We appear in a courtroom, where twelve random people sit in the jury stand. At the plaintiff’s table sits Burning Justice. At the defendant’s table, cardboard cutouts of Malakai Midnight and Gravedigger. The Burned Man stands up and looks out at them, preparing to deliver his opening statement.
“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Burning Justice stand before you, accusing Malakai Midnight and Gravedigger for their crimes against humanity.”
“Malakai in particular has many crimes tied to his name because of actions committed by his ‘owls’. Amongst them are aggravated assault, psychological abuse, identity theft, and murder.”
“Since most of his crimes were perpetuated by his followers, we’ll start by mentioning how he mentally manipulates people into following his satanic cult and committing crimes in his name.”
“The accused searches for Arcadia’s most unfortunate members of society and convinces them to act out his plans. He manipulates these people like mere pawns to serve his malicious nature, caring little for their very wellbeing and denying them an identity.”
“As for aggravated assault, Midnight has orchestrated several attacks against many individuals and units that compete in Old School Wrestling. He sends his owls to beat up anyone he deems a threat to Six Feet Under.”
“To give you a few examples, they attacked Zeus’s makeshift army to prevent anyone from stopping the Black Wedding. That only failed because of the actions of a Good Samaritan in Harold Attano.”
“They assaulted Mark Hayes and Raven in an attempt to have them help their leader win Pandemonium. That failed due to one of them not being convinced to fight alongside Malakai in time.”
“They even got involved in the fight in the Graveyard fight between their leader, his accomplice in Gravedigger, and the Cade brothers. They were prevented from causing any further damage once the rest of the APD got involved.”
“They also stole numerous identities while performing their crimes. Our names were besmirched recently in an attempt to make us look guilty of attempted arson. They even masqueraded as officers of the law in order to make CJ Thorpe look guilty of attempted murder on Sheriff Cade.”
“Perhaps the worst crime of all was committed back in the Groves, where they murdered a man by the name of Mud Mouth under Malakai’s orders. No Good Samaritan or police officer was around to stop such brutality and they were all convinced to perform the depraved act.”
“Malakai Midnight is the puppet master of all the heinous crimes committed by his followers, the owls. They acted on his malicious intentions and show pride in admitting he’s the mastermind behind their actions.”
“However, he is not alone in these acts. The very protege of Tombstone has been acting alongside him every step of the way thanks to the House of Judgement giving them immunity from said crimes. The only way for justice to be given is for good people to stand and fight against the evil these two have committed.”
“I hope that, after thorough deliberation, you’ll be able to find them both guilty.”
“While Zeus might forgive them, the burning flames of justice will not.”