teufelshund | superhell pcs: scaramouche

[Hewwo Mephisto... He'd probably dipped at some point during the sleepover just because he doesn't sleep and refuses to be around a crowd of idiots for that long, anyway, but he's currently leaning against a tree in one of the parks and consulting Something on it. Party blackmail...

He'll glance up whenever Mephisto happens to mosey by, though, and say with some measure of amusement:]

You really seem to draw the funniest sort of ire, you know?

[PEOPLE ARE SO PRESSED AND FOR WHAT!! He thinks that murder plan was hilarious.]

I do indeed!

[ he gives a little bow. ]

It's always been something of a talent of mine. A bit inconvenient at times, but what are you going to do!

[ not stop pissing people off, obviously. ]

[He thinks that is the Correct Thing To Do. Good for Mephisto! He's out here ruining lives and doing it hilariously.]

You're fortunate that you missed out on your own trial, though. There's a thin line between comedy and hypocrisy in these sorts of situations, I think.

[And while Scaramouche does not particularly give even one single shit about morals, he'll always take any opportunity to pick on people for being hypocrites about theirs! Terrible.]

[ mental high five!! ]

Hmm, was it that bad?

[ there's a slight tilt of his head; he's sure there are plenty of details he still doesn't know about. not like anyone who was actually there at the trial themselves really wants to talk to him about it, after all! ]

Though I still think it would have been an interesting watch even so. Hypocrisy is just kind of part of the human package.

I've heard some things that make it sound grating.

[Since of course he hadn't been one of the ones sticking around to watch it...]

But I guess that's true enough. It was all very typically human, in the end. Though apparently Harrowhark did try to get people to acknowledge the fact that they were responsible for voting people to their deaths and most were quite uncomfortable and refused to engage.

[Which he sounds VERY AMUSED BY!! Because of course he does, truly peak humanity.]

[ ah. he chuckles and shakes his head. ]

I'll be honest, while there's plenty of room to criticize everyone else, her stance on that actually always struck me as that of a child who desperately wanted to rebel but had no idea how to do it in a meaningful way. Assuming her argument was the same one she articulated to me in the past, if the majority refused to vote for the actual culprit because they didn't like being told what to do, they'd just end up voting someone else to their death, likely someone who had no involvement in the case at all.

I don't object to choosing to vote for another for your own reasons, of course, but that can hardly be considered taking responsibility for anything. It certainly doesn't make one morally superior to someone who thinks voting for a guilty party is less unjust than voting for an innocent.

[He looks like he's considering this for a second, but eventually hums and raises his shoulders.]

She never actually spoke to me about her ideas and I only heard of this second-hand, so I can't say for certain one way or another. You do have a point. But I can also understand her frustration with those among the group who would rather wail about the unfairness of the situation and how forced into things they felt, rather than acknowledge that they weighed their options and made a choice with the information they had.

[He is thinking of SOMEONE IN PARTICULAR as he says this, but he will for once not be petty. Out loud.]

I don't particularly have any investment one way or another, though.

Yes, I'd understand feeling that way toward some of them as well. Though I do think it was always less of a thing than she was making it out to be.

The reality, at least as we knew it after the first few trials, was that someone was always going to be executed regardless of what we did, and in most cases, voting for the guilty party was simply the pragmatic choice.

I always did it because I liked getting prizes. ☆

See, everything else you've said I can agree with, but the prizes weren't even good.

[He says, having used the one he did get for murder.

This is also when he gets whopped by the cursed touch bug so after a second of visibly looking annoyed and conflicted, he is just. Stepping forward and reaching out to give their local stinky favorite clown a hug.]

Don't. Just don't say anything.

Well, it was hit or miss, but I did get back one of my gaming devices one week, as well as one of my favorite— ah.

[ well, okay, he guesses this is happening. and it's kind of hitting him too, actually, so.

he pats scara's head. ]

About what? I don't see anything happening right now at all.

[He will accept this headpat... begrudgingly.......]

Good. [And then he carries right along like that didn't happen. NOTHING HAPPENED!!] I only got a needle and thread, and Itto kept getting beetles, so I wasn't too keen on trying to get anything.

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