[ a tiny smirk plays across the corner of the dark elf's lips as she sits, as if jaka knows something she doesn't - or is dismissing her credibility as amusing. either way, he smoothly draws to his own feet, and stalks around the table with a deliberate, even pace, turning to survey the jury, and then look back at rafael. ]
The prosecution paints a truly interesting portrait of intrigue, almost as romantic in its appeal as the idea of a pair of lovers torn apart by tragedy. However, what the defense seeks to present are facts, not melodrama, and the grim reality underlying this very unique case has little to do with either honor or greed.
[ he paces across the floor, indicating rafael ] I wish that I could paint our defendant as the dashing hero, rushing to the defense of an innocent woman. But the truth is much darker, much more complex, and much further-reaching than any could have guessed. We're dealing with a man whose already fragile psyche was pushed to the limits when he discovered the truth about the woman he had held as an angel in his eyes, a truth his conscious mind was not equipped to handle. A truth that drove him off the brink of sanity, causing him to be responsible for her death - in a moment of temporary insanity that indicates a diseased and fractured mind that can be healed, not the cunning, calculating greed of a would-be murderer seeking the fast track to fame.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, [ he turns to them with an oily smile, and spreads his hands ] Mr. Giovanni sits here before you today to prove himself a victim of temporary insanity, the only sensible verdict in a case which I imagine will shock many people sitting here today. [ his 42 diplomacy check certainly leaves a lingering sense of suspense and mystery in the air. rafael's brows are furrowed as he watches the lawyer, but he doesn't betray whatever he's thinking as the drow comes around to have a seat, indicating the other lawyer. ] Prosecution may call its first witness. [ and with that smug air, he has a seat next to burt, who casts him an inscrutable look ]
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The prosecution paints a truly interesting portrait of intrigue, almost as romantic in its appeal as the idea of a pair of lovers torn apart by tragedy. However, what the defense seeks to present are facts, not melodrama, and the grim reality underlying this very unique case has little to do with either honor or greed.
[ he paces across the floor, indicating rafael ] I wish that I could paint our defendant as the dashing hero, rushing to the defense of an innocent woman. But the truth is much darker, much more complex, and much further-reaching than any could have guessed. We're dealing with a man whose already fragile psyche was pushed to the limits when he discovered the truth about the woman he had held as an angel in his eyes, a truth his conscious mind was not equipped to handle. A truth that drove him off the brink of sanity, causing him to be responsible for her death - in a moment of temporary insanity that indicates a diseased and fractured mind that can be healed, not the cunning, calculating greed of a would-be murderer seeking the fast track to fame.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, [ he turns to them with an oily smile, and spreads his hands ] Mr. Giovanni sits here before you today to prove himself a victim of temporary insanity, the only sensible verdict in a case which I imagine will shock many people sitting here today. [ his 42 diplomacy check certainly leaves a lingering sense of suspense and mystery in the air. rafael's brows are furrowed as he watches the lawyer, but he doesn't betray whatever he's thinking as the drow comes around to have a seat, indicating the other lawyer. ] Prosecution may call its first witness. [ and with that smug air, he has a seat next to burt, who casts him an inscrutable look ]