The bailiffs enter the courtroom back while the Sergeant counts the votes. None of the townspeople are in the room right now, it's just the visitors and the Sergeant.
I'm surprised. I had thought these two had a better chance than anyone until now, yet you managed to pinpoint them as the culprits. Well done, everyone. Indeed, Franciscus Erkens and Olympia are both GUILTY.
[He stands up]
You know the drill by now. Does anyone want to volunteer for executioner?
[There's no beating around it this time-- thanks to a handful of individuals, he's starting to understand the complicated feelings rising up inside of him and how they've grown. He's volunteering for the sake of his own personal satisfaction.]
There are not many whom I've cared for, but two of them were murdered here.
Millium was... like... well. Perhaps what it would have been like if I'd ever had a daughter.
She was difficult but... bright. And...
[...yeah no more of that.]
Cian... I've always liked her. She had a darkness in her past but... she tried her hardest despite that and had a hopefulness in her that was... very different from myself. I liked that about her.
[ This... is tough. He doesn't wanna do it, he doesn't want to hurt anybody and that's why he's never volunteered before, but... Well, who knows? Someone else might not be able to hurt Olympia, or maybe she'll just hurt them.
[ While it's really tempting to the point that she deserves to do it considering the motivation of one of them, she knows that nobody would ever let her volunteer... not to mention that she shouldn't. It's not right.
So instead she clenches her hands into tight fists, knuckles white. ]
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I'm surprised. I had thought these two had a better chance than anyone until now, yet you managed to pinpoint them as the culprits. Well done, everyone. Indeed, Franciscus Erkens and Olympia are both GUILTY.
[He stands up]
You know the drill by now. Does anyone want to volunteer for executioner?
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There are not many whom I've cared for, but two of them were murdered here.
For that reason I want to be considered.
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Good luck.
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...thank you.
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She was difficult but... bright. And...
[...yeah no more of that.]
Cian... I've always liked her. She had a darkness in her past but... she tried her hardest despite that and had a hopefulness in her that was... very different from myself. I liked that about her.
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She'll leave it at that.]
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he slowly raises his hand]
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—Don't do that.
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I'll do it fast.
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I don't care how fast you do it, I care whether you do it at all!
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[he looks away from her and doesn't say another word]
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Please.
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I'm sorry.
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But only if you want.
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[HE'S STILL MAD AT YOU. but]
I might take you up on that offer.
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Do you think you can actually kill someone?
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Yeah.
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I'd ask you to reconsider, but it seems like you have your mind set on this.
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NOW THAT YOU'RE CHOOSING THIS ]
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and he won't live to regret it]
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So he takes a breath and evens his breathing. ]
I'll volunteer this time, but only for Olympia.
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But for once, he is not volunteering.]
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For Olympia.
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So instead she clenches her hands into tight fists, knuckles white. ]
EXECUTIONER
[The Sergeant observes all of the volunteers when they get in front of him. After a moment...]
Pretty close options, if you ask me, but...Osomatsu, Dazai, meet me in the Lodge in a couple hours.
[Osamu Dazai and Osomatsu Matsuno's volunteering have been accepted]
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Thank you kindly, I'll do that.
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then he lets out a breath, suddenly feeling lightheaded]
...Understood.