46: Europe

[samuraiprosecutor]

I am in Europe, and will be visiting various countries for the foreseeable future. My journaling is likely to be less frequent, as I'll be devoting more time to my current work.

Comments

[timey_wimey]

Well, that's true. I never met a trial that I liked.

Yeah, it is...

[samuraiprosecutor]

Generally I'm quite fond of trials, but Wright's farcical ones are exceptions.

Though, I must readily admit they are far from boring.

...Are extended viruses common?

[timey_wimey]

Well, as long as they're not boring. Boring I do have problems with.

Oh, no! Well, that is to say I haven't seen many, and this is the first time it's happened to me...

[samuraiprosecutor]

You've had some experience with trials before?

Hm. I wasn't aware it was a possibility. How unfortunate.

[timey_wimey]

You could say that I've had some close brushes with them, yeah.

Unfortunate is one way of putting it.

[samuraiprosecutor]

In what capacity?

I'd say that I can consider myself almost fortunate for my prior experiences with viruses being truncated, but to say that is likely to invite a similar misfortune.

[timey_wimey]

Oh, you know, this and that...

I'd have to agree with you there! I mean, that's almost as bad as, I dunno, "nothing can possibly go wrong now", or "no turning back"... actually, from personal experience the latter one can be disastrous, especially if a 30-foot diameter trapdoor is involved.

[samuraiprosecutor]

'This and that?' You have me curious. The parts civilians can play in trials are rather...limited in number.

...I'm sure.

[timey_wimey]

Well, 900 years, you get around a bit. I've been a witness... and I can't really remember, but I think I was the defence at one point.

Oh, and I have been the accused, um, once or twice. I was cleared of all charges, though, so. No harm done.

[samuraiprosecutor]

The defense?

Cleared of all charges? The chances of such a mistake being made more than once are quite low. When there are repeat offenses one generally looks to the common threads between cases...the accuser and the accused.

[timey_wimey]

Um. Long story. Most of mine are.

They were different charges, actually. The second time round was phony as it is; falsified evidence, the Council was completely corrupt - oh, and then the prosecutor tried to kill the rest of the Council. So yeah, I don't think that time really counts. Makes a good icebreaker at parties, though.



((OOC: I KID YOU NOT, THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial_of_a_Time_Lord#Serials

I love my canon.))