Characters: Stoneface (
stonyfaced) and OPEN to any applicants. Please tag yourselves in accordingly!
Date/Time: FORWARDDATED to Sunday, December 6th. Interviews go from 10 AM to 7 PM. Please list what time it is when you tag in.
Location: The Arena (and the rest of Melee Island if your character requests the use of The Range, etc.)
Rating: PG-13 for
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On top of which, there was a certain comfort and familiarity to the sentiment. He could cast aside those nagging, troubled doubts for the moment.
So when he'd arrived in the arena, it was with wary eyes at the front and a sharp blade at his side. When he'd spied Stoneface- embarrassingly enough, recognizing him from his lapine illustration- he sought him out immediately. "You are Stoneface, are you not? I seek to join your ranks."
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"Reed, right? Have a seat. Before I decide whether or not you can join up, we're going to have a little chat."
"So. Why is it that you want to join the Watch?"
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There was little else he could say; it simply felt right. And a means to protect his kin could finally provide penance his prior absence and ignorance.
Stoneface might have noticed a bit of remorse crossing Reed's eyes, but only for a moment. He steeled himself soon enough. "Some duties must simply be undertaken," he concluded, "and here the means are reason enough. I would assume you to understand, having taken this upon yourself."
"Unless you've found some other end to this endeavour...?"
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Somehow, Halt, evil-doer! You are breaching Act 22 of the Edensphere charters, providing us with sufficient evidence to take chase, but I do assure you, we shall step only where we are allowed to! Comrades in arms, commence! didn't seem to work as well as, Stop, in the name of the law! C'mon, boys, let's get 'im!.
"So... you think the Watch is worthy, you're a swordsman, and you want to help. Is that what you're saying?"
He considered Reed's words, and with it, the accusation. "No, I'm doing this because it needs doing, nothing more. What do you see yourself doing in it? What have you got to give?"
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"I would seek the safety of those under my vigil, and see to it that justice be served to those who would harm them. As for what I may offer... I'd assume the skills of a swordsman would be well put to use, would they not? I have found them tested before; I assure you, they will suffice."
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Stoneface clasped his hands together, index fingers forming a point and elbows resting on his knees. "See, this is what I'd like to know. What are you expecting the Watch to do, and what do you expect to get out of it?"
Justice was a word thrown around a lot in the past week, by others as well as him. "And what do you think this justice would be?"
They weren't easy questions, he knew, but they had to be asked.
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"As for justice--" he paused, consternation running across his features. "Well, one answer would not suffice; there's nary a single punishment befitting both a bread-thief and a murderer. Would detainment suffice, or are we to provide sentence as well?"
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"We won't be the ones designating the judicial system. Our job is to get the blokes fighting away from each other's throats, calm them down and hand them over to the people who do decide. What I want from my men is the ability to resist the urge to knock heads together when necessary, even when you think that they really deserve it. We won't go raining justice upon the masses--we just initiate that. Keep the peace, serve and protect and nothing more. I want you to be honest with me, Reed. Is that what you want out of this?"
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Hefting himself to his feet, he took several strides into the middle of the arena. "I see that you're a swordsman. But, see, I've got what you'd call an allergy for blades handled by other people coming too close to my face, either you can show what you've got against this training dummy--" he thumped it once for good measure, "--equip yourself with a wooden sword, or both. What's your choice?"
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