Prosecution of (Trial)

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Description summary:
This storylet's title varies depending on the Trial Being Fought, while the description varies based on your level of Barrister of the Evenlode and the current Progress of a Trial. An additional passage is added to the end of the first paragraph based on the Format of Trial.

TrialTrial
1Latest Criminal Case
2Venge-Rat v Straggle-Toothed Urchin
3The Ancient and Honourable Guild of Gondoliers v Society Matron
4Tomb-Colonies Honey Importation v Hell
BarristerFirst Paragraph
0 - 4As a new practitioner, you have been relegated to one of the colder and less interesting chambers of the Magistracy. The courtroom is empty except for the officers of the court.
5 - 9The courtroom is empty except for a few family members of those involved.
10 - 24Word about your legal style has spread, and the trial has attracted a few onlookers, along with those involved in the trial.
25 - 49The courtroom is full of off-duty officers, junior lawyers, and even a few farmers and monster-hunters on their day off, eager to see the action.
50 - 74These days, the courtroom is always full during one of your trials. The spectators are talking and jostling well before the judge arrives, and someone is selling packets of mint humbugs.
75 - 99Your courtroom is fuller than ever. Mushroom-farmers are doing a good business in snacks, and there's a growing commercial concern of urchins arriving early, taking a seat, and then selling their place on to better-heeled spectators.
100 - 149The courtroom is full of onlookers: the Magistracy sells tickets to attend your trials, since there is no way to seat every curious would-be viewer.
150 - 199The courtroom is full, and several reporters sit in the front row, sketching and recording the proceedings.
200 - 249You now command the largest courtroom in the building, and an auditor's gallery above allows people to look on in greater numbers.
250 - 299The courtroom is full, and several reporters sit in the front row, sketching and recording the proceedings. Doubt Street has spared you several of its finest.
300 - 399You now command the largest courtroom in the building, and an auditor's gallery above allows people to look on in greater numbers. Spectators come from London merely to observe your methods.
400 - 499You now command the largest courtroom in the building, and an auditor's gallery above allows people to look on in greater numbers. Spectators come from London and even from farther afield: is that Khanate armour you see in the auditor's gallery?
500 - 599You now command the largest courtroom in the building […]. Spectators come from London merely to observe your methods, and today a law professsor from Benthic has brought his students to watch you work.
600 - 699Today the auditor's gallery is especially learned: a law professsor from Benthic has brought his students [...]. Now and again a sentence drifts down from above – about how the law is a kind of machine, and you, one of its most inventive engineers.
700 - 749There are hooded figures in the auditor's gallery. They murmur to one another, and you cannot see their faces.
750 - 776There are hooded figures in the auditor's gallery. They murmur to one another, and you cannot see their faces. Masters? Students playing a joke?
777 - 999There are hooded figures in the auditor's gallery. There is a silent hush of expectation. Do not look their direction; it is better to keep your mind on the court.
1000 - ???The auditor's gallery listens avidly to everything you say: so many listeners, so silent. When you speak, your words are consumed immediately. Never mind. You have learned to project your voice.
FormatPassage
10 - Trial By StandingThe air is very cold, and the ceiling a great way off.
20 - Cedar TrialThe air is redolent of cedarwood and moss.
30 - Marigold MethodsThe air is redolent of smoke and lilies.
ProgressSecond Paragraph
0You have one final chance to enter evidence for consideration in the trial.
1As the advocate for the prosecution, it falls to you to lay out the opening arguments – starting by proposing which legal framework is even applicable here.
2Your witnesses have been escorted into the courtroom, ready to speak about their evidence.
3It is time for you to make your closing statement, to sum up your case (and the deficiencies in your opponent's).
4Each side has presented its case. It is time see where the balance of the decision will come to rest.

[Find the rest of the story at https://www.fallenlondon.com]

Game Instructions: As you progress through the trial, you will have opportunities to raise or lower the difficulty of the case. The greater the difficulty, the harder it will be to win the case, but the greater the rewards you will receive for doing so.

