the only one who can outdo a drama queen like louis is a drama king, which eren most certainly is
Upon some further reflection, me and Cassie realized there was some room for the...*gasp* diplomatic approach. Go figure, huh? As it turns out, Mordred has Charisma as a skill by virtue of being a Servant, which is a level of influence some parts supernatural and some parts based entirely on the Servant's personality. Mordred's Charisma works best when she's rebelling against something which can be reasoned as "always" because she's a teenager. In essence she'd be using that influence on him while they talk.
Eren on the other hand would find it superbly important to press that they're not counter-revolutionaries, rather he would make an appeal to the man's spirit and talk about how much he relates and supports anyone with the determination to throw themselves into uncertainty for their beliefs while strictly reaffirming that he's not trying to get him to stop the execution entirely, but to save the trial until a later date (after Christmas. Otherwise Santa will not be giving anyone any presents).
If all else fails, fall back on intimidation and show up at the trial itself to spook him. And if it comes to blows then and there...well, they can deal with it as it comes.
As an aside, I would like to add in a little something extra as part of ~*flavor*~. If it's possible, I'd like Eren to try and get Saint-Just to have the king sent to a firing squad instead of being decapitated. He'd feel that it's his just desserts for using soldiers as nothing more than cannon fodder for wars that he never shows up for, instead sitting in his palace and faffing about. It's righteous! And, presumably, changes some parts of the history books to some degree if successful. I want to be like the cool kids and have deep consequences to human history too
but full metal jacket is life
Upon some further reflection, me and Cassie realized there was some room for the...*gasp* diplomatic approach. Go figure, huh? As it turns out, Mordred has Charisma as a skill by virtue of being a Servant, which is a level of influence some parts supernatural and some parts based entirely on the Servant's personality. Mordred's Charisma works best when she's rebelling against something
which can be reasoned as "always" because she's a teenager. In essence she'd be using that influence on him while they talk.Eren on the other hand would find it superbly important to press that they're not counter-revolutionaries, rather he would make an appeal to the man's spirit and talk about how much he relates and supports anyone with the determination to throw themselves into uncertainty for their beliefs while strictly reaffirming that he's not trying to get him to stop the execution entirely, but to save the trial until a later date (after Christmas. Otherwise Santa will not be giving anyone any presents).
If all else fails, fall back on intimidation and show up at the trial itself to spook him. And if it comes to blows then and there...well, they can deal with it as it comes.
As an aside, I would like to add in a little something extra as part of ~*flavor*~. If it's possible, I'd like Eren to try and get Saint-Just to have the king sent to a firing squad instead of being decapitated. He'd feel that it's his just desserts for using soldiers as nothing more than cannon fodder for wars that he never shows up for, instead sitting in his palace and faffing about. It's righteous! And, presumably, changes some parts of the history books to some degree if successful.
I want to be like the cool kids and have deep consequences to human history too