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"War crimes? Asami? Executed, really? What had they all done?"

"By war crimes, they refer to the accidental slayings of Estarcian soldiers. Asami was that, err, berserk infection thing. Vaida was charged for provoking Sentria into this mess, and Rath... refuses to tell what really happened with Nino, the former captain." Jin felt it was time to quit slinking around.

"..."

As for the resistance bit, Rhys was already around to catch it. Rei nominated himself to lead; personally he'd have been happy to let that happen, but Fefga readily disagreed. Abel nominated Amelia, but the small bundle in Rhys' arms would have disagreed (Had he figured out how to speak English yet instead of "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH").

"I'd say I should lead, given my, umm... past experience in matters like this," Jin spoke up, "But if the one who's supposed to lead doesn't want to, then that's not me."

FD's eyes by now had turned upon Rhys...

"Umm... well, hang on now," Rhys said, very un-hero-like. "I saved the King's life because it was the right thing to do, that's all. And from what I'm hearing about these trials, I--I can't say Rogvald is entirely in the wrong. I for one find Rath's actions... odd. I don't think he'd do anything to Nino, but he... won't say anything about it. I have no idea why it was necessary for the Learanian army to cross the border into Sentria way back, for there'd already been--what, a dozen competent people already on the job? I doubt many know what truly went down with Salami--excuse me, Asami--aaaand while unfortunate, the people involved with the Estarcian slayings sound as though they did so without so much as a 'by-your-leave' afterward." He looked embarrassed by this--his eyes were averted, and he was blushing a bit. It takes a ton of courage to stand up to your friends, even for Rhys.

"So... I really don't think I want to be the one leading this. The penalties for the most part sound harsh, but... to resist? I'm-I'm not sure it would be in the right."

It occurred to Rhys long afterward that if he really didn't want to lead, he could have used reverse psychology on Fefga and said "YES ACTUALLY LET ME LEAD! PICK ME!", but he didn't think of that now.

"If I may." Wil could see that people were starting to fall in spirits. He turned to Lyre. "Um, I don't know who you are, but your right, it could be a lot worse. And as it seems... It's going to get worse and worse from here on out. Until it is worse then what your people went through. People who are offered power over all, intend to abuse it. Soon, who knows, it may be a public offense for you to even be in the open. You may get killed for that. That could happen to us all."

Wil looked down at the floor. His eye's saddening as did his heart. So he raised his head and looked at Rhys. "You, I can only imagine what must going through your head. You have your child. You don't want to leave him without a father should anything go wrong. But, what you said about Rath. He may be odd, but isn't he your leader. Many good people are seen as bad, just because they are slightly stranger then others. We can't judge Rath and neither should Rogvald. He is your leader, not this apparent "puppet king"." Wil let his eyes fall on Amelias face. "You have a wonderful baby, if I assume right that is."

Wil looked back at the group as a whole. "Anyways, when you joined up with Rath Nino was in charge right? And you all joined trusting that she would keep you, your families, and your friends safe right? Well apparently when she was forced to step down, she made Rath the leader right? Well if she trusted him to keep you all safe, shouldn't you trust him? And because he hasn't openly done stuff, doesn't mean he couldn't have been doing things behind... At least, that's what I would think. Anyways, shouldn't we save him because he has every right to live just as you do? And about your friend's in imprisonment, don't they have every right to be free?" Wil looked at Lyre again. "You were in slavery, you weren't free, you know what it's like. You have your freedom now, would you want it taken away to be stored in some cell again? Do they deserve to experience that... Truly?"

Wil now knew who Fefga was from the display of... strange power. He walked up to the spirit and bowed respectfully. "All I can say is that no cause is lost if one person still fights for it. So if I'm the one person, then so be it. I want to help them. I just want to help. And according to you, If I want to help, I can't be in the guild. Well, tell me what to do. I will do what I can."

As Gale left, he glanced around him at the expansive countryside. The town of Eyris could be seen nearby, around that was forest and plains. Gale took a direction towards the woodlands, opting for some peace and quiet to sort his thoughts. Certainly, this advisor was wronging the public, and certainly someone would have to do something about it. But was that someone himself?

For one person, perhaps. But no one else.

As he paced underneath a path lightly trodden under the canopy of the forest, he heard a faint set of footsteps trailing him in the silence of the cool afternoon air. He paused.

"Zeiss."

Gale's tone was sharp and harsh. He also did not do the man the liberty of turning around to meet his face.

"Do you often trail others without a single word? I thought you had honor."

Gale's hand migrated to his side for a moment, as if instinctively reaching for a weapon, then dropped the hand to his side and slowly turned to meet the gaze of the man following him. "You're lucky. If I were armed right now I'd kill you. But since I'm not, I'll give you the liberty of conversation." His tone lightened, but his words were still clipped and hiding anger. "What can I do for you?"

Slowly and quietly, but gaining speed and volume with time, there came a clapping sound from the side of the room.

"Bravo. You can't pay for these kinds of shows."

Razevi sat in a rather cushy armchair in the far corner of the room, watching the scene with a bemused smile underneath her mask. Her tattoo was faded to nearly natural skin color as she wasn't feeling particularly emotional at the given moment. She was unarmed (or, at least, as unarmed as an ancient sorceress could be) and an apple sat upon her leg which she proceeded to pick up and toss into the air repeatedly. It was really hard to ascertain how long she had actually been sitting there - perhaps she was actually only there to someone who was looking for her?

"Trials, arguments, resistances! Ohoho, this is all too familiar..." She caught the apple once more, taking a bite of it with her black-stained lips before continuing. "It's all kind of cute, really."

As if responding to the what must be the shocked faces turned to look at her, she shrugged. "Relax. I'm not feeling particularly malicious at the moment. See the tattoo? I mean it. I actually needed some help from the--" the hand holding the apple wavered in the air for a moment, then flicked in the vague direction of Amelia "-- lady general over there." She took another bite of the apple. "You all can stay if you wish, but I'd like a private word with her." She chewed the bite and swallowed it, smiling innocently while staring at Amelia. "That is, if she's willing."

Clara Risna



Try to lay a hand on the things I care about...

Oujay had been standing next to the door listening into the whole situation, as if he had been invisible the whole time. A lot was already happening in a short amount of time. Fefga had returned, which was great. He had never seen or met her himself, he has heard stories about Fefga and of course this was her manor after all. She told the people about leading some resistance and possibly even save the guild members that are going to be sent to the asylum. That would mean he could save Lord Roy.

But, it seems as though drama was beginning to rise as the conflict of who would be the leader arised. However, it quickly seemed to stop as a Laguz stepped in and basically said we should clean things up first. For some reason the boy let out a sigh of relief. Other people willingly listened and began to clean up, even Oujay stepped out of his spot where he was invisible and began helping the others even if they didn’t notice.

Another figure seemed to have suddenly appeared as she was eating an apple. Were people just appearing out of nowhere? Though she immediately wanted to talk to Amelia apparently. The boy was beginning to be confused about things. Not only that a huge hawk figure barged into the room and slammed his fist into the other woman who had suddenly appeared. People really were just suddenly appearing out of nowhere. As quick as the he came, the guy quickly gave a few commands and a few words before leaving quickly. He just blinked. He really wasn’t sure what was going on anymore.