Editing Watch a civil trial

{{Action
|Icon = ravenwhitebooks.png
|From Storylet title = The Courts of the Evenlode
|ID = 240509
|Description = [A defendant] is the defendant in [a suit].
|Description summary = The identity of the defendant and the nature of the suit vary based on {{IL|Third Airs for Courts of the Evenlode}} and {{IL|Airs of the Evenlode}}, respectively.
{{Variant table|Show Unaccounted = yes|Condition = Third Airs for Courts of the Evenlode|Condition alias = Third Airs|Effect = Defendant|Compact = yes
|Value 0 = A Rubbery Man
|Value 1 = A Clay Man
|Value 2 - 4 = A nearly grown urchin
|Value 5 - 10 = A mushroom farmer
|Value 11 - 14 = A lampcat-catcher
|Value 15 - 24 = A Tracklayer
|Value 25 - 29 = A factory worker
|Value 30 - 39 = A Gondolier
|Value 40 - 49 = A protestor
|Value 50 - 59 = A train conductor
|Value 60 - 64 = A pub landlord
|Value 65 - 69 = A vintner
|Value 70 - 79 = A dirigible captain
|Value 80 - 94 = A retired nanny
|Value 95 - 99 = An elderly Baroness
}}
{{Variant table|Condition = Airs of the Evenlode|Condition alias = Airs|Effect = Suit|Compact = yes
|Value 1 - 9 = a divorce suit
|Value 10 - 19 = a trespass suit
|Value 20 - 29 = a nuisance suit
|Value 30 - 39 = a bankruptcy suit
|Value 40 - 49 = a boundary dispute suit
|Value 50 - 59 = a probate suit
|Value 60 - 100 = a defamation suit
}}
|Game Instructions = This will always give you Journals of Infamy. If you're successful, you will get something more.
|BroadQuality = Watchful
|BroadDiff = 250
|Success title = Benefits beyond a few hours distraction
|Success description = (see tables below)
|Success summary = The first paragraph varies based on {{IL|Airs of the Evenlode}} and the second varies based on {{IL|Third Airs for Courts of the Evenlode}}.
{{Variant table|Show Unaccounted = yes|Condition = Airs of the Evenlode|Condition alias = Airs|Effect = First Paragraph|Compact = yes
|Value 2 - 12 = The complainant is the kind to have recorded every incidence of misdeed, actual and perceived – of the defendant and anyone else they consider to have crossed them. Busywork for the judge, exceedingly useful to you.
|Value 20 - 37 = The complainant is quiet spoken, but interminable. One question will result in an answer that never takes less than twenty minutes to finish. It is possible that they could win this trial by sheer resilience.
|Value 44 - 48 = The complainant seems under the impression that the judge is hard of hearing. They bellow their every answer, after first having turned to face the judge. If they think this will assist their claim, they are mistaken.
|Value 60 - 74 = The complainant needs a box to be seen over the witness stand. This seems to cause them no embarrassment – indeed, they gleefully litter their statement with height related puns. The judge slowly grows puce with barely contained suffering.
|Value 83 - 97 = The complainant is late to the court room, and bustles in apologising profusely. When they use the excuse of 'bandits on the track', the judge glares them into silence. It is, after all, a hazard everyone else also had to negotiate.
}}
{{Variant table|Show Unaccounted = yes|Condition = Third Airs for Courts of the Evenlode|Effect = Second Paragraph|Compact = yes
|Value 2 - 18 = And when the defendant comes to the stand – oh, it's absolutely worth taking notes. They might not be persuasive, but the performance is masterful.
|Value 23 - 36 = There is a kerfuffle before the defendant takes the stand. Someone in the public gallery has attempted to raise an objection. It takes three ushers to carry them out.
|Value 48 - 58 = The defendant is perfectly willing to be cross-examined. Well, that's what they convey, until they take the stand and spend many minutes waving at the public gallery, but refusing to say a word to the court.
|Value 62 - 73 = The defendant takes the stand with a surprising amount of grace and dignity. It is to the startlement of all when an usher loses their temper, using language unsuited for the court room to convey their opinion […] The judge calls for a break.
|Value 80 - 91 = The defendant is summoned to the stand, but does not rise. They look dejected – do they feel that there is no hope, and the outcome already decided? The judge moves on to the next witness – he is not one to waste time.
}}
}}
*{{Success Increase|Watchful}}
*{{Gain|Time Spent in the Magistracy|1 x}}
*{{Gain|Dubious Testimony|3 x}}
*{{Gain|Journal of Infamy|2 x}}
*{{Airs|Airs of the Evenlode|hidden=yes}}
*{{Airs|Second Airs For CourtRoom|hidden=yes}}
*{{Airs|Third Airs for Courts of the Evenlode|hidden=yes}}

{{Failure
|Failure title = A profitable distraction
|Failure description = (see tables above)
|Failure summary = The description varies based on {{IL|Airs of the Evenlode}} and {{IL|Third Airs for Courts of the Evenlode}}, with the same text as for success.
}}
*{{Failure Increase|Watchful}}
*{{Gain|Time Spent in the Magistracy|1 x}}
*{{Gain|Journal of Infamy|2 x}}
*{{Gain|Incisive Observation|1 x}}
*{{Airs|Airs of the Evenlode|hidden=yes}}
*{{Airs|Second Airs For CourtRoom|hidden=yes}}
*{{Airs|Third Airs for Courts of the Evenlode|hidden=yes}}