Scenario:Katzelia - Time of Judgment

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Time of Judgment

Katzelia is accused of assassinating the former emperor and sentenced to be punished. In this dire moment, Katzelia forms a pact with the primal beast Judgement, who helps him escape death. After learning that the person manipulating the new emperor is their uncle, Katzelia and his sister, Haaselia, are forced to flee into exile.



The Fifth makes an impassioned speech in front of a squadron of imperial troopers.
Katzelia: Murder runs rampant in our empire! Killings that extend beyond the death of the second heir!
Katzelia: The late emperor who we thought was claimed by illness, the passing of the third heir a year before that, and even my mother two years back.
Katzelia: I highly doubt the purported causes of their deaths!
The accusatory tone in Katze's aggressive words sparks a commotion among the soldiers and retainers present. But Katze doesn't care.
Katzelia: The criminal's weapon of choice is poison, the potency of which was most likely tested on animals beforehand!
Katzelia: Check the records of the public health office! Do not allow a single animal autopsy report to go unread!
Katzelia: The one who is plotting to overthrow our empire is angered that I still breathe! They will surely strike at me again!
Katzelia: I am willing to use my life as bait! Therefore, comrades, it is not my safety but the capture of the culprit which I implore you to prioritize!
Once a fickle imperial prince in love with music, Katze now commands troops with authority.
But late one night, the door to Katze's room is violently bashed in.
Soldiers pour into the room, led by his elder half brother, the new emperor.
Katzelia: What is the meaning of this, Your Imperial Majesty?
New Emperor: Little brother Katze... You are hereby under arrest, accused of murdering the symphony orchestra musicians.
Katzelia: Preposterous!
New Emperor: The fact that you did not drink the wine is proof alone. Obviously you wouldn't knowingly poison yourself.
Katzelia: That is absurd! What reason would I have to murder my own orchestra members!
New Emperor: Well, let's go through your thought process.
Katzelia: My thought process?
New Emperor: I was going to ignore you since you never showed an interest in politics, but you were just hiding your fangs!
New Emperor: Oh, what a sly, usurping beast you are! Currying favor with the masses by taking command of the military forces!
Katzelia: Ignore me? Usurping...
Katzelia: No! Brother, you couldn't have—
New Emperor: I told you to address me as "Your Imperial Majesty!"
Katzelia: Please tell me it's a lie, Brother! Father... Mother... Why did you...
New Emperor: Humph.
New Emperor: The former emperor planned on skipping over me to another heir despite the fact that I was first in the line of succession.
Katzelia: ...?
I had heard no such thing.
New Emperor: I will not bother arguing with you.
The soldiers level their guns at Katze.
Katzelia: Damn you, louts! You're pointing your guns at the wrong person!
But Katze's words fall on deaf ears. These soldiers are already firmly entrenched in the new emperor's camp.
New Emperor: I view that as intent to resist.
Katzelia: You planned to kill me from the start...
Katzelia: (He's taken everything from me! He should be the one on trial! If only I had the power to pass judgment!)
The soldiers place their fingers on the triggers.
Katzelia: Wh-what? My card... is glowing?
???: ...
Katzelia: What!
???: My name is Judgement. These winds carry the burden of adjudication. A tempest of verdicts.
Judgement: I can give you the power to convict, if you so desire.
New Emperor: Wh-what is this phantasmal cat?
Katzelia: You're a primal beast, aren't you? What is it you seek?
Judgement: For you to make a pact with me. I can grant you power.
Katzelia: Power, you say?
New Emperor: A demon has entered these castle walls! All soldiers, exterminate it immediately!
Judgement: Know that my power requires an equivalent excha—
Katzelia: Do it!
Judgement: ...
Judgement: Then you agree to the pact?
Katzelia: I'll prepare whatever this equivalent you're asking for is afterward! Just give me the power to judge these men!
Katzelia: And do it quickly!
Judgement: It is done. May the storm serve you well.
New Emperor: The demon disappeared? What was that all about?
The emperor and his retinue are still perplexed by the sudden coming and going of the primal beast.
Katzelia: Brother...
New Emperor: ...!
Katzelia: Court is now in session. The hour of judgment is upon us. I trust you are prepared?
New Emperor: Wh-what?
New Emperor: Oh, I get it! That demon was all your doing, wasn't it!