Unlocked with various redirects from Choose a case

Storylet appears in Evenlode Courts

Options:

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Withdraw in favour of another lawyer

Progress of a Trial 0

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Enter the bare minimum
  •  Spoiler 
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    Locked with Progress of a Trial

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, Watchful 175 || 120 - very chancy (41%) || 149 - chancy (51%) || 178 - modest (61%) || 208 - very modest (71%) || 237 - low-risk (81%) || 266 - straightforward (91%) || 292 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Lean litigation

    Failure

    Overstuffed

    ^
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Drown them in paper
  •  Spoiler 
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    Locked with Progress of a Trial

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Mithridacy 8 (50% base) || 4 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 5 - high-risk (20%) || 6 - high-risk (30%) || 7 - tough (40%) || 8 - very chancy (50%) || 9 - chancy (60%) || 10 - modest (70%) || 11 - very modest (80%) || 12 - low-risk (90%) || 13 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Each point of Prestige of a Legal Case increases the base difficulty by 1 point.

    Success

    Nothing 'brief' about it...

    Failure

    Administrative expertise

    ^

Progress of a Trial 1

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Propose adhering to London forms of prosecution
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Rely on a form of honour that came before laws
  •  Spoiler 
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    Unlocked with Progress of a Trial exactly 1, Cave-Aged Code of Honour, Trial Being Fought exactly 1 (You are prosecuting a matter of honour.)

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, A Player of Chess 2 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (30%) || 1 - tough (40%) || 2 - very chancy (50%) || 3 - chancy (60%) || 4 - modest (70%) || 5 - very modest (80%) || 6 - low-risk (90%) || 7 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    A PROMISE IS

    Failure

    Left buried

    ^
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Invoke sacred methods of enforcing an oath
  •  Spoiler 
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    Unlocked with Progress of a Trial exactly 1, The Efficient Commissioner's Tale 1000, Trial Being Fought 2-4 (You are prosecuting a matter of oaths between private parties.)

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, A Player of Chess 2 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (30%) || 1 - tough (40%) || 2 - very chancy (50%) || 3 - chancy (60%) || 4 - modest (70%) || 5 - very modest (80%) || 6 - low-risk (90%) || 7 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Truth in wood and root

    • Pocketwatchsmall.png Examination of the witnesses is to begin. (Sets Progress of a Trial to 2)
    • Fistsmall.png You've gained 3 x Prestige of a Legal Case
    • Judgesmall.png You have changed the terms of this trial. It is now conducted under the Cedar Authority. Oaths made must be honoured; debts incurred must be repaid. (Sets Format of Trial to 20)

    Failure

    Denied

    ^
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Apply a law of contracts that passes London's understanding
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Find an unconventional angle on the case
  •  Spoiler 
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    Unlocked with Progress of a Trial exactly 1

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, Watchful 175 || 120 - very chancy (41%) || 149 - chancy (51%) || 178 - modest (61%) || 208 - very modest (71%) || 237 - low-risk (81%) || 266 - straightforward (91%) || 292 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Unusual circumstances

    Failure

    Seen through

    ^

Progress of a Trial 2

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Interrogate witnesses to the alleged act of (crime)
  •  Spoiler 
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    Unlocked with Progress of a Trial exactly 2, Trial Being Fought exactly 1 (You are prosecuting a criminal case.)

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Mithridacy 6 (50% base) || 2 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 3 - high-risk (20%) || 4 - high-risk (30%) || 5 - tough (40%) || 6 - very chancy (50%) || 7 - chancy (60%) || 8 - modest (70%) || 9 - very modest (80%) || 10 - low-risk (90%) || 11 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    "Let's go over that once more..."

    Failure

    ^
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Let your client speak freely
  •  Spoiler 
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    Unlocked with Progress of a Trial exactly 2, Trial Being Fought 2-4 (You are prosecuting a civil case.)

