decomposed | .aspects game

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.aspects game

GAME ENDS 4PM PST 8/19

hit me up on slack (utaoutauhito, display is 森歌) or plurk (sacae) if you have any questions! probably people won't get very injured if at all but there is some chance of getting mauled to a small or possibly significant degree. careful guys

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[ you’re in a courtroom. even if that should be unfamiliar to you, somehow you know - you’re in a courtroom, and you’re right at the stand.

the stand itself is shaped as if it was carved from a cylinder, with the standing platform a step up from the marble floors and the partly encircling wall standing to about chest or waist height. it’s starkly isolated in the center of the room, but a good two or three yards off to either side, it’s flanked by elevated seats, a few rows of them each. for jury, or for audience. either way, they’re empty right now.

directly in front of you is a rise in the room like a balcony - and Uriel upon it, with one hand settled on the railing and his gaze fixed steadily on you.

he opens his mouth, and with a real voice, he speaks - ]

Confess your sins.

((scoring criteria is engaging with Uriel. powers are off.))

[ this is literally the worst thing, he freezes up and doesn't answer for a moment ]

. . . Uriel?

There are no witnesses. In this place are you and I alone, Arjuna.

. . . why do you want to know my sins?

You have been haunted by them for all this time, longer even than I have known you. It is the duty for which I was created to address wrongdoings. Do you not think that your soul as well might be relieved of some of the burden?

No, I don't.

[ thoughtfully ]

But if you want to know some of them, I can tell you.

[ he crosses his arms ]

Then, allow me to hear them.

I am too prideful, I have gone against my purpose to the detriment of the greater good and murdered my brother three times.

[ he's not sure how much he wants to say, those seem safe enough rather. There's so many more in the back of his mind, however ]

Are those all that you wish to name?

To you? Right now? Yes.

Yet, are they what you regret most deeply?

No.

[ tilts his head a little. He's still unsure but ]

What's the purpose of this?

Perhaps to determine your penance.

I'm already doing penance.

Through what method?

[ it's somewhat embarrassing to admit ]

I'm not certain why I should tell you.

It is the role for which I was made, to discern the appropriate punishment and penance alike.

I don't think we answer to the same power.

Perhaps not. But the nature of penance is the same.

I accept all misfortune. I will pay back my debt.

Hmm.

Do you believe that by suffering, you can erase what suffering you were once responsible for?

[ it's not an especially dismissive tone, more like asking for clarification ]

Things can't be erased and I'm not looking to do something like that. Even if it balances, it doesn't change what I did.

I see. Your reasoning is sound, but why do you not instead attempt to make reparations?

I can't. It can't be undone. I can't ... [ trails off ] it doesn't matter fur thus "lifetime" anyway.

Yet you carry the weight of it still.

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