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Ra: It is what you stand for that is important. Who do you fight for? Where do your true loyalties lie?

Whoever has the most coin in their pocket. My Order died, then my oath to them has been fufliiled. IF however, they rise again. I will willingly reinstate my oath to them.

*Looks Ra in the eyes and twitches slightly*

That ok with you?

Ra: No... it's not... that was your last test... and you failed it...

*Ra slowly turns and walks away without looking back*

*Punches the wall*

DAMN YOU RA!

*Punches the wall more until knuckles start bleeding*

*Continues punching*

*A small panel opens in the wall with a TV screen behind it. It turns on to reveal OT*

OT: Knight. You have failed my final test. Your loyalty to that despicable order of murderers upsets me. This is one last chance to change your mind. What you'll be seeing in a few minutes is what the Order regressed to after your departure.

*Cuts to video of 14th century knights butchering children. Cuts to 18th century knights assassinating royalty. Cuts to 21st century Knights doing terrorist attacks.
Cutting back and forth throughout the ages with haunting images.
Text explaining exactly what the knights are doing and the murders they caused with full context. Continuing to cut between horrible acts for hours and hours and hours*

*Watches the entire video without blinking*

This...This is not what my Order did when I was apart of it...We were...Honourable to say the least...We fought and died on the battlefield...It was all apart of war...This is...This is too much to bear...

*Falls back onto the ground and holds hands over ears*

I'm not a murderer...

*OT voice come on speakers hidden in the room*

OT: Is this the order you pledged to? Is this your legacy? Is this what you're sitting in this cell for? Murder, genocide, torture, greed and corruption.
If want the to stand with these Templars then you can do so from that cell.
But why not make it right. Why not take that oath, and use it to make the Templars great. make them a honorable faction. Make. Them. Good.

*Says nothing and rolls over to the corner of the room*

*Continues holding hands over ears*

*Plays the video on repeat*

*Pries eyes away from screen*

T-Turn it off...I don't want to see anymore...

*OT's face comes on the screen*

You've seen what you order has sunk to. Are you willing to be the one who builds it up? To make it what you saw when you signed on?

No. I will not build it up...I am no leader...

*Looks up*

But I am no longer apart of that band of murderers and terrorists.

*OT nods*

It's a start

*The door to the cell swings open*

You're free to go. But I'm keeping a eye on you. I've had 1 or 2 former Templar's as friends before. I hope to add you to the list

*Stays curled up in the cell*

*Ot is sitting in his office watching the camera with a sad expression on his avian face*

*Stands up and walks out of cell*

*Walks right up to Ra*

You have robbed me of every shred of honour I once had...I hope you're proud of yourself...

*Turns and goes back to WK*

Change of plans! Lesson two starts tomorrow!

*Ra bows low to the Knight*

Ra: I apologize. Please realize I had my orders.

*Stays in bow*

*Pays no attention to Ra and keeps walking*

*Ra does not move*

*Sits down at the bar and orders some MEAD*

*Morrigan walks up to the bar with her hair heavily braided.*

Morrigan: Whiskey, unfiltered. Leave the bottle. *Turns to the Knight* Where have you been the last day? You look like crap.

Oh you know, in your bosses cell. Nothing much.

*Drinks mead*

*Tosses a few coins at the bartender*

Keep em coming please.

*Morrigan is obviously surprised*

Morri: What?! What for!?

Because I was apart of the Templar Order. Your boss kept me in there when I wouldn't renounce my oath to them. He then got bored and made me watch their acts between the centuries. He successfully drained me of my honour, thats for sure.

*Takes another mead off the bartender*

*Morrigan nods*

Morri: I see... well... You know me, I'm a bit... unbalanced, but even I didn't want to buy what the Templar's were selling.
OT shouldn't have done that to you, but honor is something lost by personal deeds. Not something someone else has done. Yer still an honorable man to me mate.

OOC: I never specified the accents of my guys. Morri's Irish, Cal, Huitz and Quetz speak with a American accent and Ra and Horus speak with ancient accents. Closest would be Arabic/Egytipan

What is a man if he breaks a sacred oath? I made a promise. I swore, that on my life, I would preserve the Templar order for as long as I draw breath. And your boss made me break that. He showed me...Unspeakable things...That people masquerading as my kind did...And...I broke my oath...My entire life, has been for nought...Where is the honour in that Mi'lady? Where? If I had kept my honour, I would've been locked up in your cell for the rest of my long life, but if I lost every part of myself...I would be free...Where is the justice and nobility that I once fought, bled and cried for? It's dead. Just like my family, and just like what I should be!

*Slams mug on the bar*

*Slumps down and places head on bar*

Just like what I should be...

Morri: You swore and oath to what you thought was a pure and heroic order yes?
Well then in my mind you were betrayed by your order and in my mind, they broke their oath to you.
You're still young enough to give your life new meaning. Why not make a order that upholds the values you thought the Templars did?

*Grumbles*

I'm no leader...

Morri: Well... why not find someone who is? Someone who has your ideals but is more... leader-y

I have yet found anyone that is like that.

*Grumbles again and searches the table for the mead*

*Finds it and pours it in the general viscinity of mouth*