New Emperor: I don't know what tricks you're employing, but no amount of chicanery can deceive the emperor of Galgenia!
Katzelia: Order in the court. The defendant stands accused of—
New Emperor: Fire! Fire, fire, fire! Pull your damn triggers!
A whirlwind erupts from within Katze just as the soldiers shoot.
New Emperor: Gaaah!
Bodies go flying back, slamming into the walls before crumpling to the floor.
New Emperor: Guh... Ungh...
Katzelia: Brother, answer me truthfully. Why did you try to kill me?
New Emperor: I told you already. I was going to leave you in peace! But then...
Katzelia: I see. You have a coconspirator.
Katzelia: What is this plot to install a younger heir over you? You were clearly on track to claim the throne without having to resort to murder.
New Emperor: One of you younger brothers was slated to rule... Uncle said so...
Katzelia: He what?
There's a knock at the door. The steward peeks in from outside.
Steward: Lord Katzelia, there is something you should hear—
Steward: By the gods! What am I witnessing?
Katzelia: Lower your voice. You were saying?
Steward: Ah, er, yes! The investigation of the public health office was carried out as you ordered.
Steward: Several documents dating from a year ago were discovered. They pertain to the removal of animal corpses from the archduke's residence.
Steward: It was listed as pest control, but staffers claim the archduke himself carried it out.
Katzelia: So that's his game...
Katzelia: The normal order of succession starts with the emperor's eldest child, and then progresses through his other children based on the order of birth.
Katzelia: Since Uncle is a sibling of the emperor, his right to succession falls to the seventh position behind Haase.
Katzelia: If all six of the imperial heirs are removed from the picture, Uncle will naturally claim the right to rule!
Katzelia grabs his half brother by the nape.
Katzelia: I know Uncle's silver tongue has completely fooled you, but he'll come for you eventually!
New Emperor: U-Uncle would never do that! He's on my side!
Katzelia: You damn fool!
Katzelia discards his brother like garbage and stalks off.
Steward: Wh-where are you going?
Katzelia: To see the archduke! I have some questions for my uncle. If my theory is correct...
Katzelia: He will suffer all the pain and humiliation this empire has, and more!
Steward: Please reconsider! I caught a glimpse of many soldiers coming this way!
A cacophony of footsteps rumbles like approaching thunder.
Steward: Oh no... They are here!
Steward: I think I understand what's happened, but if the soldiers see you like this, it won't look good for you!
Steward: Moreover, we don't know how many of them are under the archduke's influence!
Katzelia: Then what would you have me do?
Steward: Withdraw. Please think of Haaselia's well-being. You are the only one who can save her!
Katzelia: ...!
Steward: There is another way out. Take Lady Haaselia and escape. You must hurry!
Daybreak. Katzelia and Haaselia flee to the nameless wilds on the edge of the empire. Only the steward is there to say goodbye.
Katzelia: A rough life of exile awaits us. Uncle and his cronies will no doubt continue to hunt us down.
Steward: There are no words to describe what this has become.
Katzelia: Don't cry. This is not a final farewell.
Katzelia looks back on the distant empire, slowly being bathed in the dawn's light.
Katzelia: I shall return! And when I do, the trial will commence!
Katzelia: To my eldest brother who abandoned his siblings to save himself, my uncle who murdered his own relatives for his ambitions, and every coconspirator in the upper echelons...
Katzelia: The sentence for each and every one of them shall be death!
Katzelia: If I have to crawl through the dust and drink mud to do it, I will live to render judgment upon you!
Steward: Oh, Lord Katzelia... One day you will become emperor. You are the only one truly suited to rule!
Steward: Thus never forget, my lord, that even at your lowest moments, you must maintain your grace!
Steward: Grace is the essence of authority. Continue to refine yourself so that the people may honor you with their esteem!
Katzelia: Very well. From this day forth, I shall act as the legitimate heir to Galgenia.
Steward: Lady Haaselia...
Haaselia: I will accompany Brother wherever he goes. If he is to be the next emperor, then I will play the role of his attendant.
Steward: Ah... How noble...
Katzelia: Haase, the road ahead will be full of hardships. Please support your foolish brother.
Haaselia: Of course. I will always be with you, Brother.
And with that, the siblings leave the island.