ready as we'll ever be

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[The Balladeer is true to his word. So, before the dead's scheduled performance, still dressed in the outfit Salieri forced him to helped him choose, he takes his guitar and sneaks out to the garden one last time. He hasn't visited it yet today, and he always feels guilty when he doesn't manage. He told everyone he'd be here. Even if neither of them can hear each other, he intends to keep his promise.

So he's there to notice when the trees begin closing in. The Balladeer shoots to his feet. Oh, no. He knows this feeling.]

Everyone! Come out to the garden! Bring your stuff!

[He calls out aloud, but he can use that projection trick just as well as the Player - his voice is audible anywhere in the school.

When people arrive to join him, there will still be a path through the woods to lead them to the garden. He doesn't want to strain himself before the performance, but something as small as that shouldn't cause problems later. It's too important that everyone get out here - because when people arrive, they'll find that all of the living are visible. The Balladeer is watching them, but making no attempt to interact; he already knows how this is going to go. It isn't time for that yet. Still...]

It's the end.

[Have fun spectating the trial!]

Comments

[violentenvies]

And? [he arches an eyebrow]

I have hurt others. My punishment was to be forgotten, vilified, as was deserved. I have accepted that. And I would not erase those actions either.

What does this have to do with the Wizard being deserving of punishment or not?

[voicerights]

And neither of us have been turned in to stone. Or thrown in to a black hole.

I am not saying he does not deserve punishment. But punishment is superfluous if one cannot learn from it. It would be more efficient to kill him.

[disharmonizes]

Failing to see how petrification does not fit those parameters.

[voicerights]

A full molecular shift in to stone would be letha-

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[disharmonizes]

Oh, right! You still think the laws of physics mean anything when magic is involved.

Adorable.

[voicerights]

[FOR FUCKS SAKE]

If he can recover from such a state, I have no further protest.

[disharmonizes]

I was petrified and came back fine twice. Someone else I knew was banished to the moon--

Really, with magic you can make anything happen. That's the beauty of it.

[voicerights]

[again, For Fuck's Sake]

[violentenvies]

I disagree. One can certainly learn a lot after being a stone statue for a bit of time. Gives one time to think.

And I should point out, the black hole idea has been thrown out at this point.

[voicerights]

[give it a sec]