Ouroboros Spine [m] ⊡ ukaksitaak ⊡

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this is a trial for cen of moontide to answer for his crimes. rounds are for kukutux, cen, @Aiolos, @Vairë, and @Valiant. everyone else is welcome to come be an audience for the trial. participation is optional! there is no posting order for leadership or for anyone who wants to join! i can leave each round open for a week if that works, but since its optional and audience based, feel free to throw a post in anytime! @Ariadne @Peregrine @Faele @Kyrell @Kannoyak @Nantahala @Nutuyikruk @Tautukpik @Lómion @Atausiq (open also to raiyuk (since he is recovering in MG and kigipigak who travels back and forth <3)

"bring him to the grandfather stone."

kukutux, who had not allowed herself to feel the anger at the caribou man's crimes, felt it keenly now, the injustice toward his wife red leaf and their son ghelan.

she had marked a man for life here, torn out the tongue of a tupilak.

and yet this was not relished. a harsh punishment was necessary, and this was worse than any yet over which she had presided as judge.

cen would be seized and dragged down from the altar, paraded through the village; she saw him kicking and shouting, and finished drawing a line of elkblood down the muzzle of vairë, adding her own. they would walk down together.

beneath the great sight of the grandfather stone, a pair of great pines towered over the others. a smooth rock was wide there for these four to sit, for cen to be forced down into the soft grass before them.

she did not care how roughly the caribou man was handled in this.

"cen is of moontide village," she said loudly to those gathered. "his leaders @Rodyn and @Heph asked that we judge him in moonglow."

cen's glare was a stormcloud in a silent face.

"he is accused of beating his wife many times before they arrived in moontide, and hurting her even after this. she fears for her life. they have a very young son who certainly has seen these things fill his eyes."

her voice was hard. "he does not deny it. but i will ask him again: are these things true, what has been said?"