Royal Courtroom

[Parth Makeo]

Where many and all of the trials are held. Large and spacious with a big judge's stand. It could make anyone feel uneasy. No matter how innocent they were.  

[Parth Makeo]

☢ Gave Minzaio ☢



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〖Gave entered the large court room. The walls and ceiling decorated with the castle's same interior. The giant chandelier hanging above made it look more like a ballroom. But the stands, the Judge's seat and the jury box all told many stories of criminals and their sentence. Gave was far too familiar with this place. He has been a jury of the court for some time. And with the upcoming one about Anwen, he was forbidden to even be a part of the final verdict. Gave knew he had to sit in the rows of chairs, waiting for the moment. He took a seat, behind where Anwen would stand. He laid his sword across his lap in the sheath. He knew it would be removed once people came in. But he had to think. His plan should be fullproof. No matter how skilled the guards were, the knights were far better front linesmen. Gave would force the court to change the verdict no matter what.
"Please lord. Give me the strength to protect my Daughter, Anwen. For she deserves a true father figure and a home to truly call her own. I never asked you for much but please...let me win this battle without resorting to violence for once." His tears lightly hitting the scarab of his sword. His first legal battle as a spectator instead of a jury or judge.〗
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[aiko-oni]

Theme Song

Scarlet entered the courtroom, being escorted by a knight. She scanned room, looking for Gave. A grin appeared on her face when she saw him sitting with his sword in his lap. She thanked the knight for taking escorting her and rushed over to him. She took a seat beside him and noticed he was crying. She lightly brushed the tears from his cheeks and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Gave... It's going to be okay." She took his hand. "Trust me."

 

[Parth Makeo]

☢ Gave Minzaio ☢



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〖 Gave sighed.
"I do not know. It will be hard to watch as Anwen is judged without my voice to help. She could face a possible execution just for her actions. It's truly something unfair in every way...and that Is why I plan to revolt against the king for this action. Anwen is like a daughter to me." Gave dared not to look up. His mind tempering itself before the day came. He had to practice mentally much harder than normal.
"Scarlet...I may not be ready to fight this for once. I do not want to loose my student at all..."〗
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[Undaunted_Hawk]

[[ ENTER from Prince's Quarters. ]]

Anwen Fiddler
Wielder of Truth
Please, just don't play with me
My paper heart will bleed
This wait for destiny won't do,

Anwen was stopped at the door as the other knights and nobles poured into the room. The head guard took her hands and shackled them behind her back as if she were a criminal and she struggled a little before she simply allowed herself to relax. There was no reason for the girl standing at the door to pretend to be a boy any longer. Her dress had been chosen, she now realized, to make her seem weaker than she actually was and to give her a sense of innocence. Whomever made it for her had known this would happen and she then smiled a little. "Go on in, Your Highness, I'll be in there in a moment or two." She said with a curtsy.

Then the head of the court sat down in the highest seat and called the court to order. Anwen held her head high as she was guided to the center of the room, her soft soled slippers lightly scuffing the floor and she didn't look into the crowd or the knights. She looked down at the hilt of Veritas and whispered, "If this is why you gave me the strength and heart to return, then I shall accept whatever punishment or hell that lies before me."

Be with me, please, I beseech you
Simple things that make you run away
Catch you if I can.

 

[Kyo_Werewolf]

Prince Kyo A.K.A Setsuna

As he walked down the hall with Anwen he chucked and pointed to his head "Look Anwen, if you kill me, you kill the prince. You deal with me or he does along with me. I am part of him" Setsuna's clothing was different as well as his actions. He was a bad boy version of the prince and he was ready to take on court. But was court ready for him. Setsuna looked at Anwen with that grin upon his face as he abrubtly stopped at the court doors. "Now..Anwen, Just follow me ok. I shall take care of everything. This will be done in no time." He chuckled and got excited as he thought of making a woman his personal knight since thats what Kyo seemed to want. "What a challenge this will be. I am excited" he thought. As he swung open the doors of the court room door in a bad boy mannerism and abrubtly walked through the court room with his head down and his scruffy hair covering his eyes again he had a smirk upon his lips. With Anwen following behind him he felt even more confident. Once he got to the front of the room his arm lashed out and pointed right to the king. His grey eyes sharply looking in the kings eyes as the grin got bigger. He gently pulled Anwen from behind him and pointed at her while not missing eye contact with the King. "This woman here...She will be my personal knight. There is no question about it. There is no decision making or talking about it. She is to be my personal knight." He let Anwen go a second and glared at the King showing he wouldnt break down. "I hope Anwen isn't nervous." he thought. Setsuna stopped his glare and turned away from the king and awaited what was to come with the grin upon his face. "Will this King try to fight me? Or will he just give in I wonder" he thought to himself as he stroked his chin and crossed his other arm over his chest. He noticed Gave in the pews and remembered him from when he was a child with Kyo. "Why is he here I wonder" Setsuna mumbled to himself. Setsuna shrugged his arms and continued to wait for the King to respond.  

