~~*Organzation XIII goes to court*~~

"Eh, okay. Now that we have held up court, we might as well let you have your say first, right?" The pokemon attempted a half smile.

 

"Well, since both members of the prosecution seem to agree on this, I will consider the prosecution's earlier statements retracted." he said, nodding. With a chuckle, he added, "At ease, Mr. Xelax. You can be rest assured that if anyone needs to be penalized in this courtroom, they will be."

He then scratched his chin and then looked at the Prosecution.

"If I remember correctly, a defining feature of the Nobodies is that they can display, and react as though they have emotions, but they do not, in actuality feel them. This is due, in part, to the memories of the emotions they felt as a somebody. You will do well to remember this, Mr. Power."

He then leaned on his hands, awaiting the Prosecution's revised statements, and the Defense's rebuttal of them. Quite an interesting case this was...

 

Pika_power scowled at the judge. He started muttering something about certain nobodies being special, then got to hid feet (this action did not add to his hight, and most people did not notice). "I need some fresh air." Despite it raining, the pokemon abruptly walked out of the door. Perhaps he would find someone to do the tree-cut glitch with. That always gave him a laugh.

 

Namine felt sorry to see the Pokemon attorney leave in such a sad state, shunned by both the judge and his own partner. But the strategy seemed sound. Harvey would lead the attack and Pika would come out with the big guns if the defense decided to object. It was more of a front/rear guard relationship as far as she could tell. There was no reason that the prosecutor should've felt shunned, though. He was still a part of the team and would be necessary to the trial. Xelax tried to take on both prosecutors by himself and he got himself penalized because he didn't listen to his partner. If Pika_Power decided to leave Harvey's side, the prosecution would find themselves at a disadvantage with a 2-on-1 assault. And that might destroy the prosecution's case...

Kairi stood up and excused herself from her friends and headed after Mr. Power.

"Mr. Power!" She caught up to him before he left the building. "You're not leaving, are you? Mr. Birdman still needs you!"

 

Harvey gave a nod to the judge. He then looked at Pika. "Don't go too far. You will be up soon."

He then gazed at Larxene and made his way before the table to ask the questions he had prepared. He hoped that the way he phrased these things would get out what he was particularly looking for but he'd see.

Harvey spoke to address the testimony.

* It began when we found out that Naminé had summoned Sora into the steps of Castle Oblivion where Marluxia hatched up a plan that I got involved in that he shared with me.


"Didn't Namine only have a link to Sora and brought him towards the crossroads? It was Marluxia that went out and lured Sora the rest of the way to the Castle because he caught her. So is it possible this plan was looming around for longer than you thought?"

"Also, a coup usually isn't thought up in a few minutes, Larxene; at least not one so 'detailed' as Marluxia and you invented just by Sora showing up. Did you plan on taking over the Organization prior to that point, or actually more like letting Marluxia lead the Organization prior?

* The plan was to take over the Organization with the Keyblade wielder as the main component.
* It was obvious that the two of us won't be able to fully take Xemnas on, he was too powerful.

"Why did you want to take over the Organization and if there were problems, why not just leave instead of this coup? Also, why follow Marluxia? What made you less of a leader than he was?"

* In the end, Naminé was to replace his memories with new ones once we found out how Sora discovered Castle Oblivion, and what the girl was capable of.

"Again, Namine was caught in luring him to the castle but apparently she did not bring him there. Why do you account it this way? Is it what you were told by Marluxia or is this just an assumption? She brought him to the crossroads. It is Marluxia who brought him to the Castle Oblivion."

* Fragile thing she was...or is. There were times she wasn't under surveillance; her face was always on the damn sketch pad.
* She was never to be killed or harmed, because we needed her for her connection with Sora, to us, and the studies of memories that were in action.

"Did you tell -Namine- that she was never to be killed or harmed? Instead it seems by your next statement you teased her instead. Also, she seemed very cowed and submissive to suggest she'd been 'disciplined'.

Wouldn't a major reason to not harm her be that Xemnas placed her there in the first place under the care of Marluxia and if Marluxia's scheme was not to work or if he tried to back out and not do this scheme, wouldn't Namine's demise be a bad thing in the eyes of Xemnas?

Also, others of the Organization knew of the girl so wouldn't they have picked up on your scheme earlier if he was beating Namine or mistreating her with more than threats said alone to her?"

"And lastly, someone or some people made that girl believe she was hopeless and reach out for the one thing she could grasp on to get her out of her mess. I want you to think about that as we go on."

* I taunted her on wanting Sora's company, to meet him, to save her, yet everything went underway soon nonetheless.

"What did you taunt her with? Also, you use the words -to save her-. So this shows that she did indeed think herself a prisoner and that you recognized she did think herself that way. Do you feel you rubbed salt in wounds and of course procedures would go on if she is a timid weak thing as you accused her of?

