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[srslynotguy]

Yuri Lowell will be sentenced today for murder and assault. The punishment will be a hundred lashes: ten lashes for each victim killed and assaulted during the duration of his rampage. This sentence will be carried out today at Xanadu, at two o'clock.

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⇒ You ready, Yuri? ⇐

[ ooc; ... backdated to very early today. ♥ ]

Comments

[deadly_legacy]

Then he is not the one who committed those acts. Not entirely. You'd be punishing an innocent man!

[srslynotguy.livejournal.com]

I'd like to think that as well. I would love to believe that alone! But it doesn't work that way.

At the end of the day, people were hurt and killed! It's not something either- any of us can easily forget with a wave of a hand and a drink at the pub.

[deadly_legacy]

They can't be helped by punishing a man who would not have committed those acts if he'd been able to avoid it! Don't do this, Flynn. [One part pleading and two parts princess in charge...even if she's well out of her jurisdiction.]

[srslynotguy.livejournal.com]

I know that it won't help them. It won't turn back the time or give life back to those who were killed.

[ through grit teeth. ]

But I have to do this. I'm sorry, Lady Euphemia.

[deadly_legacy]

No, you don't! You can choose to show mercy! Flynn...

[srslynotguy.livejournal.com]

That kind of mercy would be a punishment for Yuri as well. An even worse punishment.

[deadly_legacy]

You can't take someone's guilt, misplaced or otherwise, away with a lash!

[srslynotguy.livejournal.com]

No, I can't. Their guilt is for themselves to deal with.

[deadly_legacy]

Then what good does this do for anyone?

[srslynotguy.livejournal.com]

This is so we don't forget the importance of a life, even in a place where people never truly die, and for Yuri to be able to continue living by his ideals.

[deadly_legacy]

It sounds as if that is a lesson already learned without the need for violence.

[srslynotguy.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid that even if the lessons are learned, there are things that can't be taken back.

I'm sorry you had to see this.

[deadly_legacy]

Don't do this, Flynn.

...I am Third princess and Sub-viceroy Euphemia li Britannia, and I order you to stop!

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[srslynotguy.livejournal.com]

[ ...insert surprise here. ]

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[srslynotguy.livejournal.com]

Lady Euphemia...

[ And this is a taste of what Lady Estellise would have likely done in this situation. With a heavy heart, he must... ]

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[srslynotguy.livejournal.com]

Please forgive me. I cannot stop this.

[deadly_legacy]

[She knew it was unlikely here with no real authority, but she had to try.]

It seems like you're the one who can.

[srslynotguy.livejournal.com]

I know that.

But I also know that have to do this. I'm sorry.

[deadly_legacy]

So am I...

[srslynotguy.livejournal.com]

[ And he can't say anything, sob. Lady Euphemia! :( ]

[wishsrequiem.livejournal.com]

Why not hold a trial? I believe it is innocent until proven guilty.

[srslynotguy.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid there isn't much that can prove Yuri innocent for the deaths of his victims. He has witnesses.

[wishsrequiem.livejournal.com]

There are different forms of pleas.

[srslynotguy.livejournal.com]

This isn't an action based on a witnesses' hearsay alone. He has killed people and there is simply no ambiguity left in this matter as a result of its severity for me to be able to justify his actions as a result.