“Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.”
- Marcus Tullius Cicero


The Senate was greatly animated by the events at hand. The complacency and readiness to forgive that was the hallmark of the previous day had long since vanished; the terror of the moment pushed the leaders of the Republic to action. The debate quickly centered upon two individuals who were accused of suspicious activities and potential involvement in the death of Beskar the previous night. Both pevergreen and navarro951 were accused of being excessively partisan, too concerned with the political orientation of the other Senators, and not sufficiently concerned with the welfare of the Republic itself.

navarro951 attempted to explain his actions and to refute the charges brought against him. After some vigorous debate, a large number of Senators appeared satisfied with his explanations. The majority then began to focus their accusations on pevergreen alone. His response was silence, and this was unacceptable. The votes thus swung towards pevergreen, and as the session neared its end, the Republic’s first proscription since the time of Lucius Cornelius Sulla seemed certain.

As the light grew dim, an older man in a fine, white toga rose and began to speak. He discussed the evidence against the two accused, weighing the pros and cons of the cases against them. His rhetorical style was flawless, and soon the Curia was engrossed in his speech. The older man turned now to spL1tp3r50naL1ty, who, like the others, was paying keen attention to the orator. He began scolding spL1tp3r50naL1ty for his vote on pevergreen, and laid forth a case against navarro951 that made spL1tp3r50naL1ty’s vote seem not only foolish, but personally embarrassing. The older man lectured spL1tp3r50naL1ty on how navarro951 was the only reasonable person to vote for, and that to do any less would be moronic. Finally, spL1tp3r50naL1ty threw up his hands in exasperation and changed his vote to navarro951.

As soon as the older man sat down, another man rose in his place. This one was middle-aged, and his toga was plain and worn, almost to the point of appearing soiled; yet the man’s perfect posture and haughty gaze were more reminiscent of the highest orders of aristocracy. He lectured the Senate at length on the evils of corruption and the necessity of doing the proper thing at all times, regardless of the cost. The focus of his inquisition quickly became Andres, who he began hammering with numerous stoic quotations on duty and tradition. Andres attempted to refute the middle aged man’s statements, but he might as well have been arguing with the wall of the Curia itself. The man was stubborn beyond belief and he would neither budge from his position, nor lay off his verbal assault. Eventually it became too much for Andres, and he conceded victory to his opponent, and changed his voted to navarro951.

With the final debates finally over, the tally was taken and navarro951 was found to be the man chosen for proscription. As the results were read, navarro951’s face whitened in horror and he began looking around wildly at his fellow Populares for help. None moved to aid him, and in panic he fled out of the Curia and into the streets of Rome. He did not get far. The proscription had been announced from the Rostra at the same time as inside the Curia, and the ever-present forum mob eagerly set upon navarro951. All knew that whoever killed a proscripted man would receive part of that man’s estate, and thus all competed to be the first to slay him. As the victorious members of the mob paraded navarro951’s bloody body through the streets, the Senate adjourned for the evening.

navarro951: 6 (Ichigo, Shinseikhaan, GeneralHankerchief, Beefy187, Andres, spL1tp3r50naL1ty)
pevergreen: 4 (Sasaki Kojiro, woad&fangs, Chaotix, Captain Blackadder)
Sasaki Kojiro: 1 (pevergreen)
No Proscription: 1 (Caius)

Abstain: 9 (AggonyDuck, LittleGrizzly, Jolt, YLC, Cultured Drizzt fan, johnhughthom, navarro951, TheFlax, Khazaar)

Not Voting: 12 (*Greyblades, everyone, Tiberius of the Drake, *Don Corleone, *Glenn, *A Very Super Market, Iskander 3.1, atheotes, *Tratorix, *Lord Winter, Ignoramus, *Cronos Impera)

* = Have failed to vote twice in a row.

Alive (32):
Beefy187
GeneralHankerchief
Andres
Greyblades
LittleGrizzly
Sasaki Kojiro
everyone
johnhughthom
AggonyDuck
'khaan
spL1tp3r50naL1ty
Chaotix
Khazaar
Ichigo
Jolt
Tiberius of the Drake
Cultured Drizzt fan
Don Corleone
Glenn
A Very Super Market
Iskander 3.1
Captain Blackadder
pevergreen
atheotes
Tratorix
YLC
woad&fangs
Lord Winter
Ignoramus
TheFlax
Cronos Impera
Caius

Killed (4):
White_eyes:D
mini
Beskar
Yaropolk

Proscripted (1):
navarro951

WoG/Suicide (0):

It is now Night III. The deadline for Night III orders is Monday, May 18th at 8:00pm EST.

Note: I am very disappointed in the participation rate. All those who miss a third vote will certainly be WoGed unless they have otherwise been participating in the discussions. If you know of anyone not currently listed as a replacement who might be interested in taking over for one of the soon-to-be-evicted players, please let me know. I would far prefer to replace people than kill them outright.