[Parth Makeo]

☢ Gave Minzaio ☢



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〖 Gave watched and waited. He could not be part of the verdict and he knew the majority would vote for her to be jailed much longer. Of course as he heard the trial more, Gave wanted to step up anytime. But it was the denial of the body guard position to the so called prince that sent him in the state.
"Your highness! I wish to have a say in the matter." Gave walked from his spot and to the front of the pews, looking around.
"I, Gave Minzaio, issue that you only imprison Anwen for a short time! She does not deserve any worse! sure she hid her image from us as a male, all to keep living! She indeed attacked a fellow comrade, but by no means should she have a worse verdict! I may not be able to change the verdict as a bystander, But as the head knight...Give her another chance!" The court room burst into laughter. One of the jurymen looked at Gave. Then, Gave glared at the man with such fury.
"I will do what it takes to protect my daughter. Isn't that right, boys?" From the back row, a majority of he knights revealed themselves. They of course were exposing themselves for Gave to explain.
"Anwen is a part of our life! Regardless of Gender. You can not take her from us! She is my daughter as she is to my men as a sister! If you dare try to execute her, we will know...and we will be there to sabotage it." Already the guards had swords ready at his throat. Gave did not flinch at all. He waited to see what would happen. It was a threat but it was one to protect someone who was like family to him. No matter what happened, he would protect her like a daughter. She deserved a real father figure.
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((sorry about the long wait -_-))
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[aiko-oni]

Theme Song

Scarlet gasped as the guards positioned swords at Gave's throat. She was about to stand up and do something but she realized something. This wasn't the village. She couldn't just speak whenever she wanted to. There were rules here. Not to mention her own criminal record.
She sat sat quietly. She couldn't find her voice to speak with. She just stared wide-eyed.

She eyed the jury. How could they be so cruel? She glared at them and crossed her arms.

 

[Undaunted_Hawk]

Anwen Fiddler
Wielder of Truth
Please, just don't play with me
My paper heart will bleed
This wait for destiny won't do,

Anwen didn't look up at the king. She remembered how many times he had come out whilst the pages were training and had often complimented her when she had beat one of the bigger pages by using her small size to her advantage. Only when Setsuna looked at her did she look up and turn around when she heard Gave step up to her defense. She spun around and glared at the guards before she turned back to the king and knelt down on a single knee, just as any knight would do and closed her eyes again, feeling tears well up in her eyes and one roll down her cheek. She swallowed before saying, "If Your Highness wishes to bestow upon me the death that I was destined, then I will die with just as much honor as a knight." She looked up. "I have trained as the other squires and boys have for the past six years of my life, doing my best to learn the ways of the knights in order to be able to serve you just like the men can."

"Please, Gave..." She said, not looking behind her, "Please, Your Highness, I shall protect your son even if it takes my life to do so. I swear upon my new name in the court, Anwen Fiddler, the Wielder of Ancient Veritas!"

Be with me, please, I beseech you
Simple things that make you run away
Catch you if I can.

