Members Whitakker vs Argis: ToP Case #2

[Nicholi]

Judge Nicholi Anhelo enters the room. He steps up to his podeum and takes his seat. Nicholi bangs his gaviel on the podeum.

"The case of Whitakker vs Argis is now in session. Will the plantiff please rise and state his charges against the defendent?"

[Rune]

As Whitakker stands to argue his complaints against Argis, a loud bang is heard as the doors are thrown open in the back of the area. Through the crowd, a lone black figure in a black cloak walks, staring strictly ahead. He looks to one person in the audience and nods, and then turns when he gets to Whitakker's small table. He slams his briefcase agains the table and motions for Whitakker to sit, and then turns to Judge Anhelo and speaks.

"The charges we bring against the defendant are: (1) bad roleplaying to the degree that it is almost incomprehensible, impossible, and damaging to ToP; (2), an uncalled for spiteful attitude towards the others here at ToP; and (3), showing disrespect to the umpteenth degree towards our moderator and administrator both."

Rune sits back down. Whitakker gives him an odd look, wondering why he didn't elaborate. Rune leans over and whispers in his ear, "There will be plenty of time to prove our charges later in this trial. Judge Anhelo merely asked for us to state the charges. Don't worry. Argis will tell us how he pleads for each statement, and then it will be time for our opening statement and for Argis', since he is representing himself. After that, We will call our first witness. That's when the magic will begin. You just wait."

Rune leans back in his seat as Judge Anhelo speaks again.

[Nicholi]

Judge Anhelo acknowledges Rune's statement. He then turns to Argis.

"How does the defendent plead to these charges?"

[Argis]

Not guilty, and may I also point out that the accuser has been brought up on the same if not worse charges. and is only doing this to get revenge. On which i would like to add the fact that Rune has no real place in this trail so i ask the wit. represent himself.If he thinks he can stand on his own and all... thank you. *Argis sits*

P.S. just so people know he hunts me down and threatens violent acts towards my person me as a person because of the trial that why I backed out of the 1st trial its because he tried to hit me a lot (so should we trust a bully? (if you don't believe me ask my friend Age, Dustin, Robin, Joyce, maybe even Rune has seen this... and if you have not seen this just listen to him playing halo and me killing him he threatens harm to me out side the game so its not hard for you to see him to threaten me about the trial)...and to Wit if you try that sh*t again I will defend myself. You only saw a taste…

[Rune]

"Permission to speak, Judge," Rune says, and stands. He looks over at Argis.

"We will answer all of your accusations and assaults in due time. However, I personally would like to explain my involvement in this case. I am a lawyer. My job is to see that the innocent are not harmed, and that the guilty are given the proper judgment for their actions. I am here because Whitakker has expressed to me that he feels your actions are damaging to the others at this place, many of whom are present in this room. Why did Whitakker hire me, you ask. Why does anyone hire a lawyer? Whitakker felt that I could better argue his case. My life has been devoted to arguing the cases for others in the attempt of finding truth and the proper judgment. If Whitakker is humble enough to admit that I can do a better job at that than he, in an attempt to assure that the proper judgment - whether good or bad - is given, then that is his decision, is it not? In my opinion, it is a good thing that he wants so desperately to see the truth prevail, and your damaging acts prevented."

Rune sits down, and nods to Judge Anhelo as an apology for speaking out-of-place. He then awaits the continuation of the case.

[Nicholi]

Judge Anhelo nods in conformation to Rune's response.

"I would like for the plantiff to present his evidence and statement against the first charge."

Judge Anhelo looks to Whitakker and Rune for their response.

[Rune]

Rune offers Whitakker a comforting smile and then stands.

"To Judge Anhelo and to those who will decide the fate of Argis Boren, I have only this to say: this case is far overdue. Argis may point out that some of the posts I will present are from times past, but, by choosing those posts, I am making a point: this has been going on for a long time. Far too long."

Rune turns around to face those gathered.

