Unit 6 - Where in the Hotel gains access to a pool table. No need for a bar.

[namedforcat]

[Early one evening, if one happens to walk through the hotel lobby, they may notice something that hadn't been there when they had left through those doors.

A pool table.

Thanks to that odd offer of the powers that be to give them back something from home, Gaignun (somewhat jokingly) asked for the pool table from his office, and got it much to his surprise. It's a well loved pool table, well made with a few nicks and scratches in the wood work that speaks to the fact that it actually got used.

So there it sits, in the side of the hotel lobby, fully decked out with a sign posted saying "Free to play, just take good care of it."

It's owner, a face familiar to mosmt is right now just happily noodling around on it, making random shots. Feel free to join him, he's always up for a game.]


[[ooc: So the hotel now has a pool table, which is free for anyone to use. It's now a fixture there until he finds somewhere else to put it so feel free to appropriate it for other threads and what not.]]

Comments

[namedforcat]

Compromise...indeed it is. So is punishment in fact. In a perfect world we wouldn't need it, but even here it is hardly a perfect world. [He does show a bit of sorrow during this statement.]

[truthsnomiracle]

Unfortunately, darkness shall always claw at the heart of mankind. (Admittedly, my life might very well be without meaning if it did not.)

There is, of course, the danger with the presence of outlaw status as a punishment that others will attempt to frame particularly unpopular felons, but the tracking system itself could provide evidence exonerating them for such crimes, either directly or through evidence of tampering. That makes it all the more important that sentences of outlaw status only be applicable to those already sentenced to tracking.

[namedforcat]

Hm, that may be a good way to do it if that is indeed the route we wish to go. [He looks rather thoughtful.]

Thankfully I don't think that there is anyone that would deliberately try to get themselves into that position, but even if there was they would be few and far between.

You will also have to get people to agree on what kind of crime warrants this. Everyone seems to have different definitions of what is wrong and right it seems.

[truthsnomiracle]

I believe that most sane people would agree that mass murder or serial killing would count, if nothing else. I imagine that nearly as many would sufficiently condemn its lustful equal on a similar scale. The question becomes how much farther back than that the line ought to be drawn. Further complicating the matter is the distressing lack of viable middle ground in punishment concepts; we ought to resolve that before attempting to draw the line between them and our highest punishments.

[namedforcat]

You present a very good point, however it is unfortunately one that I would need to think on for a good amount of time before I can come up with a more satisfactory answer then "hit them in the wallet".

[truthsnomiracle]

I don't suppose you can recommend anyone else in particular worth discussing these matters with? I've long found intellectual equals to be distressingly rare, and here I've furthermore been finding those who see the value of anything more civilized than personal vengeance to be even more so.

[namedforcat]

I'd suggest a man named Garviel, however, no matter how level-headed he is, I'm afraid he strikes me as the man to take things to a more extreme level then what you are intending.

Perhaps a woman named Devola, and her sister Popola. Popola I believe was the head of their village for quite some years, and Devola knows people inside and out it seems. You'd have better luck with them as they are both highly intelligent and personable.

[truthsnomiracle]

Indeed, extremists are precisely the sorts I wish to avoid.

[As for the mentions of Devola and Popola, he takes out his organizer and writes down the information.]

I'll attempt to make contact with these two as soon as I'm able.

[namedforcat]

I would try Devola first, I've found her to be the easier of the two to get a hold of. Other then that, a lot of the people that I've met here have been good people, but a little rash.

[truthsnomiracle]

Indeed, that rashness hasn't escaped my notice. It's precisely why I don't wish to broadcast my intentions to the majority of our fellow kidnappees until the concepts are well-refined and a system based upon them could be put in place quickly.

[namedforcat]

A wise choice. Keep your mind on this, but don't let it consume you. Nothing would get done should you burn yourself out.

[truthsnomiracle]

That is precisely what concerns me. [As grimly as that came out, "disturbs" might be more like it...]

[namedforcat]

[He quirks a bit of a half smile at Edgeworth] You'll be fine.

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth returns his attention to the pool table.]

It is true that we have a moment's peace now; however, we cannot be certain how long it will last, particularly given the motive involved.

[As he speaks, he lines up a shot at the lonely cue ball; when he finishes, he takes a shot, banking it off of a couple of the walls.]

[namedforcat]

Ah, the lonely 'for now'. However, peace is peace, even if it is bracketed by battles and it has its use.