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video | un: degurechaff
[ A young girl sits at a table in an otherwise nondescript room, her hands folded in front of her in a picture of perfect professionalism. Her white button-down shirt is similarly perfect, not a wrinkle in sight, and tailored to her thin frame. Her gaze into her omni is expressionless — some might call it cold — and her high, childish voice is tempered with the assured enunciation of an adult. ]
Good evening. My name is Tanya von Degurechaff. I'm new here, so I have a couple questions for anyone willing to answer.
First, what kind of job do you currently have? If you don't have one, then I'm also interested in hearing what you did before you arrived here.
Second, are there any jobs or businesses you'd like to see here? I recognize that this is a broad question, but since we come from a broad range of backgrounds, any feedback is welcome.
[ A pause, a stray thought seeming to flicker through her head before she continues. ]
As for myself, I have experience with personnel management, various air-based operations, tactical field research, and administrative work. More broadly, I'm an aerial mage. The business I'd like to see is a coffee shop.
Good evening. My name is Tanya von Degurechaff. I'm new here, so I have a couple questions for anyone willing to answer.
First, what kind of job do you currently have? If you don't have one, then I'm also interested in hearing what you did before you arrived here.
Second, are there any jobs or businesses you'd like to see here? I recognize that this is a broad question, but since we come from a broad range of backgrounds, any feedback is welcome.
[ A pause, a stray thought seeming to flicker through her head before she continues. ]
As for myself, I have experience with personnel management, various air-based operations, tactical field research, and administrative work. More broadly, I'm an aerial mage. The business I'd like to see is a coffee shop.
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[ She really would like to have some semblance of hard law around here, even if it only exists in a tiny corner of society. A lot of people look at lawyers as ambulance-chasing moneygrubbers, but to Tanya, they're artistic geniuses who use codebooks as their playgrounds. If there were a foundation for it around here, she'd seriously consider shooting for a law degree.
Well, in order for it to ever be possible, she'll need people like Kazuma to blaze a trail for her. Work hard, young Kazuma. ]
I'm going to say something that may sound like blasphemy, but please hear me out. Have you ever considered the entertainment value of a court trial?
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[Ah and there's the idealism he holds close to his chest. A tone that speaks of dreams for something more--and for a place far from here. No matter, he can press forward with those here, even if the way he's able to do so differs.]
Entertainment? I'll admit, in Japan, I wouldn't have considered it. But working in the courts of Britain...Those trials became something of a public spectacle, so I'm not surprised some might see that value in it.
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It's a bit interesting that he's working in Britain. If he isn't equating "entertainment" and "court trials" to procedural dramas and celebrity judges, then she's tempted to assume that he comes from a less-than-modern day. Japan only seriously started sending people overseas in the 20th century, but it would've been especially rocky business during the world wars. There are only a few pockets in history he's likely to come from, but...
Well. Not that it especially matters. ]
A trial is a very serious matter for the players involved, of course, but you're right that they can become a spectacle to everyone else. The power of entertainment is that it doesn't always need to make sense for the audience to buy into it. Whether or not the rules of the story fit with reality — that doesn't matter. If the drama is compelling enough, the audience will become passionate about it and even start to take pieces of the story into their daily lives.
My point is that the simple act of exposing people to the procedures of a courtroom, even if its laws don't exist outside that room, may be enough to win them over. This may be hard to believe, but you'll even find people willing to air out their dirty laundry before the entire world if it gives them a chance to receive a verdict from their favorite judge.
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The more outlandish the charge, or the evidence on display, the more likely it is that the public will push in for the "show". Which only serves to prove your point: it needn't make sense to them so long as the dramatics are compelling enough to serve.
Interesting concept. Bring forward something compelling enough and the crowd will follow? That is one way to sway the opinion to favor the establishment of a court. Even if the law doesn't exist outside of it, having a verdict in disputes could still have some effect...
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It would be an interesting experiment at the very least. It's a bit backward, trying to use the law to promote its own existence, but out-of-the-box thinking will be necessary to clear any kind of space for a court system.
After all, the first rules were made by rulers. So until some overbearing, charismatic individual decides to take charge of Trench and impose rules on the land, there's no point in hoping that the population will suddenly develop a taste for laws. Their appetites will need to be whetted in one way or another.
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To be honest, I would much rather have the people here be open to the idea of the rule of law due to their own interest--no matter how petty. You cannot always trust the rules that come from someone in power instating them, mostly because those rules are likely to be made for their benefit and not the benefit of the populace as a whole.
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The scoundrel you describe sounds like a politician. Politicans at their worst are self-serving and shamelessly hide behind procedure to get away with it. The difference between a politician and a ruler is that killing a corrupt politician is always murder, while killing a corrupt ruler can be called justice.
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I want to believe that the law can be free from this, but I know that is not always the case. Those that are guilty are not always found as such, and those that are innocent are sometimes sent to the pyre.
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[ In truth, that terrifies her. She makes it a point of adhering to the law in a manner so unassailable that no one in a court of law could convict her, but some people just do whatever they want. ]
The answer to such troubles would have to be conscientious lawyers like yourself, no? It must be a lot of effort, but it's practically in your job description to raise objections.
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[Though Kazuma has to wonder how easy that would be in a lawless place like this. What recourse could they really offer?]
Oh--[He laughs.] I suppose it is part of the job, to raise objections and pursue them to the highest truth. And I will do what I can in that regard.
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[ And she means that sincerely. A life with no hope of laws, not even in the far-flung future, is hardly worth thinking about. ]
Oh, and please let me know if there's anything I can do to contribute. Even if you end up with a glorified debate club, there's a lot of merit in exercising the persuasive power of reason as an intellectual workout.
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[Whatever progress that may be. It's rare he finds someone this invested in such conversation, and he's more than willing to hold onto what small thread of companionship that's begun.]
By all means, you're welcome to observe and participate in...whatever this may become. Even if that is only a glorified debate club. I would appreciate having interested parties involved.
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Pleased to hear it. Until then, Herr Asogi.