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[individualized]

[Tablet users will receive a message from a girl looking to be somewhere in her teens. Her voice is almost monotonous, and her expressions are also rather reserved.]

Hello. I am Echo. I've been wondering about something, and thought gathering additional information would be helpful.

[Get used to this, all she ever used the network for in her last world was asking questions.]

Regarding these "crimes", has anyone found the accusation to be... oddly lenient?

[Her head tilts just slight to one side.]

For example, perhaps you were charged with the simple theft of a piece of fruit when it would not be out of the question to be accused of a deliberate arson attack. Or do the unspecified powers that be not involve themselves with acts that are traditionally considered to be the most severe?

Thank you.

[She gives the camera a brief polite bow.]

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[usarinpa]

uhhh

can't say i have that problem actually. the punishment still seems to be living here no matter what they think you did. at least until they finally start giving us dates to be sentenced [ And presumably dole out something worse...... ]

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[individualized]

Odd. Noted. The lack of any significant punishment in light of the claims is also very strange, but that is a different point of discussion.

[usarinpa]

yeah. not just that, the locals really seem to like us. you've seen the freaky statues of us from a few months ago, right?

[individualized]

Perhaps. I have not spent much time looking at the artwork here. Could you be more specific?

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[whatsamada]

I think regardless of what your crime is, you'll be punished harshly. Even if it's simple as stealing a piece of fruit.

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[individualized]

Really? They have not seemed to feel the need to put us into a traditional imprisonment due to their claims. Why do you believe this?

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[whatsamada]

I have a few friends here who shouldn't be here. Especially when they haven't done anything wrong.

[Shinjiro, maybe. But Kotone? Why was she here when all she wanted to do was save people?]

[individualized]

I see. And they have been charged with false accusations in that case?

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[izanagis]

[Yu looks thoughtful in response as he takes in the observation. He hasn't yet been engaging with the nature of his so-called "crime" as much as he'd like, but...]

That's a good point. I know some people whose crimes are fairly serious...but it's not universal. Mine is tame by comparison.

[... If you could even call it a crime, really. But it's true that he's done arguably worse than what he's been charged with.]

[individualized]

[She's not entirely certain she understands hers, either. Echo know what she thinks it means, but there's so little to go on she can't be certain.

She gives a single nod.]

I am not very familiar with the details of most of the other so-called "Chosen", but I feel my charge at least is... an odd choice. Might yours have been worse?

[izanagis]

[He tilts his head, giving a small, thoughtful sigh.]

It should have been. I'm not sure what I've been charged with should really count as a crime in the first place...and not for lack of better options.

[individualized]

Hm. That sounds similar to my situation. I understand what might be perceived as doing so, but it most cases I was acting in support of what I believed to be important. But then there are other actions I feel would be considered more serious crimes which I could not argue well against.

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[entreats]

Some people said their crimes were fake.

[ Hi, Echo. Here is Ange - being informative, as she promised.

It's not like Echo isn't bringing up a good point, after all. And Ange is always willing to have discussions about this place and its nature with people who are willing to consider this place in a serious sort of way. ]

So I imagine they just picked completely at random. I don't think there's any reason to it.

[individualized]

They have?

[This was definitely a new twist. Maybe she was just imagining the problems she thought one little piece of paper was referencing.]

Were any potential crimes ever committed by these people to your knowledge?

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[ There's a slight, thoughtful pause, but then Ange continues with: ]

I haven't asked.

[ So, no knowledge there. ]

I just remember them bringing up that they never committed the crime that was described on their paper. Which made sense to me, since I felt like the whole 'crime and punishment' thing was a cover from the start.

[individualized]

[Eh, she's only just asking now, no judgment.]

I see. What do you think is really behind it, then?

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[afflatusexarch]

[ G'raha himself seems rather fidgety. His own crime... Well- ]

I, for one, would not necessarily state that it is "lenient." Mayhap open to interpretation instead.

[ He had only carried with him the hopes and wishes of everyone from that time. G'raha doesn't know if that makes it any less a crime. ]

What I do know is that if I were to be given that choice again, I would still make the same one. The alternative shouldn't ever be considered an option.

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[individualized]

[Echo nods.]

I am not questioning what was presented. While I am not entirely clear on mine, most of the possibilities are for things I believed to be important.

[Ditching Vincent for Oz and taking down Duldee weren't things she would go back on either in spite of the negative results that also happened. The severity of some of said results is what got her so curious.]

Ignoring something that is generally perceived to be worse than the accusal is what I'm inquiring about.

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[afflatusexarch]

That is what is open to interpretation. What is "worse" or "better" varies from person to person and from culture to culture. What one might perceive to be a lesser offense might not be so in the eyes of another.

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[conflictresolution]

For some, perhaps there were too many crimes to choose from and they rolled the dice on which one to assign to us. Or those crimes were ones that would either:

a) Cause emotional trauma
b) The person has no intention of repenting over
c) Test to see how we view one other's crimes

Or it could be for a completely something well beyond the thought processes of mere mortals. After all, we haven't been graced with their objectives in bringing us here at all.

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[individualized]

These are interesting ideas. I am not certain of what mine is intended to reference, but some of the possibilities are actions I do not regret.

Most of these sound like tests of some sort, however. I cannot see a reason why our accusers would care about doing that. Their mysterious nature makes it quite difficult to determine anything.

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[conflictresolution]

It seems worthwhile to simply assume that they are checking to see how useful we are to them.

If they have a mechanism to bring back the dead, they have the mechanism to manipulate us to fall in line or be disposed of.

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[bulleting]

From what I've been able to tell, it's been random for everyone. I, for one, am being accused of something I didn't do. Others have been as you said, accused of something more mild than crimes they've actually committed. I haven't quite been able to find a pattern to it yet.

[which is annoying!! if there was a pattern, there might be an answer, which might get them closer to understanding how this place works.]

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[individualized]

I see. Has anyone been charged with their most serious potential offense, to your knowledge?

[Echo is a very big fan of answers herself, yes. She's getting answers, but they aren't helpful in the grand scheme.]

[bulleting]

If there are, it's few and far inbetween. It's seemed more likely that those with serious accusations actually did something more mild that's been blown out of proportion. I can think of a few I know that have done serious crimes and are accused of something less serious here, though.

[Caitlyn hasn't exactly gone around and pried that information out of everyone. She really only knows about the people she's close with, and the ones she's seen blabbing about it on the network.]