanding, of course.

One innocent team, one guilty team and the reason for that guilt.

Today, you have been accused twice, for being not guilty and for being neither guilty nor innocent. However, you were protected from these crimes, and you do not have to do penance.

The choices for penances are here.

I have been found guilty for not listening to reason, and I will do the penances suggested by Jasper:

1. For the crime of running tiresome and intrusive games, to only run cheerful and pleasant games from now on.
2. For the crime of being obsessed with his own self-judgment, to tell the story of his supposed crime, and to hear and accept someone else's judgment of him.
3. For the crime of betraying his friend, to apologize sincerely and actually accept the judgment of his friend in this instance, since it seems to be harder for him than any self-flagellating punishment we could give him. And to apply the energies he's no longer using to mentally punish himself to something productive, to find his king and remedy the damage he's done.

Edited 2014-01-05 03:54 (UTC)

What are ways you have dealt with the guilt in your past, in your memories? What if you betrayed a friend and destroyed something very important? How would you recommend making up for it, if not through the means here in this game?

Also, would you like your crimes to be public knowledge?

Edited 2014-01-05 01:34 (UTC)

...I dunno. I really don't think about them that much.

None of the things I remember so far seem that bad.

[points at his new shirt]

The color might be something to be guilty of?

I like that color, but I'm not thinking of any other sins so we might have to go with it. Maybe I'm guilty of liking this color? Is that a sin?

Edited (herpderp) 2014-01-05 00:38 (UTC)

I kinda like it too. We're sooo guilty?

Okay, that's one!

Uh... [thinking, thinking, blushing] Oh. I might have something.

Ooooh. What is it?

You can't tell because it involves another person here who's from my world. In the memory, I was sleeping against his chest. Then we woke up at the same time, I'm not sure why exactly, and... We weren't really friends yet so we just started fighting about what we were feeling.

[runs out of breath]

I was so angry at him, because I liked him. So I'm guilty of lying about my feelings when it counted.

[she's been thinking about this a lot oh no]

Oh . . .

[scratching the back of his head]

I won't tell. Uh, if it helps, it's not like I'm someone that can judge you for something like that.

Well, if you've got something like that, you share too. Then we have three.

[she doesn't sound that thrilled, just relieved]

I lie about my feelings, too . . . except I lie all the time. Not just to others, but I lie to myself, too. I think it's because I'm scared of facing things that eventually, I learn to forget about them instead.

[hrm]

Even people who are important to me.

[looks at him with some concern] That's... That makes my problem seem kind of small. No offense.

But if you feel guilty, write it down.

Ehhh?!

I mean, I probably don't remember the things I'd feel guiltiest about.

[unknowing truth x1000 ^]

But not being honest with yourself and the people you love. Doesn't it hurt you?

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