ONYX

[dramatispersonae]

[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.]

Comments

ROUND ONE

[dramatispersonae]

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.

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSSION

[irishluck]

My biggest crime in here seem to have been my shirt so far, I've got no clue.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternaldevotion]

. . . No crimes at home?

[sorry Lancer, Sasuke is tense as hell.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[mylittlecavallone]

... That shirt is a crime, yeah.

SUBMIT

[dramatispersonae]

Please list only three. No more, no less.

Onyx

[fraternaldevotion]

1. Murder.
2. Breaking and entering.
3. Withholding the truth.

ROUND TWO

[dramatispersonae]

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.

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSSION

[irishluck]

Don't think I'm that much into punishment, but I don't mind revenge.

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternaldevotion]

Some would say revenge is worse.

[says the avenger.]

Re: DISCUSSION

[mylittlecavallone]

... I know the punishments by legal law...

Re: DISCUSSION

[fraternaldevotion]

[just. Lancelot's king was a fool.]

[after a moment.]

Punishments, huh . . .

SUBMIT

[dramatispersonae]

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

Re: SUBMIT

[fraternaldevotion]

One. The eye for an eye treatment.

Two. Compensation and repentance.

Three. Prison and inability to lie, the duration would depend on the heaviness of the crime.

ROUND THREE

[dramatispersonae]

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.

DISCUSSION

[dramatispersonae]

Re: DISCUSSION

[irishluck]

The hell is up with these question? That's not our business anyway.

SUBMIT

[dramatispersonae]

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

Re: SUBMIT

[fraternaldevotion]

Innocent team is Emerald.

Guilty team is Kunzite for their actions in one of Mira's games.

ROUND FOUR

[dramatispersonae]

Today, you have been accused three times, for being not guilty, of showing Maleficent affection above all and influencing her to rebel against her role, which led to an Aather more unified and more equipped to fight the Darkness and improved relations between her and Beauty, 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.

Re: ROUND FOUR

[fraternaldevotion]

. . . Aather is full of idiots.

[especially for that list.]

BONUS

[dramatispersonae]

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?

Re: BONUS

[fraternaldevotion]

. . . Stop asking for advice on how to deal with your own guilt by making intrusive questions or trying to judge someone else's worth based on how they deal with their own.

Whatever crimes I've committed and how I chose to make amends is my own business; something I am still figuring out. I might deserve to die and I might have betrayed most of the people I've cared for, but my guilt and how I deal with it is mine alone. I see no reason to share that with somebody that has even less of a clue.

And our crimes are our own.

Re: BONUS

[dramatispersonae]

Thank you. Please go to endgame.