Also, it is apparent you took action prior to when you said because you were ordering Namine on what to do with Sora ahead of your fights with the boy. You were coercing and taunting her by your own statement. I will point that out to you now and we will explore it more in a bit."

* I wasn't given much orders from Marluxia, except to watch Sora's progress on the crystal ball with the a**hol-I mean, Axel. I mostly acted on my own volition."
* The only time I ever took action was when it was my turn to toy around with Sora a little, I found him to be amusing really, all over this girl and so passionate about it, hilarious, in my opinion.
* Yet, I didn't have much to do there, kicked him, had a battle, the time when the lucky charm was switched, teased him a bit for it.

"So in other words, you played with Sora and Namine. You had thought the whole thing amusing to toy with them. This suggests a strong sadistic nature and also a lack of control, feeding off the suffering of others that you helped cause. Is there anything more to you than someone who plays with other people's emotions and reacts in 'emotional' ways when you get played back or things don't go your way? I'll note that while here you attempted to play up to the audience for reactions as well."

* I mostly spent my time talking to Axel, Vexen, and then came Repliku, who was really just a plain doll, empty, governed by the thoughts and memories Naminé placed on him, and who broke and trampled on his 'heart' later on.
* That, and it was one of Vexen's creation. Doomed for some failure somehow.

"Again to express this sadistic nature, when Repliku protested against his memory being robbed which was not even part of Vexen's plans, but yours and Marluxia's, how could you miss the emotional reaction? He literally cried out in protest and it would make anyone with a Heart consider their actions twice. Did you assume this is something Vexen just programmed in and it was fun to watch him squirm as well? You also attacked him after tormenting him and he tried to stop this plan.

"I am surprised you could consider him just a doll and yet you are a Nobody that is missing part of yourself. Consider how hypocritical that seems when we should judge each person for their actions and deeds, and not just 'what they are'. I will elaborate on this in a moment to ask you more but I do request an answer for the question above."

* Later on we included Axel in our plan, but it was our greatest mistake.

"I believe it was you who told Axel of the plan, not Marluxia, because you were talking casually and it slipped out. You are not really taking 'blame' for anything of this on your own accounts of what you had clearly done on your own. This shows a lack of control on your part and I am curious if you would explain why you did this act and tell Axel in the first place? Did you assume he was already in the plan?"

* I still remembered the anger I felt when I decided to visit and see how Naminé was doing, only to not find her or Axel there.
* Nothing was of importance after that, the plan was obviously screwed, to the point where it didn't matter that I reveal the scheme and what Naminé was doing all along to Sora in his stay, which was our second meeting and our last.

"You felt anger and are a Nobody. So this would mean you harbored some possible anger as such in your past life, correct? You expressed also to Sora your very 'skewed' reality of what happened but managed to leave out that you were the one along with Marluxia that coerced Namine to do these things."

"Namine was not considered an Org member, correct? Her name is not amalgamated as all of you in the Organization are ordered to do. So her status was not on par and she could not make decisions but to go along with the ruler of the castle. Why do you deny that?"

Meanwhile, Namine confessed her own actions. So really, why not just admit to the court that you were trying to hurt Sora more, lash out at him and make him hate Namine or be confused to take advantage of it? There was no other need to tell this situation in such a manner as to make yourself seem innocent while she took the fall for you, is there? It would seem a sound strategy of someone of a bullying nature that you wanted to clearly divide them up and torment them both. If it is otherwise, please do say what reason you had for it because it is not making sense."

* I was truthfully in a bad mood, everything was ruined, and we were so close..."
* I get more violent when I'm pissed off and I lashed out on Sora, kicked him again as he went and dared to come at me when I was obviously spilling out the truth that he couldn't apparently take, and for the first time, landed a physical hit on Naminé.
* Honestly, I wasn't intending to die....though I guessed that fate wouldn't have it otherwise if I did ever manage to escape.

"You threw Repliku aside explaining he was just a doll and Namine had toyed with him as she had with Sora. You had kicked Sora earlier, announcing you were a 'bad guy'. You then were stood in front of by Namine with her arms outspread with no weapon and attacked her, slapping her. Afterwards, you and Sora fought. Now, let's reverse things. With this vaunted 'temper' you claim you have, over being 'betrayed' because you were a 'betrayer' what right did you have to be mad at the victims who did not try such things?"

"I believe as far as Repliku is concerned, we can directly show by his own testimony that he is in fact sentient, a person and has feelings and is not just a doll, whether he is sort of a clone physically or not. A clone is still a life form. An identitical twin is a life form matched to the other one in DNA. This fact of calling him not a life form is disturbing at best and is showing that you have a lack of comprehending life other than your own which some people say should not even exist, Larxene. I ask you, do you honestly feel he has no life while the Nobodies do?

