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[beastundermoonlight]

I had a strange dream last night I was standing on trial for trying to kidnap someone. My reasons for doing so was because I deemed that someone dangerous to a person close to me. Am I really in the wrong for attempting to do such an action? I need some consultation here.

((ooc: this is for atsushi's sentencing !))

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[beastundermoonlight]

I... actually don't know. But I know I'm not supposed to kill this person even though I want to. So I was going to restrain him and follow the next orders.

[nuraridouman]

I guess I should be grateful that you weren't going to eat them.

Whose orders were you going to wait for?

[beastundermoonlight]

Why would I eat him? I might be seen as a beast, but I'm human.

I was waiting on my superior's orders.

[nuraridouman]

Are you? I don't know you, so I was simply based on what many of my students would have done.

Is that superior here?

[beastundermoonlight]

Your students would what...?

[ He might be part of the mafia, but that's definitely going past that line! ]

He is, but my actions should be held accountable for myself.

[nuraridouman]

Consider or even try eating somebody. I don't think that anybody has actually gone through with it past stuffing their would-be victim into their mouth or trying to take a bite or two out of them, but there is no denying that predator instincts can be strong. Especially if the other happens to be a human or what would usually count as a prey animal.

That's very responsible of you. I mean it.

cw: mentions of cannibalism; blood

[beastundermoonlight]

[ He can't deny he's tasted human blood as his tiger form before, but it's for killing rather. It tastes disgusting. He's disgusted that he kills so savagely. He doesn't know how to respond to this comment, so he won't say anything. ]

I guess so. I just don't want my higher-up to be in trouble.

[nuraridouman]

[If Atsushi ever told him Douman would feel bad for him, rather than judge him.

For him it's simply that he is part of a world full of youkai. Eating each other for simple personal gain had long been a norm there, until he had started to spread human ethics and reason among those willing to adapt and learn. Yet even a century ago some beyond help traditionalists had still insisted that human meat was a delicacy, and having cat-based youkai instinctively consider rodent or bird-based youkai prey is sadly a thing that can't be helped.

At least most attempts of eating each other only ended in situations straight out of a comedy routine nowadays.]

They shouldn't be, if that dream was your run-in with the local powers that be. Did they give you some sort of chore or challenge as 'punishment'?

[beastundermoonlight]

Yes, I'm supposed to consult with at least three people about my crime and understand the weight of it, as well as show remorse.

[nuraridouman]

Hmm. Then you should have already done the first.

How is it going with the other two? Do you understand the weight and feel remorse?

[beastundermoonlight]

I'm part of the mafia, so I was already aware my crime is against the law, so I understand the weight of it. But I can't honestly say I feel remorse for this, because the feeling of wanting to kill him weighs heavier to me as long as I see him as a threat.

[nuraridouman]

Ah, you too?

Understanding that what you are doing is against the rules and why aren't quite the same thing, but that's just the teacher in me speaking. Am I right to assume that the threat he posed outweighs the crime you'd commit in order to 'deal' with him, in your opinion?