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A Matter of Conscience
Diptych
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3/1/2016
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Okay, knowledgeable and notably pleasant-smelling folks of the forums... I have a quandary. The end of the University storyline, right? Name the murderer and suffer the consequences, or frame an innocent and personally benefit. Classic moral conundrum. Sir Frederick, being a diligent, conscientious fellow, saw justice done, while Hubris - that cad - framed the innocent.
Now, Juniper and Esther have reached the same point in the story... and I haven't the foggiest what to do. Juniper - a former urchin who has struggled to make her own place in the world - is devout and (these days) generally law-abiding, so she might be driven to expose the true murderer... but she's also respectful of authority and fearful of being back on the streets, so she'd hesitate to expose the wrongdoings of a prominent, respected person.
Esther, meanwhile, works as essentially an agitator for the revolutionaries among the well-to-do. She has every reason to want to see the high-and-mighty brought low... but she's also canny enough to keep such a thing up her sleeve to use later, ensuring her own name isn't similarly ruined. Plus, Hell has been of great assistance to the revolution, and they might not want their own involvement in the business made public.
My own driving obsession with symmetry and balance demands that I have them reach different outcomes. So... who should take which option? I've been hesitating over this for months, and I'd truly welcome your input.
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Sir Frederick, the Libertarian Esotericist. Lord Hubris, the Bloody Baron.
Juniper Brown, the Ill-Fated Orphan. Esther Ellis-Hall, the Fashionable Fabian.
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Theus
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3/1/2016
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It makes sense to me that Juniper may have grown and evolved in her sense of authority and who truly deserves it, and may trust in her abilities to snub and overcome one of the lesser examples she has encountered.
It certainly seems to me to make sense that Esther would calculate the worst-case and likely-case scenarios of either, and frame the innocent, letting pragmatism and ends justifying the means rather than take a risk for little observable gain.
I feel more strongly about the Esther fit, leading me to think that this could be a growing moment for Juniper, and I tend to enjoy those in role-playing. Having characters changed by their actions instead of twisting everything to maintain a carved-in-stone headcanon is part of the fun of it, in my opinion.
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Kukapetal
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3/1/2016
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Don't do it, Juniper! Frame the innocent and don't look back! Being good really really sucks down here :P
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Pyrodinium
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3/1/2016
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Sir Frederick Tanah-Chook wrote:
Now, Juniper and Esther have reached the same point in the story... and I haven't the foggiest what to do. Juniper - a former urchin who has struggled to make her own place in the world - is devout and (these days) generally law-abiding, so she might be driven to expose the true murderer... but she's also respectful of authority and fearful of being back on the streets, so she'd hesitate to expose the wrongdoings of a prominent, respected person.
Juniper might be better off framing the innocent. It fits in her "Dog eat dog" background in the Flit. Who knows? It might even get her a comfortable position (and access to exotic wines) under the Provost in the future.
Sir Frederick Tanah-Chook wrote:
Esther, meanwhile, works as essentially an agitator for the revolutionaries among the well-to-do. She has every reason to want to see the high-and-mighty brought low... but she's also canny enough to keep such a thing up her sleeve to use later, ensuring her own name isn't similarly ruined. Plus, Hell has been of great assistance to the revolution, and they might not want their own involvement in the business made public.
My own driving obsession with symmetry and balance demands that I have them reach different outcomes. So... who should take which option? I've been hesitating over this for months, and I'd truly welcome your input.
Esther is better off naming the Provost outright. The Revolutionaries have an active cell that is interested in the University library. A scandal means that the University's security team will be focused more on controlling angry faculty members and students than doing routine monitoring of certain University areas. Besides, its easier to get brilliant minds to the cause if said minds find a worrying London problem to complain about.
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