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 7/25/2008 12:33:55 PM
 | All delegates placed their vote into the Deciding Cup and the votes were tallied. It was agreed. Korts, the tall and lanky delegate from the dark and depressing Kingdom of Parsonya would be the lynch. His quiet demenor and grim countenance cast immediate suspicion on him. His dark style of dress and pre-occupation with death didn't help his odds either.
This alone was enough to convict among this paranoid and frightened group. In accordance with Law 268, Korts was put to death in the usual way... by item (in this case it was a large blunt instrument).
As the votes had been counted, Ace, the delegate from the proud warrior nation of Kelembad was looking uncomfortable. He possessed none of the hardy stoutness the people of that rough land are known for, and for that matter none of the musical talent either. Looks were exchanged behind his back, and the delegates silently agreed on who they would be selecting next for the lynch.
As the delegates bedded down for the night in their sparsely medieval yet incongruously luxurious lodgings in far towers of Ronard's castle, they were convinced that they had done some good and had a plan as to whom they would target next.
The sad truth for the delegates though, is that some Kelembadians just can't sing, and Ace was guilty of nothing more than a beady eyes and a club foot. In the morning, Ace's body was found in the voting chamber, eyes staring wide, a look of abject terror on his face, body unnaturally pale, but not a mark on it. A victim of the assassins, it was clear he has seen something just before death that was so horrible and evil that the shock alone has been the death of him.
Servants report seeing to cloaked figures leaving the antechamber close to dawn. Two... So Korts had been innocent. Well, as innocent as anyone who dwells so close to the shadows of the Chasm of Eternal Sorrow could possibly be; certainly no assassin.
Now six delegates remain, and another day of deliberation begins. Ace had been another innocent. Clearly judging solely on appearance was not going to be the way to ensure success in this most deadly situation.
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