Day 03

[shimmershimmer]

[Last night, the Night Watch heard sounds of movement around Kimblee and McDougal's cottage just before daybreak. If they checked inside, they would find McDougal appropriately asleep, but Kimblee missing.]

[As for everyone else, dawn brings the morning announcements from the Shimmering Lady:]

Takano Miyo and Mitsuko, two Sinners, are lost to dreams.
Shuu Tsukiyama, an ordinary villager, is lost to dreams.
Isaac McDougal, an Incubus, is lost to dreams. Please bring me his body that it may be purified, and we shall begin the mourning process for the man he once...

...Wait. Kimblee is McDougal's Soulmate. Why is he awake?

He shouldn't be awake. He lost fair and square. He's breaking the rules. He is a blasphemer and a demon and ugly. Bring him here. Bring him.

Bring him to me.

((Status & Role Distribution
Current Night Watch rotation

So. Wow. Okay. Here's a thing I did not in the least expect to occur this early in the game, because clearly I am a fool.. So we'll be playing this by ear, and day 3 might end up taking more than the scheduled 24 hours (I'll watch it closely and keep everyone updated), but no matter what crazy-ass thing Kimblee decides to do with this, it shouldn't be a gamebreaker. Shimmer won't let anybody die who hasn't already been officially taken out of the game. Unless they explicitly ask me for that to happen, I guess!

Whatever happens, bear in mind the brainwashing rule-of-thumb: You can doubt the words of the Lady/Gentleman, but unless explicitly told otherwise, you can't break out of the world view provided for you, especially if spoken to directly.

If you'd like to consult with the Lady, she's here.
If you'd like to confront Kimblee, that's here.
And if you just wanna run around being useless and angry, come join Cassius over here.))

Comments

[irenicly]

Why would you do such a thing? Killing the demon will kill Kimblee-san as well!

[thefaceofjustice]

The only person who's told us that is a demon who's been lying to us since the beginning. You can't take him at his word.

[irenicly]

I'm sure the Lady can put him to sleep.

[thefaceofjustice]

If that's what Our Lady wants. She is our judge.

Either way, he needs to be sentenced before the trial so that the trial is not wasted again by voting him out.

[irenicly]

Please, Fulbright-san, Kimblee-san is guilty and a demon, but if there's even a chance that the demons can leave willingly, I... I....

[He rubs at his face.]

My brother is gone! I don't... I can't...

[thefaceofjustice]

Our Lady has told us that there is only one way to save their souls.

[irenicly]

[Banjou shakes his head, placing one hand on the side of his face as he does.]

I don't want to hurt anyone. Even if that person is a demon.

[thefaceofjustice]

You don't want to follow the will of Our Lady Justice?

[irenicly]

I do, but... there must be another way to end their lives without suffering.

Fulbright-san, I know you'll bring him to justice. Let's ask Our Lady if there's another way.

[thefaceofjustice]

We'll bring him to her and ask her what we can do with him to keep him powerless. But if "purifying" him is the only way to rescue the real Solf Kimblee's soul and bring justice down on his demon, don't you think it would be an injustice to deny him that?

[irenicly]

If that's really the only way, then Our Lady knows what's best and I will listen to her word.

But I don't want to watch anyone else die unnecessarily. I saw that too much before Our Lady blessed us by allowing us to live here.