 

[Parth Makeo]

☢ Gave Minzaio ☢



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〖Gave truly felt as if Anwen was a knight already. But she had yet to realize her full potential. A handful of the other knights made comments on how Anwen was giving up, but the majority knew she was doing what anyone of them would do. Accept her fate.
"If that is so, then i guess that is it." Gave never wanted Anwen to end up like this. It would be the first time a Minzaio has failed to keep their student. And he would accept it no matter what. He simply went back to his seat and sat down. The knights were almost ready to cause an uproar but had to be seated or even kicked out for their actions. Gave simply ignored them, praying in silence.〗
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[Undaunted_Hawk]

Anwen Fiddler
Wielder of Truth
Please, just don't play with me
My paper heart will bleed
This wait for destiny won't do,

Anwen heard her mother's voice in the back of her mind, telling her to give the king another good reason why he should allow her to live on as his son's knight. "Sir, I must be knighted in order to receive my father's title, estate, and armies." She continued onward, ignoring the jury as they tried to speak over her. She then projected her voice louder than she had before, looking stronger than before. She stood up straight and as tall as she could, her eyes blazing with the passion that was within her, raging like a wildfire. "My uncle, Sir Baronne the Undaunted, shall take my father's armies and use them against you. Allowing me to live would give your son the extra protection against harm and death as well as losing the power of the west because of my uncle."

The jury began to argue in outrage as to why she would accuse a great of a knight as Sir Baronne. "She has some gall to accuse the best knight within the court! He isn't even within the country and hasn't for the past several years!"

Anwen turned to look at the man that had stated that and countered, "Because he is building himself an army with the foreigners. Scotland will not be safe until he is-"

"That will be quite enough, Andrew," A loud, deep voice like thunder said from within the crowd of knights. "Or, as I meant to saw, Anwen the Wicked." The man stood up and was taller than the other knights by several inches and was very, very daunting to look at in the eyes.

Be with me, please, I beseech you
Simple things that make you run away
Catch you if I can.

 

[Parth Makeo]

☢ Gave Minzaio ☢



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〖Gave did not interrupt. He had to let the court run it's mouth for a while. But as he heard the voice from the back, Gave spun from his pew and in the pathway. His sword was confiscated for certain reasons but he was not going to back down. His eyes glared at the man who stood up. The guards readying their weapons as well if they tried anything against the king.
"You must be her father. The coward behind the gold. The one who made not only Anwen's life a pain in itself, but her mother. I suggest you leave this court room and let the trial finish on it's own merit." It was at the point that Gave had enough of the interruptions. The court room burst into glares at the man and Anwen, even some at Gave. His hands ready to defend anyone if given the chance.〗
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[Undaunted_Hawk]

Anwen Fiddler
Wielder of Truth
Please, just don't play with me
My paper heart will bleed
This wait for destiny won't do,

Anwen shook her head a little when Gave called Sir Baronne her father. She swallowed as she felt herself wish to curl up in a feeble position somewhere where he would never find her. She hadn't expected him to make it back from his 'expedition' so swiftly. But she stood just as tall as she had before, glaring at the man and then looking to Gave for a moment, wishing that he had kept his mouth shut. "Gave...." She said quietly, her voice shaking against her own will.

Sir Baronne pushed past Gave and glared down at the guards. "I am Lord Baronne Fiddler, the current Lord over the Fiddler Estate." This made Anwen flinch and she nearly opened her mouth to ask him just exactly what he meant before the man continued on, focusing his petrifying glare on Anwen. "Your father passed away just two days ago and as he lay on his deathbed, he granted to me the estate, his army, and his 'son's title and loyalty." He frowned a little at Setsuna. "But a woman is just as much of property as livestock, and so I do not grant my property the permission to serve you as your personal knight."

Anwen wished that she hadn't been handcuffed, otherwise she would have drawn her sword and would have slain him, but... at the moment she was just as powerless as a small creature. I can't draw Veritas and force him to speak the truth! I want to know if what he said about Father is true... I want to know if he really just passed me off as property.

Be with me, please, I beseech you
Simple things that make you run away
Catch you if I can.

 

[Parth Makeo]

☢ Gave Minzaio ☢



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〖Gave was shocked.
"You make me sick! Anwen has her own choice! She is a living being!" The guards for the king already started to restrain Gave from attacking. He was not going to let anyone push Anwen like this. He had his right, but apparently, money speaks louder than emotions.
"Anwen! Your sword!" Gave struggled. He was slowly stepping out of line for his student. Even the king had to shout.
"Sir Gave of the Minzaio Family! You are not allowed to judge what this woman does! only the people who own her. Now stop this act before I have to send my men to throw you out of the court room!"
Gave wanted nothing more than to slit this person's throat. The other knights watched from a crack, already seen how Gave gets when he was angry. Of course they hoped he did not try to shed blood. Sadly, Gave had to stop.
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