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[impure_tale]

Although I know the answer, it serves a person well to consider what it is that drives a crowd of people -- even those who profess themselves relatively good, or even religious -- to relish the notion of hanging, shooting, or beheading a person in full public view.

[Private to Stildyne]

Dearheart, if you are not otherwise indisposed I would relish some proper company.

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voice forever;

[zeitgeists]

Mob mentality is such a charming phenomenon, isn't it?

voice forever;

[impure_tale]

Only on paper, I've found.

[plays]

Did you run afoul of a gang of bloodthirsty so-and-sos, or were you just watching from the galleries?

[impure_tale]

A little of both.

[plays]

What unfortunate luck. It did seem like things got rowdy for a while.

[impure_tale]

Oh, not at all. The man that I was fell on his...well, misfortunes, well before we arrived there. It was simply...something oft 'relived.'

If that makes sense.

[plays]

Maybe. Just for clarification: flashbacks? Seeing others fall under mobs? Option C?

[impure_tale]

My misfortune was more at the hand of one person, but there were ramifications for others.

The mobs were more the spectacle that occurred on the final day there.

[plays]

May I ask further? Or is it a sore spot?

[impure_tale]

I will answer however I feel is appropriate, but I will not forbid you from questioning.

[zeitgeists]

Thanks, stranger. Got a name?

[impure_tale]

Donatien Alphonse-Francois de Sade. [A little smile] Most prefer to call me 'The Marquis.'

[zeitgeists]

[... Really? The last name is unmistakable. Really.

This strikes him as hilarious in a manner of speaking but all he does is giggle.]

It's a pleasure. The name's Joshua.

[impure_tale]

Likewise, Joshua. Did you have more questions?

[zeitgeists]

How long have you been hanging around these parts?

[impure_tale]

My word -- nearly four years now.

[zeitgeists]

You could get through senior high school and beyond in that time. Speaking of graduations, what side of the fence are you on?

[impure_tale]

Oh, I've been graduated for some time now.

[zeitgeists]

Good for you. Why'd you stick around?

[impure_tale]

To be a Warden, naturally.

[zeitgeists]

Pay it forward, is that the idea?

[impure_tale]

I actually just quite like being a Warden.

[zeitgeists]

Did you like being an Inmate?

[impure_tale]

I didn't suffer too much as one. I remained me, as I do now. And I admire myself too much to consider that a negative.

[zeitgeists]

[Well, that makes him laugh, at least. Somewhat more genuinely.] Respectable! [And good to hear. Maybe.]