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Mithridacy 3 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (20%) || 1 - high-risk (30%) || 2 - tough (40%) || 3 - very chancy (50%) || 4 - chancy (60%) || 5 - modest (70%) || 6 - very modest (80%) || 7 - low-risk (90%) || 8 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Aspersions on character

    Failure

    ^
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Fabricate evidence against the (defendant)
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Complicate the matter
  •  Spoiler 
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    Unlocked with Progress of a Trial exactly 2, Trial Being Fought 2-4 (You are prosecuting a civil case.), Format of Trial exactly 0 (Oral arguments and petty points of law are permitted in this hearing.)

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Mithridacy 7 (50% base) || 3 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 4 - high-risk (20%) || 5 - high-risk (30%) || 6 - tough (40%) || 7 - very chancy (50%) || 8 - chancy (60%) || 9 - modest (70%) || 10 - very modest (80%) || 11 - low-risk (90%) || 12 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Point of order

    Failure

    An embarrassment to your profession

    ^
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Quiz the accused on the strength of their word
  •  Spoiler 
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    Unlocked with Progress of a Trial exactly 2, Format of Trial exactly 10 (These proceedings take place under a code older than law.)

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Mithridacy 7 (50% base) || 3 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 4 - high-risk (20%) || 5 - high-risk (30%) || 6 - tough (40%) || 7 - very chancy (50%) || 8 - chancy (60%) || 9 - modest (70%) || 10 - very modest (80%) || 11 - low-risk (90%) || 12 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Say one thing...

    Failure

    Irrelevant

    ^
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Ask them for a proof in cedar
  •  Spoiler 
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    Unlocked with Progress of a Trial exactly 2, Format of Trial exactly 20 (These proceedings take the form of a Cedar Trial)

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, A Player of Chess 2 (50% base) || 0 - high-risk (30%) || 1 - tough (40%) || 2 - very chancy (50%) || 3 - chancy (60%) || 4 - modest (70%) || 5 - very modest (80%) || 6 - low-risk (90%) || 7 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Proof in cedar

    Failure

    Dubious significance

    ^
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Review the contract in light of your Scholarship
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Look out for Hell's interests even as you fight to defeat it

Progress of a Trial 3

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Grandstand!
  •  Spoiler 
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    Unlocked with Progress of a Trial exactly 3

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, Persuasive 175 || 120 - very chancy (41%) || 149 - chancy (51%) || 178 - modest (61%) || 208 - very modest (71%) || 237 - low-risk (81%) || 266 - straightforward (91%) || 292 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    "Shattered, like my client's trust!"

    Failure

    Overreach

    ^
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Close out your argument in a nuanced way
  •  Spoiler 
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    Unlocked with Progress of a Trial exactly 3

     

    Challenge information

    Narrow, Mithridacy 7 (50% base) || 3 and below - almost impossible (10%) || 4 - high-risk (20%) || 5 - high-risk (30%) || 6 - tough (40%) || 7 - very chancy (50%) || 8 - chancy (60%) || 9 - modest (70%) || 10 - very modest (80%) || 11 - low-risk (90%) || 12 and above - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    One person's word against another

    Failure

    An unfortunate concession

    ^
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Run out the clock
  •  Spoiler 
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    Unlocked with Progress of a Trial exactly 3, Format of Trial exactly 0 (This hearing is governed by Common Law.)

     

    Challenge information

    Broad, Persuasive 150 || 103 - very chancy (41%) || 128 - chancy (51%) || 153 - modest (61%) || 178 - very modest (71%) || 203 - low-risk (81%) || 228 - straightforward (91%) || 250 - straightforward (100%)

    Success

    Just being thorough!

    Failure

    "And now onto the three-hundred-and-fifty-three items of cutlery..."

    ^
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Perform your closing argument in infernal dance

Progress of a Trial 4

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Await a verdict on the matter of the (defendant) charged with (crime)
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Insist the (defendant) be punished – but according to London law
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Press for a harsh sentence
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Extract an anguished courtroom confession from (defendant)
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Await a verdict on Venge-Rats v Urchin
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Await a verdict on Gondoliers v Society Matron
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Await a verdict on Tomb-Colonists v Hell
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