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[crimsoncrow]

—ere we go. Hello? If anyone can hear this I've got a question that's been rolling around in the ol' noggin for the last week or so if you don't mind humoring an old man, uh. I know this might be a sensitive topic to some people and I don't intend to pry if it is, but I'm curious...

_{[ There's a brief pause as if the speaker is hesitating out of nerves, but he's taking a moment or three to put the right words together. ]}

These crimes that we've all — I'm assuming it's all of us — have been accused of. Is... anyone actually guilty of them? I can't exactly argue 'bout mine when it's true on my end, but we can't all be "criminals" here, can we? What even determines that? 'Cause I promise you that where I'm from, something like... I dunno, stealing food for example is a matter of survival versus an actual crime but the more I listen to the folks who live here...

_{[ A shuffle, followed by a slow exhale. It's still so weird after the life he's lived. Eventually he'll Get It, but not today. Nope. Stars. Can't do it. ]}

Sorry. I'm, eh... I was raised in a world completely different than this one. Having the freedom to actually talk about this sort of thing is pretty new, 'specially in a place that looks like this. Speaking of, I've got one more question for whoever might be listening:

What does it mean to you? Freedom. There's no wrong answer so don't worry 'bout that.

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[enactors]

Guilty.

( it wasn't something he'd questioned, not when he'd first arrived and not now. there are other aspects about where they are and why that he questions, but not his crime — to the point that it hadn't occurred to him, until he'd started speaking with some of the others of their group, that they didn't all agree with the parchment, or believe themselves as guilty of what they'd been accused of.

that is to say: yes, he had thought they were all criminals.

but as for the second point— ) —Choice.

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[crimsoncrow]

Choice. I like that one. Do you think they'll be fair with whatever they decide for us?

_{[ Not that he knows what'd even constitute as fair after everything with the Renans. You could look at a soldier the "wrong" way back in his time and wind up with more than a few broken bones for it, but here seems... Different. Much more gentle if the local population was anything to go by. ]}

[enactors]

( marc hmms first, tone mild and considering. it's not something he's given the greatest amount of thought to, the rest of it — where they are and how — taking priority. still, fairness as a concept is vague. )

It's implied. ( "prepare your defence", "repercussions". ) If by fair you mean 'justice'.

[crimsoncrow]

My experiences with justice where I come from are probably, uh... They're pretty different from what most people might be used to if I had to hazard a guess just from listening to folks 'round here.

_{[ The kicker is there's no good way to even explain it, so— ]}

Anything that doesn't involve immediate execution sounds pretty decent to me. Or imprisonment.

[enactors]

( 'anything that's not execution or imprisonment' says a lot, particularly in tandem with the other question, the one about freedom.

or at least, marc thinks it does. )

It sounds like you're not used to justice. ( says the vigilante who likes to run around with what essentially amounts to a bag on his head, but y'know. details. )

What do you think this is? ( their present situation, he means. )

[crimsoncrow]

You mean aside from being another world entirely? Ah... Got the heck beat outta me.

_{[ There's some muffled tapping against a wooden surface, and though he doesn't speak for some time it's the sort of silence that practically screams the ol' Furrowed-Thinking-Face. He hasn't thought too much about it during the week or so he spent getting used to things, but now that he's got time? He'll be doing a lot of that. ]}

If you'd have asked me two weeks ago I would've said just about everything I could've dreamed of. Now... I don't know. Unless there's another planet lurking somewhere we can't see, I'm willing to rule out this place being a holding cell of sorts.