"Bad roleplaying to the degree that it is almost incomprehensible, impossible, and damaging to ToP - this is the first charge brought against Argis Boren. We live in a fantasy world, my friends. We live in a place where we are no longer forced by culture or events to be one person, but have the choice to become another. We seek to indulge ourselves in this, to create for ourselves another reality. Not an escape, but an alternative. It is all in the name of fun. But there are some things that diminish that fun. There are some things that take away from us that enjoyment."

Rune looks at Argis, a piercing stare from his only visible eye.

"We are all aware of the way things are done here. A thread is created, and through the subsequent posts a story is woven. That is how we create our fantasy world. When part of that story is incomprehensible or unreal, that creation of fantasy falters. If too much of the creation is not understood, the creation itself may become warped. Argis has begun to warp that creation. An example of this:"

Argis said:

Argis stands up and calmly walks out of sight and sits on a rock then talks to him self. Then thinks about his dream how am I suppose to defend my village and my people if I a far away as possible. What is the ambassador screws up and get a war started on Vontras. Argis then sits and sips his sake glass drawing many strategic attacks and defense. I will give this to my ninja and pulls out a small cylinder of “the fear of evil”Aegisite.

"This is painful to read, and slightly hard to understand. However, we do get the general idea. This is one of Argis' better posts. However..."

Argis said:

Argis sits by the fire and hears a slight wooshing sound as he pulls back on his cross bow. Takes aim judging on the movement of the sound and is about to fire when he hears lots of code low whistles that say “hold on, hold on.” as a man crawls absolutely noiselessly towards Argis. “I sorry I held you up, the new you requested has been retrieved a shipment of a gel like fire (ooc in now a day time it is called Napalm)
And one automatic gun but is jams a lot so we scrapped it. Area X is increasing in danger we just mined it with 10,000 traps all over.” “why” Argis whispers with moving his lips. Due to the recent winner of the games in the barbarian nation. Who wants to destroy us due to us killing his father in S raid. Really I might have to visit, and what do you have on Mina.” “Well the Army has halted and changed coarse heading north but looks like they might change…I will take my leave…” ”ok thank you have fun” “all was.” Argis slightly nods off to sleep… (darkness falls the land Argis see ruins and a black cloud rushing towards him and the group Mina leading them as the sweep over the group)*Argis wakes*

Argis said:

Argis walks calmly to the hall leaving the training room turn and walk down the hall towards his room. When he sees Kimato’s room he thinks to him self I wonder if she thinks I’m mad for her move against me? So he calmly knocks and he hears a slam of a dresser then the door handle turns and Kimato peers trough “Argis!?!?” “Yes well I just wanted to say good job now your ready.” Argis looks behind Kimato to see a figure swing towards Argis room. Argis gently says “go to sleep I’ll wake you when you need to or you can just wander around more. Argis turn around and resumes his rout to his room as he walks in a knife flies towards Argis and he dodges and jumps on his walls and tackles the attack “Nicata.” “How are you the ninja responds “I found her, their in rout to t minor village of Onjo” *Argis grabs his sword lets… no… I can’t leave them here you must keep a eye on her she might die in battle.” you under estimate her she fights like you almost defying time and gravity.” “really well ok now how is my I mean the village doing She nods it doing very well we just got a shipment of semi-automatic weapons unforcantily they jam if dirt even touches it and a few men set out to find and by even more advance technology. Oh and we bought a few guns one even shoots fire. “really now well that’s was fast” “I have to go to keep up with Mina.”<br>

Just a few trade routs could possably find a few thing besides we all have a form of autos. So they must exist commonly epically sense the mass have equipped everyone of their men with them.
-Argis-

Argis said:

Kian walks back towards the corner as the mass form a tight semi-circle forcing Kian in to a hole. The lights flick and go out the mass look trough the their enhanced thermal and night vision eyes seeing a figure standing up. Argis throws the bottle if front of the as fire a bits of aluminum foil some of the mass panics and charge blind. Argis move a inch and lob two heads in to the crowd the back down from Kian and went for Argis they still blind for the burn paper and aluminum foil still flouting. Argis jumps in the crowd they aim and fire shooting ten of their comrades the rest move forward trough the fire wall their sensor come on one by one. To find Argis standing there hands open his sword was sheathed Argis flicks his wrist a ten shurrikens land in ten mass heads. They all fall one jumps at me while another charges Argis grabs his graphing hook and throw it up and slam them together yanks them towards him both were pierced with a katana. They fall black goo and blood hit the wall the black goo die Argis stand in a room of death the door burst open with Thanatos stands there as blood runs out in to the hallway. Argis grabs one of the mass missing arms and legs and screams, “Where Mina you Ba%^&rds.” “You mean 9087 hahahah *coughs blood* You never find her ha.” Argis throws him against the wall and drops a bottle and walks away then turns around burn in h*ll.” As the man is erase from existence leaving a hole in the wall.

(ooc: sorry for being so cheap I bugged Kain for two weeks to post so I had to I am sorry. ....happy)

"I will not take the time to point out the grammer mistakes in the previous quotations. Neither will I indulge this group in questioning the events that Argis tries to relate to us in these quotes. I will not win this battle by persuasion and teaching. I will win this battle merely by presenting to you the facts and allowing you to sift through them. In fact, I encourage anyone involved in deciding Argis' fate to simply read the charges and the quotations offered as examples of his transgressions. Ignore my words. But please, do not ignore Argis' words. Study his defenses. Sift through the ramblings and the facts and determine whether he has proven his innocence. If he has, then declare him innocent. If not, then find him guilty. That is all I want you to do. Study the charges, the examples, and the defenses. I trust in your ability to determine the truth from only those things."

Rune sits down and pats Whitakker on the shoulder, offering him yet another reassuring smile. He then looks to Argis, awaiting the defense.

[Nicholi]

Judge Anhelo stands. All attention is now upon him.

"It has come to my attention that this trial is no longer of any sound importance. Both Mr. Argis and Mr. Whitakker called trials on one another because they dislike one another. These trails were no more than ridiculous revenge cases. Such childish acts will not be tolerated. If either of you waste precious time with petty squabbling such as this, I will see two it that the two of you will regret doing so in the first place. As of now, you are both on a yellow level warning. If you cause any more trouble, I will have you both put on probation for however long I see fit. This case is ajurned. I want both of you out of my sight immediatly."

Judge Anhelo sits back down and turns his seat to face the wall behind him.

[Nicholi]

Since Rune has been so persistent in reopening this trail, I'm going to let him have it. I have expressed multiple times that this trial is now pointless and unnecessary. There is a reason for this...

For the past month, Argis has been putting more effort into his posts. Not only are his role-playing skills improving, his grammar has also improved. The original purpose of this trial was to make sure Argis role-plays and types better. This goal has already been achieved. Other reasons, held by Mr. Rune and Mr. Thanatos, have no pertinence in this case. After this trial is finished, I am dissolving the court system as well as Shadowbird Inc. From this moment forward I'm not going to take crap from anyone. I there is a problem, pm me about it. I will try, to the extent of my power, to correct the situation. While I should be stricter on Mr. Whitakker and Mr. Rune, for causing trouble with this trial, I am not. I'm going to try to be nice about this and not give them the stern warning they deserve.

The plaintiff may make his final statement and the defendant make his final defense.

[Rune]

Rune tilts his head to the side, an amused look washing over his face, as he looks at Judge Anhelo. He then laughs, long and hard. He turns around, continuing to laugh, and looks at Whitakker. Slowly, he becomes sober again, but the amused look is still on his face. And then, unexpectedly, he walks out of the courtroom.

[Argis]

...Argis sits there WTF? You mean they made this big of deal this big of mess just to... laugh you lost all of your respect all you weight (power) and all of your allies now think your a big bugger (bother. Just to.... Laugh (though I did like the fact you screwed over Whitty). On the other hand you flamed the Mods , and the Admin. Made a mockery of the site and Thanatos your not free either your not as much as Rune but still guilty for create that soar you call Shadowbird Corporation--Attorneys at Law (By the way there’s you a example the only time I ever flamed a mod). To get this trial so don't look for a site favor any time soon...and same goes to you whitty (I already have tired my lose ends up for the trial vs. whitty, but mine had tangible evidence). Have a _____ (fill in the blank) day.