What makes you more -real- than he is when technically all Nobodies are is a copy off their former bodies and memories what they were like without a Heart or the original body? You react through memes, former emotions and memories. Therefore, can you be just as 'fake' and a doll as Repliku is?"

"Do you feel if you had escaped from Sora that you would have faced death from Xemnas and the remaining Org members?"

Harvey then sips his coffee and was getting a caffeine high. Maybe he should lay off it and go with a lemonade once he was finished with this cup.

 

Naminé was impressed with the new questions, but...

Something bothered her. Again. There was this feeling of...uncertainty. The way that this trial was going, it made Larxene seem more of a disturbed individual than a sadistic savage nymph. She didn't know what to think about that...

 

The judge frowned and bit his lip. Other than degrade the Defendant even further, and perhaps morally admonish her, the Prosecution's cross-examination had yielded little new information that was actually related to this case.

He sighed, and leaned back, waiting for the Defendant's responses.

 

Xelax seemed almost embarrased from the high voltage objection he unleashed earlier. Then the way Larxene looked at him... it was not the reaction he expected. It looked almost unappreciated. He overted his eyes away from here. Looking towards Janexna, she seemed almost disturbed by his objection. "Sorry, I just needed to make a point. I'll give you a bit of a warning next time... ok, when you see me point, cover your ears ok?"

He then listnened to the judges decision about the penalty. How could he, all I did was outline a scenario which could not be disproven, and I got penalized. I outlined a scenario which could be disproven, embarassed my defendant, and still got unpenalized. Xelax was not happy, but he couldn't say anything... at least without another penalty attatched.

Xelax got all the points of the cross examination, but he did not see how all of them added up to the charges... All he was doing was questioning Larxene's character, which couldn't prove she manipulated anything. Surely Birdman wasn't expecing to win this case solely with a psychology report...

Also, why did he keep bringing up Repliku... its almost as if he had a particular concern for him. He was probably a fanboy Xelax reasoned...

None the less, he was sure with Birdman behind the wheel of this cross examination, he was sure it would go badly... so he prepared himself for an objection.

He fumbled through some folders he had in his briefcase, finally finding the one he was looking for. A piece of paper, with writting on it.

 

Larxene had to pass the iPod and the song, this time, taking the other prosecutor seriously. He appeared more that he knew what he was doing, and it seemed more likeable than the yellow mouse that kept throwing his accusations. She had heard them all, really, but now she had to focus on the questions that were headed at her now. Hopefully, after this one, she could leave.

"Actually, from what I can tell from Marluxia, is that he simply met him at the crossroads and disappeared, only to meet him at the entrance. Sora approached Castle Oblivion on his own without a lead, as far as I know, with Naminé luring him in with the connection to his heart. If you still don't think so, then I'm not the right one to ask that..." She thought well about the coup question, and went to answer, "We were planning to take over the Organization with Marluxia at the helm..."

And the more she thought about, the more she kept getting irritated. While he promised not to be a normal member, it seemed she was more of a sidekick than she ever thought of before.

The question kind of ticked Larxene in annoyance, making her frown, and she felt like snapping something at him, but held herself. "It didn't make me any less of a leader, it was simply because he was the one who had the most set-ups and what to do more than I did, and considering he was the appointed Lord of the castle, and I would've probably rebelled by that, he was my partner. Do you really think you could just leave the Organization? Is not that simple."

"I already explained that above, she did in fact, bring him there in someway. Marluxia didn't pave a path for Sora to follow his lead in guidance the whole way or forced him. Should I account it any other way?"

Larxene had to choose her words carefully, not knowing whether to reveal it or not, considering she remembered it was a point of debate before. In the end though, she figured it would come out by itself. "I didn't think there was a reason for me to tell her, nor I am obliged to. Marluxia's words didn't say anything of the fact to make her believe she would be harmed, and in fact, was a different thing entirely that didn't obtain to nothing physical. You could add the 'cowed' and 'submissive' there. I merely teased on her sweet hero, nothing more, nothing less. I don't really see what your point is, since the threats weren't to harm or kill her, despite Xemnas's objections, I merely pointed out that we weren't allowed to, and we really weren't planning to." At the last bit, she glowered. "My words didn't taint any hopelessness or reach out to the one thing to get her out of this mess. If that was the case, then you would've thought that if she was grasping, her attitude would've been more jovial from making her have the hope she was lacking, would it not?"

