Restoration of Nobility

[Wolfs Ghost]

About half way down the carpet, Joseph lowered his arm. Not bothering to say anything to the still waving Corsican woman as they approached a small set of stairs leading up to a nasty guillotine setting to the side, a basket laid out just underneath where the head would fall should the sharpened blade succeed in it's first stroke.

Joseph wondered her reaction should she set eyes on the hideous machine. It made him smile lightly as he spoke under his breath towards her. "Don't worry. It's merely a prop. You will not be executed today. Your fate was already decided upon reviewing your crimes and merits. The treason your ancestors caused during the first civil war have long surpassed and you've more than made up for it." He paused for a moment before giving her instructions, "When you get to the top, kneel before me. The clapping should cease. Once it does, state your name and list off your accomplishments."

As they reached the base of the steps, he removed his hand from her back. Drawing in a deep breath as he proceeded up the stairs. Not looking behind him to see if she was still following, even though it would not take long for them to reach the top.

At the top, he turned around rather quickly, looking at the crowd as he raised his hands in the air, the crowd cheered briefly until he lowered his hands slowly, silence filled the grand hall. "People of Gallia. Today... we're reminded of a treachery that happened nearly a centuries ago during the first Gallic War. An ancestor of the family in question had betrayed the Crown. Turning against my ancestors in a time of crisis. Later, in the year 597, that same family had assisted Corsican commandos in an assault on a Junker inhabited station that was later dubbed the Bourbon Massacre." He paused as someone in the crowd screamed something along the lines of 'Just execute her already.' His eyes narrowed as he watched a couple of guards move into the crowd, removing the woman who screamed. He held a long silence until she was finally removed from the grand hall.

"These crimes have blemished the family name for centuries. It wasn't until now that a descendant of those who committed such treasonous actions against the Crown has came forwards. To rectify and restore her family's name in the line of nobility that it once had been. Mademoiselle LaBrise, please... come forward and state your claims of atonement." Joseph looked down at the woman who had remained at the bottom of the steps. His gaze seemed to hold an eerie hostility.

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