He found them, eventually. After searching and searching, he stumbled upon the other party members who had already caught the fiend. Tiberius was shocked to see that it was the girl whom he had left behind because she had looked innocent. He was a fool, but said nothing to the others about it. However, he did look to Kaite and Gorman, simply saying, [color=gold]"Forgive me, for wasting your time."[/color] It looked like they would keep the creature until the morning for a proper judgment. Angry with himself, Tiberius stumbled off into the darkness of the town. He eventually found himself at the same willow tree that he had been at in the morning. The Knight looked at the stars and their twinkling display, and realized it was going to be a long night.

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In the morning, Tiberius arrived at the gathering place with the others. It seemed the monster's fate would be decided by the party. If it was his choice, he would have taken his blade and chopped off her neck. No creature, no matter what it promises after committing atrocities, should ever be trusted. He had learned that the hard way, when he first started out. He shivered at the thought of letting this 'girl' join them on a quest that would determine the future of the world. There was too many variables, too many factors and keeping the well being of the party was now his task.

It didn't surprise him when the others dropped their white stones into the bowl. He sighed visibly, if they got their way it would just make his task even better. Not only would he have to protect them from outside forces but within as well.

He looked at the monster and spoke with sarcastic hostility, [color=gold]"Did the family you murdered want to die? Do you think the orphaned boy wanted his parents to die? From my perspective, I don't think they wanted to die, I can tell you that."[/color]

Tiberius then dropped the black stone within the bowl and waited to see what would happen.