"I only teased her of the plan for when we were close after Vexen's murder, considering we've gotten that far. I stated for her to rejoice as her hero was here, and she answered with a unsure 'very happy'. So I told her that in her happiness, to not hurt Sora's feelings. I didn't verify any threat and merely spoke to her. It was only a reminder since everything seems to be going well, and we didn't need Sora to be unstable in any way now that the goal was reaching. But then again....it wasn't like she had a choice even if I didn't say anything..." It came to that point again where she had to think over whether or not to say what made the girl go out of her way for obeying. Yet...she didn't have a reason to rat, maybe if it was Axel. "That was all, really. And by the comment, I meant to save her from her loneliness, which she has been through before I even met her, not to save her from her imprisonment, which she knew wasn't the point of the said scheme. I wasn't ordering Naminé to do anything to Sora prior my fights, if you recall, what was it that I said that made her to what type of action? I mostly spended my time with...Axel in a different room. The only time I spoke to her before the second fight with Sora was 'happiness' factor that I explained, just to call it that, and perhaps had a short conversation before even that time. If you're talking about the charm switching, I never ordered that to her either. And please, do point out how my words could've referred to coercing otherwise."

"Don't know where you got Naminé from, as I never truly toyed with her the way I would usually do, if you count teasing as that. To me, she was just there, doing her acquired job. Sora was amusing, in the way that he was trying so hard and cared for this girl he never even really met, already calling the charm precious to him when he just remembered it a second ago. Tch. Maybe because I knew the truth of the matter it was funny to me, yet, I wouldn't have thought he would be so passionate for it after just a few steps." At the other bit though, she laughed a little to herself. "Is there? I don't know...I really don't. Is been long gone since I ever bothered to study myself, you know? And I never attempted to play reactions from the audience as well, if they reacted, it wasn't my intention, just the way I am when speaking."

Meaning, had to have a insult somewhere. It was just the way she spoke.

Larxene raised a eyebrow in interest, and she wondered why he was bringing up her personal opinion on Riku Replica when it wasn't even point case. "Marluxia had nothing to do with it, let me tell you now. As for the idea, Riku Replica was given a card by Axel that had Riku's memories of his home, along with Sora's, I think, and it was to be utilized by him for the test run. The whole point of him was to have fake memories made, and with needed minimal help from Naminé can it stick...it was something that was followed from that given card at the very second. It was a idea brought up, but it was up to Vexen to decide what is it he wanted to do, which is why I asked him, and he agreed that it must be done. The Replica was his, so I wouldn't have cared either way if this went on. It wasn't my problem whether he wanted to experiment what his recently finished project was capable of. A doll to me... a fabrication made from a creator whose existence was brought to be my its mere distinctive use. He was the scientist's creation of a clone of Riku, and I didn't think much of it because of that, he was to be used. And, he simply went to dare charge at me first in a attack, into which I wasn't going to allow to get hit, don't you think? I wasn't going to do anything to him otherwise. He was a doll because he was handmade to be a doll. If it was up to Vexen, he wouldn't have even been moving in the first place. In the end, it might have appeared he had a conscious, but for the reason he was created, that was what he was meant to be, and I refer him by it, just like we are referred to as Nobodies with lack of heart and feelings, no matter what the outcome of it was. And to make it clear, what was Replica missing that would relate to us?"

She took a kind of break there, wanting to see what was it he was comparing them to him for, though she couldn't think well of anything. Sighing, she also went to add, "That, and I wasn't really interested in Riku Replica or keep track of his actions among other things, my time there wasn't to search in -depth at him."

She went to roll her eyes at this, waving a nonchalant hand. "Oh, I'm soooo sorry. Then fine, it was my greatest mistake, and is what I regret the most on placing any type of trust in the man. Better for you, Mr. Birdman? I didn't completely reveal it though, merely hinted at it, since he seemed to have a good grasp at what we were doing and said so. It made me believe he was somehow in on it. He didn't get the full story until after he was to kill Vexen and had gained our final trust. Oh, by the way, that's why I put the 'us' in there. We both had trusted him in the end."

"I don't how anyone could not feel anger at one point, so correct. And what 'skewed' reality was that? I clearly remember explaining everything that we've done, including myself, I refer to it as us, I called on it that we almost had him, not Marluxia, we, our, whatever plural form you want to call it. And I dare you to prove otherwise. Why don't I admit it? Because I wasn't trying to make him hate Naminé, like I would care either way whether he did or not, there's no point to it by that time, don't you think? What's there to gain, what type of advantage was there when everything was gone? I never excluded myself from the explanation, and considering before, I told him I was the 'bad guy', nothing there said that he should completely trust what I said, and he didn't...if you actually look at it. Is not like I was even the one replacing the memories with the power to do so, Sora just didn't want to believe that Naminé would've been capable of it. So I had to break it down for him in words his brain could understand. And he just seemed to be delusional on the fact that the memories weren't real and that they never existed. Oh, but no, he made a promise anyway, how selfless of him, getting very well into his hero role. I don't know the kid's train of thought, but he went out of his way anyway despite the fact that I told him the truth of the matter. It wasn't torment, it was explaining something that he kept refusing to see, which in turn, while I at first found it funny, made me frustrated on how he was willing to continue and protect her with fake memories and fake promises. Thus, I didn't even drift away to continue from that topic to explain more since he kept arguing it. By then, he was already willing to fight for not his memories. Maybe I didn't understand him or his reason, but it seemed foolish to me and worthy of a good laugh. Til' today, I still don't get it..."

