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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.

Comments

[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.]

[impure_tale]

And what of you? Are you at least comfortable here? ...Most of the time?

[plays]

They keep the art room locked. What, would I cut someone's throat with a palette knife I smuggled out?

[impure_tale]

In my early years here, if there had been an art room, that likely would have happened.

[plays]

Goodness, that sounds like a messy way to go about killing someone. Is the library really that much safer if you look at it like that? Some of the bigger tomes could concuss a body, I'm sure.

[impure_tale]

A blade is more useful than a heavy tome. People looking for a weapon are generally lazy. If they intend to put that much work into bludgeoning someone they'll use their own limbs.