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[dancing_pierrot]

[This Sunday afternoon, Franziska is sitting by her kitchen window, sunglasses perched atop her head and her whip coiled on her lap. By the angle of her NV, it appears to be propped up on a table several feet away.]I understand that there has been an influx of new arrivals lately. To those of you who don’t know me, my name is Franziska von Karma,

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[madeinoblivion]

In Your Home Culture.
No trials where I'm from. The ones who were in charge did say they'd kill traitors to their group, and that's as far as it goes. But I think one of the worlds Sora went to had some kind of a court, but I don't know how that went. What the rules were, or- from how Roxas talked about that place, it was probably sort of topsy-turvy and whatever the Queen of the World said to do with criminals.

In Siren’s Port:

1) The police are pretty useless, for most things. I can't count on them to protect my friends, in a rough spot. They asked me a bunch of questions about the newcomer killer, once. I deal with corporate security more than I deal with police, whenever I've had trouble on company turf.
2) I know that they haven't been able to do much for Sam, so I'm not too impressed so far.
3) There's too many bad stuff that people get away with. Or the companies frame people up for, then use that to get people working for them.

[dancing_pierrot]

So, apart from traitors, how were other criminal behaviors dealt with? Or were there no behaviors that were defined as such, or were they simply overlooked?

Agreed. The court system here is rather similar to the one I am familiar with back home; slightly less efficient, but the structure's certainly there. The companies here are a significant course of corruption here in this city, unlike anything I have seen in a developed country back home.

In fact, it is that corruption, and the examination thereof, that has lead to my career change and projected future research in this direction.

[madeinoblivion]

I don't think there was anything really criminal- Um. Well, one of them would shock you for backtalking?

So you're going to teach people to be better at it? How many years is that going to take, till things are different?

[dancing_pierrot]

So, to take the most extreme example, that is, murder -- there was no penalty for such action that you are aware of in your home world?

And I am determined to continue in this field for as long as it takes, or until it is deemed no longer necessary.

[madeinoblivion]

Unless you were murdering as a traitor? They didn't care about destroying people.

[dancing_pierrot]

Who is this 'they', precisely?

[madeinoblivion]

The one in charge of the castle. Marluxia, and Larxene.

[dancing_pierrot]

The castle? Did you live in that culture for your entire life, or are you able to supply additional information as to your life outside of it?

[madeinoblivion]

For my whole life. Until I came here.

[dancing_pierrot]

This place must have come as quite a shock to you.

[madeinoblivion]

Not really. I knew there were other worlds out there. That they were different.

[dancing_pierrot]

Still, it's different hearing about something and actually experiencing it for yourself.

Was the adaption period difficult?

[madeinoblivion]

Right. Having real memories count more. I know that. [have a scowling moment of Bitter McBitterson.]

Huh? No, I just...tried. It was tricky to get a job, and figure out how to spend munny and stuff, and what things in the darkness I could handle and what was too far out of my league.

I've had my friends, and they've helped me out all along the way.

[dancing_pierrot]

Were these friends people you know from home, or met here in Siren's Port?

[madeinoblivion]

Some of both. Namine and Riku and Sora...I knew them, before.

[dancing_pierrot]

So it was with their help that you grew acclimatized to the nature of this city. This is admittedly a difficult question, but with the current topics of discussion kept in mind, which do you prefer -- your home world, or that of Siren's Port?