*** Head Councillor Mearsheimer wipes a bullet of sweat off his forehead.
*** Head Councillor Mearsheimer wrings his hand, massaging the freshly-applied bandage over his palm. A frown stretches across the late and great Night Watchman's face. His jaw grinds against the side of his cheek, foot tapping awkwardly on the ground. He readjusts his glasses, gauging the polemics preached by each member of the Council. His hands begin to tremor.
Councillor Katerina Kuskova yells "You can do that at the next meeting. We'd be here *all day* if we just went back on decisions!"
Head Councillor Mearsheimer yells "Transhumans, escort Keller out. Now."
Councillor William Keller yells "Excuse me?"
[Cyclopean transhuman clad in snowy ve...] says "<:: Copy that. ::>"
Councillor William Keller yells "On what grounds?"
[A phase one Overwatch soldier, their ...] says "<:: Moving now. ::>"
*** Councillor Hermann Jost pushed his glasses up, observing the scene.
Head Councillor Mearsheimer yells "There will be order, lest any of you suffer the same fate."
Councillor Amaziah Onobanjo says "An impasse."
*** Councillor Katerina Kuskova almost seemed to smile at Rivera for once - just for another glare to be snapped to Jost. She stayed on him, clutching her jacket with a hand tightly.
*** Councillor Amaziah Onobanjo panned their gaze towards the head councillor, resting his weary eyes upon his immaculate suit; glaring scrutinizingly as he clamped down atop his bittered, sultry lip, incoherently mumbling to themselves.
*** Councillor Darius Estrada glances towards Mearsheimer yet again, eyes angling the man's jilty mannerisms. Wondering, for which way the vote would go.
Councillor António de Rivera says "Fellow colleagues...a ceaseface can turn out pretty useful."
Councillor Calvin Gates says "Eugh!"
Councillor Amaziah Onobanjo says "*Oh please*, let us not debate this anymore!"
*** Councillor Katerina Kuskova took a good few moments to accept Jost's vote. She hadn't even considered Mearsheimer's tiebreaker vote just yet.
Councillor António de Rivera says "Sure."
*** Head Councillor Mearsheimer glances to his side, away from the Council. He's the tiebreaker. He bites his fist, his only good one owing to his recent injury. He places his other behind his back, allowing his visible weakness to fade into the dark, shaking as it were. The Night Watchman adjusts his spectacles briefly, absorbed in pensive silence-- and anxiety.
*** Councillor Hermann Jost suddenly broke eye contact with Kuskova. Jost hacked and wheezed violently, perhaps intentionally, as he turned away from his colleague. His good, left hand picked up a bottle of pills. He struggled for a moment, before finally opening it, and dumping a few into his hand. He swalloed them shortly afterwards.
*** Head Councillor Mearsheimer glances back to the Council with a Sanpaku stare. "I--"
Head Councillor Mearsheimer yells "The 'ayes' have it."
*** Councillor Katerina Kuskova finally snapped her gaze to Mearsheimer. Her eyes go wide - then she heaves a deep breath and clutches at the table, as if for balance.
Councillor Katerina Kuskova says "Could we, uh - call a five minute recess, Head Councillor? The discussion has been- *very intense* from the moment we began."
*** Councillor Darius Estrada exhales, blinking once before a brief grin flourishes on his features.
*** Councillor Amaziah Onobanjo quoiffed their neck, caressing their chin as they pivoted their head upwards. Dismayed, their loured their lips; craning their attention elsewhere as they postulated it overtop the garnished, refractive wood.