"I threw Riku Replica when he was numb and immobile, short-circuited, so to speak. I thought he was damaged. Sora asked what happened to him, and I said the real truth, that Naminé smashed his heart, or are you saying she didn't when it was apparently what happened? I sure didn't do that, and I hope you weren't expecting me to lie for her. It wasn't the fact that I was only angry at the 'betrayer', is because Naminé was also the reason that all our plans were ruined. Now, I should've expected it, by then though it was in my mind that she was at fault, as well as Axel, maybe even myself for being so…stupid. I think I was angry at everything, and I vented it. Which is why I pleaded guilty for abuse. It's the kind of way that you're close to a goal that you've been working on, and is right at the reach of your hands, only to see it fall apart with one flick of a wrist..."

Her eyes narrowed at the thought as she looked sideways, her eyebrows creasing from the memories, the disappointment almost washing over her again. Almost. Larxene didn't want to progress the matter any further anyway. As for the other part, now she understood what he was trying to do, asking the psychological questions: just to make her seem like she was a unstable woman with lack of not seeing life forms as they were and not seeing any existence from herself, probably to get her into rehab from what she was hearing from him when explaining to Mr. Power. Did he really think some medical facility does their job? If anything, in her opinion, the whole thing made them more nutsos. Sadist? Sure. Disturbed? Not really. She knew where her brain was at. She didn't really appreciate him as much as before after this. "You're saying that I never took him as a form of life, which I never said, when he was obviously walking and talking, and he wasn't a robot. I'm not insane, Mr. Birdman. And I already presented why I think of him as a doll before, and even if he is or isn't, there wouldn't be a reason of why he would get some kind of special treatment me. I think I mostly explain that on the other question, so you can take some examples from there."

She hesitated the last question on the Organization, as it could work differently depending on how the prosecution was going to use the reply. But considering the fact that she was sure there would be some evidence popping up for it, she went to say, "I would think so. Leave, and you're considered a traitor. Traitors..."

She didn't finish. She didn't have to.

Janexna had given a nod to Xelax's suggestion when he shouted, "OBJECTION", which would be the best course of action if her ear were to be intact. However, she had to wait to present the prove where Naminé herself said that she beckoned him to Castle Oblivion by script, at least, when it was time to present evidence. Otherwise, she had listened intently to Larxene's answers, and it was nothing out of the ordinary, except to having explain herself for her thoughts on Repliku. When she was finally done, she sighed, until she heard a rustle from Xelax. It seems he took out a paper, and looking over at him since he was showing confidence, it surprised her to see that he had acquired the same prove as she did that kept her mind erratic and indecisive. It didn't matter which one had it, they were partners, but they needed to be sure if it was for the best. Staring at him questionably, she went to ask, "Are you positive we should? While it may not slam on Larxene, it may slam on someone else in backfire..."

 

The answers were given. Larxene's testimony had finished. Now it was up to the prosecution to either find the contradiction with evidence to back it up or allow Larxene to leave the stand as her testimony was done. Naminé still felt a little miffed at the blond. However, she was more concerned with what Mr. Xelax had in his hand. Was it...a transcript? Then she realized the contradiction. If the defense tried to play that card as a counter, they'd end up saving Larxene from the other charges (except the child abuse). However, doing that would result in deeming Marluxia guilty of most of the charges that didn't stick to Larxene. It was a tricky situation. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Kairi looked over her shoulder and noticed that Larxene's Cross-Examination was reaching a climax. She turned back to Pika_Power. "They're waiting for you, Mr. Power. Are you going to disappoint them?" And with that she headed back through the doors of the courtroom and back into the audience booths.

OOC: Oh, and ICSP, *TwilightNight*? We know when you're there, invisible or not. :P

 

Xelax held the paper in his hands, and pondered it casually. He then rolled it up and placed it under his right arm.

"Mr. Birdman, are you quite satisfied? Ms. Larxene has made it quite clear she is only guilty of one charge, child abuse. Is there truly a need to press this much further? Ms. Larxene is innocent, why draw this out any further."

Xelax let out a sigh as he made is next point... "Mr. Birdman, and Mr. Power given the current light of things, what charges would you charge Ms. Larxene with now?" He waited, he knew that they would have to produce evidence if they were to keep charging her. Her testimony was flawless, only evidence could contradict her. Xelax was absolutly sure the prosecution had none.
OOC: Just cause I'm invisible doesn't nessisarily mean I'm on... *Ninja Smoke*

 

"Actually I am not done yet. If you would hold for a moment, I will lead this in the direction it is going."

