• Toes♀
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    4 months ago

    The undead listen to a much higher authority than any mortal court. But that doesn’t stop the court from trying to summon them, but they might need a warrant wielding warlock to make it happen.

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      “You are in contempt!”

      “Of the laws of nature, yes.” the rotting old woman says as her eyes go blank and her body collapses.

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      A power greater than the gods, A warrant.

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      Hellboy animated a corpse to get info out of it. I don’t think he subscribes to modern jurisprudence though. I don’t recall him being concerned in the least with handing the corpse a subpoena first.