[open] ☽ Tea Room Mingling Log

[judgmental]

Who: Anyone who'd like tea or company.
What: An open mingling log.
When: In the days shortly after Baldr's post
Where: the Hrafn Tea Room (in Odin District, near the library)
Rating: Likely G, but PG at most?


The Hrafn Tea Room's design is simple and shows its owner's taste for blues, greens, and grays. It's only here and there that the warmer color of Odin district shows itself in brief glimmers, such as on the aprons of the staff. Most of said staff are natives, but they have rather more color than most. Perhaps it's Yuri's influence, but like him, they are also quite polite, prompt, and dedicated to their jobs. They are welcoming in manner without being overly cheerful.

Located so close to the library, the tea room is very friendly to readers. Off the main seating area is a separate, quieter reading room, with many comfortable chairs for the use of those who wish to read or study in relative peace and silence.

There is a hand-lettered sign in the window that reads "Help Wanted", in neat, elegant script.

The proprietor himself can be found at a table at times, sitting alone more often than not, thoughtfully enjoying one of his own blends and perhaps a book.

[[ooc: Open for all to linger and mingle, to relax after recent troubles. Anyone in search of employment need only approach the counter and ask for the owner, and he shall appear. If you'd like to have a closed thread with someone, no problem! Just mark it as such.]]

Comments

[judgmental]

Humans are fallible, weak. I do not expect them to be perfect. That would be an unreasonable expectation.

[Of course he has. And he set them on the path to atonement and rebirth.

It was the right thing to do. Not even love will make him turn a blind eye to evil.]

[uglyinside]

Ah... [ His eyes alight with interest, and his finger taps against the handle of his cup idly. ] Then perhaps you can help a predicament my... friend finds himself in.

[judgmental]

If there's some way I can help, I'd be glad to do so.

[Still with his slight, polite smile.]

[uglyinside]

Well, he loves someone. [ His expression becomes slightly more solemn. ] A person who doesn't make very ethical or just choices.

[judgmental]

[All sinners must receive and accept their punishment of justice.

Yuri pays the voice little heed. It should not be speaking. Go to sleep; not yet.]

And so he finds himself in a moral quandary? He is torn over what he should do.

[He looks sympathetic, in spite of not being so at all.]

[uglyinside]

Yes. [ He looks conflicted, staring down at the table now. ]

Are there people beyond redemption?

[judgmental]

An interesting question. It depends on your definition of redemption, doesn't it? It's not so cut and dry as all that, not a question I can answer with a yes or a no.

I believe that there are possibilities for redemption, in most cases. But will this unjust person seek to change?

[uglyinside]

[ He nods, though there's a hint of disappointment in his smile. ]

They might believe they are beyond redemption. In that case, I wonder if they are being enabled by those who still believe in them.

[judgmental]

I suppose you could say that.

[He can't state his own opinion at all at this point.]

Each case differs, of course. I've seen many such relationships played out in the courtroom, in one way or another. Sadly, the end is sometimes tragic. I would be concerned for your friend.

[uglyinside]

Once someone has killed, then. Someone who never harmed them. [ He holds a purely questioning look in his eyes, as if he's truly seeking out wisdom he feels only Yuri would have. ] Are they beyond redemption?

[judgmental]

[Redemption again. That word can lead to interesting places, but Yuri goes down the road of the judge, ignoring all theological implications, all roads that might lead elsewhere. This kind of focusing is familiar to him.]

I've seen so many variations on that circumstance in the courtroom. [His tone is firm, yet kindly. He's an impartial judge, not one who's easy on criminals, not at all, but one who's fair.] If you want to know whether I think murderers can be rehabilitated, then yes, I do. Some will never change, but it depends on the individual.

If you mean redemption in the spiritual sense, that's something I can't truly judge. Perhaps it's possible, but I think my career has made me skeptical.