The trial of The Reporter was finally underway, Astria had set the procedures but Sarim was entitled to make decisions related to any gaps that needed closing. Carmen was presiding and the lawyers had been appointed. The Reporter was disappointed it hadn't been able to choose its own legal representatives but that was the downside of only two being qualified and the other being the prosecutor.
The opening arguments were presented. This case was about whether The Reporter was legally a priest and whether his actions with the baseball team were appropriate.
Sarim bore witness that they were not in line with the teachings of the religion he intended and as such it would be formally devested if it was confirmed to be a priest currently.
The Reporter was also allowed to speak in its own defence, explaining its logic and reasoning including wanting to share the joys of a plush form.
In the end, it was established that had the events happened as a result of the subjects free will they would be fine but there was illegal mind control occurring.
The sentence was relatively light given the crime, twenty years imprisonment for each victim to be served one after the other. This still meant a hundred and forty years in prison.
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Thalia had tapped into a number of fictional worlds with her scryings, such as the time she had a vision of Narnia, but some of the weirdest were actually dreams from this reality, Rajesh had encountered the concept Cyberpunk and this morning had a nightmare about being stranded on a corporate space ship, which was considered more of a horror setting.
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The ice dungeon was growing larger, it had now added a new floor which featured pits boxes had to be inserted into and another where boxes needed to be stacked and unstacked to navigate a 3 dimensional maze.
The next floor after that was also complete with a puzzle combining the elements introduced so far, it was after all meant to be literally baby's first dungeon but each was getting harder and targeted for a slightly older audience with this floor being aimed at people six years old and up.
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The other dungeons were equally growing more impressive, the harbour dungeon now had three floors, the free fall dungeon had gained a second base form and was now mixing and matching from both, the demon dungeon now had creatures based on a wider range, the slime dungeon was Incorporating more environmental effects and the undead dungeon had enlarged its floors.
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Emma was finally better but all her work taking alternate shapes was undone, she was currently stuck in her original elf form and would have to rebuild her shape-shifting skills all of which had been reset to not even Red.
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The rest of the cast that Thalia had been looking in on weren't doing anything noteworthy so she decided to check again in about six months when Coop was due to leave the Dwarven hold.