OOC: Implying I had a nice thing written up, closed out firefox by mistake when I went out to go to Taco Hell, came back and mourned softly. =:/ *snickers* I'll go ahead and edit this once I am done posting it all again to continue and finish it up.

OOC: Okay, I apologize for the lateness of this and all. I keep getting called out to help people. It may need amending later but here we go to post it up and let the RP at least continue on. Thanks for the patience guys.

"By the records of the account itself, Namine was caught by Marluxia trying to lure Sora towards the Castle Oblivion but he in fact had not ended up there. Marluxia caught her and did take advantage of the situation of a lonely girl to capitalize on it. Her intentions clearly were to bring Sora there to give her some company and possibly to leave there. Is this not true? If not, please say where it declares anywhere that Namine herself intended to mess with Sora's mind or use him to take over the Organization herself."

"At the same time, it was Marluxia who intervened and met Sora at the crossroads saying "Ahead lies something you hold dear — but to claim it, you must lose something first." The Nobodies then veer off in the direction of the Castle Oblivion, which Sora then follows. It is evident that Namine was leading him by a connection subliminally, but it is Marluxia himself who had others go with him and pointed out the absolute direction of the Castle Oblivion. This is to clarify this point once and for all that yes, Namine did lure him there in one sense, but at any time it is evident that since Marluxia caught her, he could have stopped her but instead used it to benefit himself. I will present more evidence on this matter when Marluxia is brought to stand."

Now to go into something else. The demeanor that presents itself to all 3 of the children she had to work with or against and why this can be considered mental abuse to say the least. Larxene, your teasing was not such a welcome thing. Can anyone call this a 'serious' thing and not a poking at the girl who is doing exactly what Marluxia and Larxene want her to all because she made a mistake luring the boy that way?"

"Now does Namine look 'happy' at all there? She looks in fact like this is horribly bitter sweet and not what she wanted at all. Also, 'try to not do anything to hurt Sora's feelings' does not mean what it implies here, as if there is any sincerity at all to Sora's feelings, does it? I would like to hear from you, Larxene, indeed what it does mean. To me, it could imply instead for her to not go and mess up and reveal the plan to him or steer from the plan, keeping Namine as the focus and keeping the ruse up. If it means something else, please elaborate?"

Now, I want to touch upon another issue that seems prevalent in that perhaps Larxene takes it one way what she does while others take it another. This does not exonerate her of the crimes just because she does not know how she affects others and in some cases can make it worse if she does not show a conscience about it. Larxene had a way with words that seemed enough to even make other Organization members grow tired of it or feel chided by her or worry that she was too homicidal. This 'teasing' even had warnings from other Organization members. Such as..."

The child abuse, theft of the Paopu Fruit Charm and Aggravated Assault should stick by this directly. Also, here is more to show her demeanor versus how she feels things happened and how 14 year olds in mentality would take what she had said and acted out."

*replays scene*

"You will notice here that Larxene is lying to Sora, chiding him that he has forgotten Namine when the charm was clearly from Kairi. She is coercing him to drive on for a girl he has never met, forcing his memories to continue the plan of coercing Sora. She also lashes out at Sora after teasing him and announcing she is the bad guy. She strikes him so hard and quick with her kick he is sent sailing to the floor several feet behind him. Namine again, is not the only child abused in this, and also Assault is a charge for anyone of any age. Larxene clearly demonstrated violence, coercion here and intimidation."

"The other point here is that apparently the other Organization members knew her to be a sadist and that it is very much in her nature to torment others or even go beyond that to kill."

He turns and looks at Larxene. "Do you realize now perhaps how bad your words and actions cut into others and make them distrust you, find you to be a bully and intimidating or down right frustrating? Can you turn this around at all because if even people without emotional reactions that work off memes can distrust you, how can anyone with a Heart that can be hurt?"

"Now for Repliku. The charges of Aggravated Assault, Abuse, Ultimate Coercion as you had his mind wiped despite major protest and you also acts against a sentient being, violating sentient/human rights."

This shows from the beginning, the attitude that the Defendant had about a being as sentient as she is. Let's go on further."

 

Naminé felt that Mr. Xelax seemed pretty sure of himself that he had won. But Mr. Birdman had the ace up his sleeve. Now it was up to Pika_Power to back his partner up. But where was he? Did he leave the courthouse itself?

OOC: Sorry, just wanted to bump it up...:p

 

CRASH! A window in the roof shattered, sending a yellow creature down onto the prosecution desk. It groaned. "owwww... last time I go sunbathing in the rain." He then noticed what was going on around him.

"Wait! I still need to do my questioning!"

he then began to speak...

"Harvey, I am going to try to drive home the coercion charges, okay?

