(Some hours earlier:)
"Lemme out of here! You have no right to do this." Angrily, Akane hammered against the bars of her cell - a cage dangling freely from the ceiling. Simple, but effective: The metal bars were strong enough to resist even her powerful blows.
The guard commander just turned around and shouted: "Hey, be quiet over there. Wait until it's time for your trial!"
"Trial?" Akane yelled. "What trial? I didn't do anything wrong. Why have you locked me up in here?"
"You really want to know the reason?" a calm voice asked. Out of the doorway, the chubby figure of Maester Kinoc entered the room.
"I tell you what you did," he said patiently. "You and your friends conspired with the Al Bhed, you questioned the teachings of Yevon, and most sinful: You attacked a maester!"
"I killed the evil bastard," Akane responded. "And I hope he burns in hell! He was a patricide, and a conspirator himself! Too bad... he must be on the farplane by now... or what your version of hell is called. Otherwise you could have asked him what he planned to do with Yevon."
"Oh, I'm not on the farplane, I'm afraid," a cold voice called. "But if you want to tell Maester Kinoc what my 'intentions' are, I won't stop you."
Akane gasped as she saw Seymour step into the room, right next to Kinoc. "But... that's impossible! I stabbed your heart with my own hands! You CAN'T be alive! How can this be?"
Seymour chuckled. "See, Kinoc? She confesses. And what is the usual punishment for attempted murder, especially against a maester?"
Kinoc's brows furrowed. "To be thrown into the Via Purifico."
Akane frowned. "That doesn't sound too enjoyable."
"It shouldn't," Seymour smiled. "No one ever managed to get out of the Via Purifico alive... I would be surprised if you were the first one."
Akane banged her fists against the bars. "Damn! You can't do that!"
"Should we throw her in now?" the monk guard asked Kinoc. "Or should we wait for the trial first?"
"I believe we should let her stay for a little longer," Seymour said while looking at the prisoner. "I believe she will be... useful to us."
Kinoc thought about that. "Very well. The trial is scheduled for after the wedding ceremony. Afterwards, we shall see. Grand Maester Mika's judgement will determine her fate."
He and the guard left the room.
Seymour came close to the hanging cage. "My dear girl... as much as I disliked your attempt of eliminating me, you will have your uses. Why don't you tell me more about the world you come from... you, the lavender-haired beauty and the boy with the pig-tail?" He snickered.
Akane screamed in rage and lunged for him. But Seymour just stepped back, and she fell down on the cage's floor. "Just wait until I lay my hands on you again... just you wait... Then I'll make you pay."
He approached the exit, turned around one last time and chuckled. "I don't think you will have many chances to do that."
And then, he left.
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(Posted Mon, 31 Jul 2006 18:35)
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