psychic thread

[agentlenpc]

[The gentle brush against the Strangers' minds comes in early evening. It is, as all mental touches are from Fayura, soft and unassuming, much like a polite knock at a door. Once as many minds are connected as she thinks will open the door to her, she speaks.]

I am curious, Strangers, what you would do with the young man who shot and killed Councilwoman Vera.

Many of you come from worlds where there are laws against murder. While we have no such laws here, when a Blood male in a Queen's Territory kills another without cause, she may demand a price from him. Sometimes, that is his own life if he was negligent enough with his temper and sometimes, it's something less.

My trouble is this: if I execute him according to the laws of the Blood, of which he is not one, the Guilds will rouse their people into a furor and attack not only me, but the people of Draega. If I turn him over to the Ebon Council, the Guilds will do much the same, and that will incite the Council to strike back. And if I return him to the Guilds for accolades instead of punishment for taking a life, the Ebon Council will have cause to rip apart the Guilds and anyone in their way to extract from him the price for murdering one of their own.

Were you me, what course would you take? And please try not to shout over each other; this is as many of you as I could reach.

Comments

[arrogator]

[She can't really argue against that, and she's not happy about it either. But she'll ask another question because she sure as hell doesn't have an answer for it if that's the case.]

So what are you going to do about it?

[unwieldy]

Nothing, apparently.

[ Sounds super casual about it!! He can talk a big game, but he's aware he has little power here. ]

It's obvious I have the unpopular opinion in this case. I said what I wanted to say, and that's about all I can do.

[arrogator]

[Well having heard that, unlike her last response, she knows exactly what to say here.]

What a pain in the ass.

[unwieldy]

[ He's heard that one before!! ]

If you don't like it, no one's making you listen.

[arrogator]

Not just you.

[But yes, this dude seems like a pain in the ass to her.]

This whole damn thing.

[unwieldy]

[ Haein? A pain in the ass?? Impossible. ]

We signed up for it.

[arrogator]

Doesn't make it any less of a pain in the ass.

[unwieldy]

I guess that's true. We'll have to wait and see how it plays out.