Now, onto business. First things first, I will prove Namine does experience emotions. I am going to read out one of Ansem the wise's reports. The true ones. Ansem the Wise dedicated his life to the study of hearts. Does anyone know someone better qualified to give an opinion on Namine?

She lacks 'virtually all the elements of a nobody'. Experiencing emotion could be one of these. She is clearly an exceptional being, and cannot be bundled in with nobodies. She has shown instances of experiencing emotion, to an extent where it cannot be considered simple acting. Until further notice, I think we should precede under the assumption that Namine has a heart.

As for the meaning of this...

This record was taken after Sora completed his memory of destiny islands. Namine admits here that she summoned Sora to the castle out of loneliness. 'I was alone for so long. I couldn't bear it anymore...'

We know Namine was kept captive in Castle Oblivion by Larxane and Murluxia, correct? Doing this wore her mental resistance down so that she would make the irrational decision to keep manipulating Sora's memories after she was discovered. If she was not kept captive, she would not have strung Sora along. The proof of this is when she says "I wanted to see you, but not like this" She would not have kept stringing him into the castle if she had not been lonely. This loneliness was brought on by Larxane and Murluxia, by keeping her captive.

Larxane continued to taunt Namine throughout the time period in Castle Oblivion, as admitted by Larxane. This would have added to the mental damage and loneliness.

A recap:
Namine brought Sora to castle Oblivion through loneliness.
She was discovered, and she then kept him coming, because she was lonely.
The loneliness was created due to her being kept in Castle Bblivion by Larxane and Murluxia.
Larxane continued to taunt Namine, adding to mental harm.
Therefore, Larxane and Murluxia used mental harm/threats to keep her following thier orders.

Charges: Coercion, mental damage.

Time for Repliku.

Larxane has said she did not consider Repliku more than a doll or a toy. Vexen happily donated him to experiments. No where has it been said that Repliku did not feel emotion. It was referenced that he in fact did have a heart, as you continually said that you would make his heart like Riku's.

Repliku's memories were changed on Larxane's command. It was her idea. So, why would Namine change the memories of Repliku? I do not see the point for her to. It would only endanger Sora, her 'hero.' What desire would she have to change Repliku's memories? None. So, why did she end up changing them, when logic dictates that she should not? I suspect coercion, unless you can think of a better reason.

As for Larxane being in a bad mood, or angry, that is impossible. It was all merely an act. As always, an ordinary nobody is tricking people into thinking she has a heart. Xemnas, the leader of the nobodies has specifically said that they lack hearts. DiZ has said they lack hearts. The nobodies in KH2 spent their time trying to get hearts. They cannot have hearts, except for special circumstances.

So... I think Harvey has covered everything else. I am done."

The pokemon sat down, and looked at Harvey. So birdman, are my comments going to be retracted again?

 

Xelax leans over and whispers to Janexna, "You may want to cover your ears now..." He turns to face Mr. Birdman...



"Wansn't it you who made it quite clear that Nobodies do not have emotions..."

"So tell me Mr. Birdman... how could this "lonelyness" be mental abuse to someone without emotions? And by that same level of reasoning... how could Larxene be charged with aggravated assult when aggravated means "To irritate, or annoy"? So in other words Mr. Birdman... Ms. Namine was not lonely. And Ms. Larxene was not aggravated. Meaning two of your claims were undone by your own reasoning."

"Also, if you listened to Ms. Larxene's testimony, and your own evidence, you will see that it was in fact Namine who actually did the deed. The law suggest that Namine should be charged with the crimes against Riku Replica, not Larxene. As regards to the tossing of Replica Riku, the case clearly shows that at the time, The sentient Replica Riku did not exist, at that particular moment, he was a doll. He had no life force, and no heart. Basically he was dead." Xelax paused to cross his arms, still grasping onto the paper he pulled out earlier, "Why do you keep brining up Replica Riku... are you a fanboy of his?" Xelax even suprised himself that he actually asked that.

Clearing his throat to get his point back on track he asked, "As for the assult charges against Sora, Sora struck Larxene with a weapon first. Its self defense at worst."

"The only charge which holds water is the 1 count of child abuse. Which Ms. Larxene did confess to. Your cross examination has yielded nothing." Xelax turned to the judge, and looked awaiting for what he had to say eagerly.

 

OOC: Pika, you do know that Kairi ran after you, right? She thought you left in disappointment, ran after you, asked if you were really leaving, said that your partner needed you and then concluded that the Cross-Examination reached its climax and if you were coming back in. :wacko:

Naminé contemplated Mr. Birdman's words. He had just set up the fort and shield. Now it was Pika_Power's responsibility to wield the sword. She knew that she herself wasn't exactly innocent, but what the prosecutor said rang true. She did want Sora at the time, but not in the way the Organization used her for. Naminé sighed. Here was hoping that the prosecution knew what they were doing...

