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DIRECTED TO: ETHLYN
LISTED CRIME: CRIMES OF THE GRANVALE EMPIRE

The Council has selected you for sentencing to atone for the above listed crimes. You are directed to turn yourself in within two (2) hours of receiving this message, or you will be forcibly detained. You are to meet the Council's representative outside of City Hall in order to respond to this summons.

Respectfully,
Jerry

Very well. I could have used more time to set my affairs in order, but perhaps I should be grateful that you aren't dragging me out the door. You may expect me at the appointed time, Jerry.

So long as you do not resist, you will return to your life shortly after you are Sentenced.

Regards,
Jerry

[oh. that raises... a question.]

Do you mean that as my life here in Aldrip, or my life on my homeworld?

Here. Though if you make your way through your list of crimes, you will be able to return home.

Sincerely,
Jerry

[Ethlyn finds herself unable to reply to this. To return home... alive. To be able to save Altena from Thracia. To become Leif's mother again, so that he will not have the eyes of an old man before he is even of age. Maybe even to save Quan and Sigurd and keep Arvis' son from the throne. It would be monstrous to kill a child, but Arvis had no child when she died. If they could stop him from meeting the boy's mother, then....

It is a great deal too much to think about in two hours, and it is all Ethlyn can think about in two hours. She manages to write instructions, make arrangements with Marianne, put together a traveling bag so she is prepared for whatever Sentencing entails.

She arrives at City Hall on foot, staff on her back, sword on her hip, bag on her shoulder, to meet the man in uniform.]

Are you Jerry?

[Jerry eyes the objects that she carries, and he nods to her in acknowledgement.]

Bringing these things won't be necessary if you continue to not resist. This won't take long.

[She gives him a polite smile--the practiced kind that doesn't reach her eyes.]

That's good to know, but I'd like to bring it anyway, just in case.

[After all, she woke up unarmed in a labyrinth a few weeks ago, and then over the summer a huge plant monster was summoned to wreak havoc on the town. After those experiences, she'd rather not put aside anything that could be helpful.]

What will this involve, exactly? Will I be called to argue for myself? Or will this be trial by ordeal?

[The former she would expect to take a very long time. The latter... unpleasant and swift.]

As you wish.

[He waves her into City Hall as she speaks some more. She's smart and kind... what a breath of fresh air.]

Trial by ordeal, in a way. So long as you see it done, no harm will come to you.

["In a way," he says. So maybe not retrieving stones from a boiling cauldron or walking over hot irons. She personally doubts the efficacy of such methods at all, so it would be a relief.]

I see. I will find out what it is in a moment, I suppose. Thank you for answering my questions.

[She holds herself upright and calm as she walks into City Hall. It is far more calm in appearance than truth... inside, she can feel all her nerves, the ones she now knows there are so many of, buzzing up and down like there are ants running along them.

No advocate, a scant two hours of preparation... and a heart that is far less certain than when she first awoke in the meadows outside of town. The only way out is through.]

[Jerry leads her deeper into the building, and then down a hallway. It's not until he stops at a door that stands apart from the others, as if to give the idea of a bigger room than the rest. He opens the door, and when Ethlyn looks in, she might see that it looks like a generic meeting room... but it's empty.]

After you.

[He motions for her to go in.]

[Somehow, the empty room frightens her more than a bed of coals or a grim-faced council of judges would. What will happen in here? Will she be forced to see visions of the past and future again, as in the labyrinth?

Her pride is still too strong to allow her to hesitate for more than a moment in crossing the threshold--wondering even then if she's suddenly going to feel a sword in her back or step on a trapdoor to some oubliette. Having escaped death and lived a normal life for almost a year, she finds herself reluctant to put it on the block.

But there is no other way forward. She has been waiting for this moment for months--at least she will no longer have to wonder. So she walks to the center of the room, head held high.]

I am here to face your accusation.

[Ethlyn won't remember much after Jerry closes the door and the room goes dark. She may remember feeling judged, and voices from people she can't remember the faces of. She doesn't remember much, but she does remember the most important part:]

You, who have committed the crime of the Granvale empire have come to stand before us to atone for your crime. To show commitment to rehabilitation, we have a request:

We ask that you reflect on the events of your home world and consider your responsibility in them. Reflect with someone you may be close to, you who have done great good for Aldrip, on whether you must bear the responsibilities for a whole nation.

You have until November 10th to finish our task. If you complete it, you will be one step closer to returning home.

[When Ethlyn becomes aware again, she's outside of City Hall, without Jerry as an escort. The paper with her crime on it will be updated to reflect this task.]

[ooc: The longer that Ethlyn takes to complete this task, the more truthful and thoughtful of said crime she'll become. She may begin to find that the crime is all she can think about until she confides in someone about it.

The thread or post of this action may be OOCly submitted here. Failure to follow through on this task will result in a penalty for your character in the next event.]

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