-Argis-

[Thanatos]

Thanatos listened sullenly to Argis' strange and elusive tongue, any flicker of a smile he might have possessed at Rune's sudden exit from the courtroom vanishing as the samurai began to speak. At Argis' mention of the android's name, Thanatos' attention noticably peaked, shifting subtly in his chair as Argis continued to ramble.

At the conclusion of Argis' painfully eloquent speech Thanatos stands, one hand still kept well within the folds of his massive overcoat as he strides to the center of the courtroom uninvited, Judge Anhelo by this point as disgruntled and annoyed with the happenings of the courtroom as anyone else present. Thanatos begins to speak, icy voice effortlessly reaching the ears of the entire assembled without being raised above a whisper.

"I really don't know what was just said, but then again, it really doesn't matter. I didn't really care about the trial--I just wanted to do this."

At this Thanatos' concealed hand reemerges at lightning speed, flinging a wickedly-shaped dagger unerringly into the throat of the samurai seated directly in front of him.

He dies.

Thanatos then bows courteously in Judge Anhelo's direction and lazily exits the courtroom.


((It's not like this thread can get any worst. Let's use this as an example of how not to handle a ToP court case--in future, perhaps we can show a little bit more intelligence in how we present cases in the first place. Sorry, Argis. ))

[Argis]

Argis DOES not die in fact he looks in amusement. "Well... lets see this go through...oh and there will be no more trials hopefully..."Argis gets up stands in attention makes a sharp bow to Judge Anhelo then walks calmly out of the room. Then goes off and smiles "those fools... (Whitty, Rune)."

[Rune]

As Argis opens the door to leave, he runs into Rune, who is standing in the doorway with a grin on his face.

"Go sit down, friend. You're not off the hook yet."

As the two reenter the courtroom, Rune approaches the bench. Everything settles down slowly.

"Judge Anhelo, you considered this case petty and insignificant. You were right, though at least these petty arguments were conducted in a more respectful manner. If you'll notice, the moment I left, Argis returned to his bad posts and accused me of many things. Slowly, everything breaks down into chaos. Even Thanatos, my partner, is brought down to petty fighting. This is what I am trying to prevent. I'm not here to represent Whitakker; no, I'm here to represent the sanity of this site. This thread was already tiresome, but it has now become a disgrace. This is because of Argis' post, which I do not need to point out. In it, he flames myself and Whitakker (and I did nothing but appear to let him off of the hook), he insulted Thanatos, an administrator, etc. He did everything we brought charges against him for, and he did it in front of your eyes and everyone else's here, in the middle of the case! I agree with you now, Judge Anhelo. This trial is petty. So shall we end this now? I doubt anyone could argue that Argis did not do what we all saw him do moments ago, despite the circumstances."

Rune sits down and smiles at the bewildered Whitakker.

"Let's finally end this mess, Judge Anhelo. Oh, and Thanatos, friend, remember to later remove your dagger from the miraculously living Argis' throat," he said to Thanatos, who had reentered as soon as he encountered Rune in the hall.

[Nicholi]

Judge Anhelo stares in a mixture of awe and anger. He begins to think to himself...

" What have I done to diserve this? Why does this continue? First my PS2 betrays me, and now this. Is there no justice in this world anymore? All I wanted to do was spend a relaxing evening posting and listening to the friggin sweet playlist I made over the weekend but no. I come back to see my worst nightmare.... well actually..... make that my second worst nightmare. I can't believe he has the audacity to do this."

Judge Anhelo pulls out his gun and raises it to his he.....no. Not this time. There would probably be a better time for this.

"Request denied Mr. Rune. You had an oppurtunity to make your final stand and you blew it. Mr. Thanatos also behaved disgracefully upon your leave. Mr. Argis also showed more gaul than was necessary. In fact, the only one of you who didn't do anything wrong was.... dare I say it.... Whitakker. This case is finished, done, CLOSED!!!!!"