Kairi shook her head. It seemed that the defense attorney didn't know what he was talking about. From what Naminé had said, Mr. Xelax was trained under some defense attorney named Kristoph Gavin. Of course, if Xelax had really been paying attention, he'd have known that "aggravated" has a completely different meaning when used by itself. She nudged Naminé and showed her the definition of "aggravated assault" on http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/glossary.html:

She also remembered by Naminé and Larxene's own testimonies that Larxene had kicked Sora before Sora used his Keyblade. He had it drawn, but he always drew it whenever he needed to defend himself against the supernatural. Kairi could only hope that the prosecutors actually knew more than the defense was letting on...

OOC: Oh, and I can still see you're on despite being invisible. You can't change the "Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread:" ;P

 

OOC: Yeah, I and Xelax knew that... but I was betting Pika and Repliku didn't... since when did Kairi become a profesional law student? And since when can her thoughts actually be read by the defense. I do believe a student of Kristoph would try a simple trick like that...

By the way... its not that simple...

Xelax got the burning sensation in his right hand. Now he figured it out. Everytime something supernatural happened it bothered him. He somehow knew it was coming from the direction of Namine and Kairi again.
OOC: I usually see it as 3 users... with only my and one of your names list... even when *TN* is not on... you prove nothing... you have no evidence! OBJECTION!!!!

 

OOC: One. Xelax is the student of Kristoph, not Kairi or Naminé. And two. I can't really do anything at the moment, so Kairi's doing the only thing she can do in the audience: Do research using a cell phone with internet to read up on law and how it pertains to the actual case. I mean, not everyone knows what most of these charges are at a glance. :huh:

BIC:

Kairi suddenly gasped. She felt it again. The cell phone in her hand trembled slightly as she looked out at the cloaked defense attorney. A dark aura seemed to pour out from Xelax as he stared at her and Naminé. What was his problem? Did he like underaged girls or something? Granted, the outfits didn't exactly leave much to the imagination, but still... Kairi wondered if Xelax was a pervert. That would explain his actions toward Larxene, Janexna and Namine...

 

"Incorrect. Even without emotions they have reasoning and memes. Are you familiar with the term 'memes'? If not then I suggest you look it up. I will give a short explanation here. Memes are instinctive reactions and behavioral patterns in short. Due to the fact that Nobodies possess their memories but lack their Hearts, they over exaggerate or under exaggerate things they -KNOW- they would feel if they had a Heart. If they did not have this nature, they would not be so animated at all. The point still stands."

"Namine is a special Nobody that is formed from a Princess of Heart. She had very little memories of Kairi due to the fact she was displaced from Kairi's body/Sora's for only moments after the Dark Keyblade was used. Namine was considered even more of a shadow than other Nobodies, but I would believe she as the others had a SOUL. The soul is your conscience, is it not? Larxene pushed on her to do things against her conscience and thus she did them but later fought against it and went against it ultimately and despite her diminutive size and lack of a weapon stood in front of both Marluxia and Larxene to prevent MORE wrong doings. So no, those points definitely stand, good sir."

"Now the point here that you fail to realize by this is you attempt to cancel yourself out. In the end we are here to see if Larxene herself HAS a conscience of her OWN or if she utterly ignores her soul and just reacts off a bunch of memes of sadism to do tormenting to others and doesn't even realize what she is doing. Do you get that? Because without this knowledge of her not even being at all connected to a soul she possesses she is a danger to society in any manner. The display of her personality as others would see her is a perception of that and to also make HER see what she looks like to others. If there is no reaction at all, what do you expect us to do with her?"

"I just showed you the whole deal with Riku Replica and his whole protest to the thing and all. You are actually going to doubt it??? Are you BLIND? She is the one who dragged him off after that display there and had Namine do it. That is Coercion. Do stop trying to twist things already."

"Lastly, I bring up all three kids. Sora, Namine and Repliku are ALL matters to be witnesses and were victims of Larxene in particular. Stop discounting any of the three. Technically we could toss in Donald and Goofy as well because their memories were affected too. Stop trying to divert the court from paying attention to all of those inflicted by each member of the Organization. You cannot discount anyone until they have taken the stand and you have heard their testimony and the judge tosses it out if he so wills. All are equals."

"Erroneous. The charges as stated all can stand and if your client shows no caring at all about them then I want her called off the stand to be forced to come back after interviewing the witnesses to see her response then because in all fairness I do not think the Defendant even knows what she's done and Xelax has a very skewed version of events which if he wants to prove them, he can't do so with his Defendant at all." Harvey turns and looks at the Judge awaiting the verdict.

 

Xelax shook his head at Birdman dissaprovingly. "Where's your proof? Prove Namine has emotions! Prove Riku Replika was a sentient being with a crushed heart. I don't think you can. In the end only one thing matters in the court of law. EVIDENCE!"