A Study in Damage Control, Picking Up The Pieces, and Problem-Solving.

[mylord]

Pardoned:

Name: Suou1 Tamaki.
Charged With: Sycophancy.
Evidence: " A stroke of genius, Your Majesty!"
Verdict: Guilty.
Sentence: Death3 by Beheading.
Status: Pardoned.

Name: The Knave of Hearts.
Charged With: Stealing the Queen's Tarts.
Evidence: The Knave of Hearts rhymes with Tarts; obviously he is the one4.
Verdict: Guilty.
Sentence: Death by Beheading.
Status: Pardoned.

Name: Croquet Hoop #24.
Charged With: Bending Irresponsibly.
Evidence:

Verdict: Guilty.
Sentence: Death by Beheading.
Status: Pardoned.

Name: Croquet Hoop #3.
Charged With: Accessory to a Crime.
Evidence:

Verdict: Guilty.
Sentence: Death by Beheading5.
Status: Pardoned.

Name: Croquet Hoop #11.
Charged With: Lascivious Laying.
Evidence:

Verdict: Guilty.
Sentence: Death by Beheading.
Status: Beheaded6.

Name: Red Rose #534.
Charged With: Being too dull.
Evidence: A stunning lack of it.
Verdict: Guilty.
Sentence: Death by Beheading.
Status: Beheaded7.

Name: The Knave.
Charged With: Exceptional Behaviour.
Evidence: Not being the Knave of Hearts.
Verdict: Guilty.
Sentence: Rewarded by Beheading.
Status: Pardoned.

Current Exceptional Behaviour List:

Name: The Knave.
Exceptional Behaviour: Not being the Knave of Hearts; not stealing the Queen's tarts.
Reward: Death by Beheading8.

Observations:

i. Master Lau: changed yet not changed.
ii. Wolfwood: to be determined. Have yet to see.
iii. Cheshire Cat: a...ah... I9...
iv. Child in Baseball Cap: suddenly more appealing. Perhaps hungry?
v. Young Master: appears to be acting on inner desires. Very charming.
vi. Master Lau's Employee: not quite as ugly10.
vii. Tamaki: ???

Notes:

• Procure more living croquet hoops
      The Queen does not prefer inanimate ones.
          ▪ sentences them to death by beheading.
• Possible candidates:
      Wolfwood.
      Tamaki.
      The young girl who looks like a boy11.
      The Country of Japan.
      The effeminate looking young man who wanted to eat the rabbit.
      The whining writer.
          ▪ it is very tiring to be the only one12.
• Cheshire Cat
      ...cute. So soft... I was right, then. So he was healthy at one time.
          ▪ full-figured.
          ▪ curves.
          ▪ ah...
          ▪ very... very appealing13.

1 Suoh? Suo? Do not let the Queen discover possible alternate spellings2.
2 He will order another beheading.
3 One wonders if he considers the finality of his sentence? Ah, well.
4 O-obviously, yes...
5 Oh dear...
6 It is regrettable, but it did not match. It was best to do away with it.
7 Ah... It appears I was too late...
8 Really now! Is this truly the concept of just deserts? I do not mind, but...
9 Come back to this later.
10 Unfortunately will not last.
11 Brunette.
12 How many games does he plan to play?
13 Mmm... I want to touch him.