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[[At the front of the line at the court house; Juni is being served by an Octona clerk]]

Clerk: State your name and purpose.

Juni: Officer Juni Melrose, here for Officer Ed Lombard's Academy tribunal. Docket 193857.

Clerk: What is the Hiero spelling of your name?

Juni: "Me-li-ró-su Yu-ni."

Clerk: Always start with that.

Clerk: You foreigners always slow the line down.

[[The next booth over, a Cuttleslug talks to an Aikengyu clerk. A cleaning robot begins wiping up the Cuttleslug's slime trail.]]

Clerk: Hm, you are not on the docket. What is your connection to the case?

Juni: Not on the docket?! He's on trial for attempting to murder me!

Clerk: Please keep your hand on the counter.

Clerk: It seems that the prosecution did not list you as being necessary-

Juni [interrupting]: I'm here to defend him.

[[In the background, the line behind Juni extends quite a ways back.]]

Juni: Look, I must speak with the arbiter.

Clerk: There is an opening in a deci. Would you like an appointment?

Juni: Yes.

Clerk: You'll be in chamber 2947. Are you familiar with the tribunal process?

Juni: Yes... I've done this before.