Time for an easier mission. We head out to sea to deal with one of Danno's slave trading rich guys. We did the usual portal right into the guys room. Danno and Ohm went first and made enough noise to get the guards attention. We have been fighting the supernatural for so long I had forgotten about sleepers and their damned power of disbelief. When Malcanthet came through the portal the guards felt that wasn't ok and they actually made the portal disappear. It was a slap in the face, those blind sleepers unraveling one of my spells. Anyways, Malcanthet took out the guards pretty quickly and we found out the fat guy had some kind of device hooked up to the slave girl so we had to keep him alive. We took them both back to the warehouse to see if Annie could remove the devices surgically. She was able to and we scared the fat guy a bit then had to decide his fate. Malcanthet was quick to sentence him and after a bit of discussion as to whether we could act as the judge and jury she and Ohm pulled the trigger.
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All though I did not feel bad about the fat guy's death, he really did deserve it, I still felt as though we crossed a line. I suppose I knew we would have to reach this point eventually with our line of work, but I can't say I was prepared for it. All the other deaths in our presence were always in self defense or the midst of battle. This was a fat, helpless, blubbering idiot kneeling in the infirmary with a gun to his head. We presented ourselves as judge, jury and executioner. I know that it had to be done, the current justice system is so broken that this guy would have just payed his way out and done it again but it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Sure, this killing was justified but what about the next and the one after that? What is to stop us from rewriting the rules of justice to justify the next killing? What laws are supposed to be the basis of our actions? Vampire, Mages or the sleepers? We have dove into such a gray area and I feel we will wander dangerously close to the edge. Anybody can form their own code of justice, hell I'm sure Donovan thinks what he is doing is justified. I suppose our difference is at least some of us will think about these actions, I for one will not take these things lightly, I will not let emotions drive my hand. We joke that I am the moral compass and I do now think it is true. I will do everything in my power to keep myself and the others from straying from the path of righteousness
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