"How about the court discards cases where there was no possible way for the decedent to achieve their goal?"

"The decedent's alignment should be determined primarily by their actions and beliefs about their actions, not unrelated facts about the world, Carta Pharasmarum §209."

"Facts about the consequences of ones actions are not unrelated facts, same citation, and your Honor, if we're really going to cite Carta I think that we've exhausted debate"

"Agreed. The court recognizes Elysium's proposed first and second criteria, with the allowance that the court may additionally discard the argument if The Abyss' criteria is shown to hold."

"Thank you.

"The Abyss argues that it was impossible for the decedent to achieve her goal, and therefore the death should be ruled a suicide. Based on the decedent's anatomy, position, and velocity immediately prior to jumping, it was impossible for her to physically make the jump."

"What level of precision do you need to conclude impossibility? Mortals can't do physics calculations in their head."

"The Judge just ruled that deaths in which there was no possible way for the decedent to achieve their goal are suicides, and therefore this is a suicide. Whether the decedent could have known that is explicitly disclaimed."

"I ruled that a Judge may discard the argument, intending specifically to address cases of self-deception or recklessness. It doesn't seem like there's any more productive debate on this topic, so I rule the decedent's actions were not suicide, and therefore an everyday act."

"Nevertheless, it's an Evil everyday act, as it disproportionately hurt others for the decedent's gain."

"Actually, it was a Good act.

"Everyday acts which are intended to be selfish but have a positive net effect are Good, In Re Hadriel, -3101. This act had a positive net effect, as the decedent's father failed to keep her death a secret, and has been brought to the attention of various lawmakers in Osirion who will no doubt tweak their laws to add additional protections for young women, which is Good.

"Additionally, dying for a cause you believe in is Good if the cause is Good; freedom from tyranny is Good, The Maelstrom v. Nirvana -6008"

"It wasn't freedom from tyranny, it was freedom from family and a non-tyrannical social order. That means the act was Chaotic, not Good."

"I'll rule it a Chaotic Neutral act, unless Nirvana has evidence that it will have the posited positive effects."

"A report of the incident was brought to the attention of a local cleric of Abadar, who escalated to his superior, who sent a summary of the report to his superior in the Black Dome with a recommendation that something be done to prevent further suicides because of forced marriages."

"That could simply result in a higher level of Osirian tyranny against unmarried women, which would be an Evil result and thus an Evil act."

"Nirvana believes that the government of Osirion is unlikely to react in that way. We could authorize a Scry and a Detect Thoughts to determine what they are thinking about the proposal."

"You want me to authorize an 11th circle spell to Scry through the Black Dome to assess the second-order consequences of an everyday act? I don't think that's justifiable."

"It won't be needed. Axis has significant investment within the Dome, and we can verify Nirvana's second-order hypothesis. The Good second order consequences and Good intent balance out the Evil of a near-suicide. It's a Neutral act, morally."

The Judge turns to the Lawful side of the courtroom when Axis speaks.

"Representatives must be in the courtroom when the trial starts. Axis cannot opportunistically show up to trials halfway through."

"Trials start when the Judge declares them to be in session. I arrived the round before you declared it in session, representatives are allowed to skip making opening arguments, and are not forced to argue on every issue.

"Besides, I'm a representative of Axis. I could hardly want to break the rules even if it were momentarily advantageous."

"Okay. It's a neutral act. Any other everyday acts that aren't neutral that either side wants to put forth?"

"Just to preempt both Elysium and The Abyss: the decedent had multiple opportunities to harm others in order to gain material objects, social standing, or other personal benefits, and always refused. Good, In Re Baurun, -3177, abstaining from Evil at personal cost is Good. However, the decedent also had multiple opportunities to do significant Good at very little cost, and rarely did so, which is Evil, In Re Salatoka, 1203. With no morally charged acts, the balancing test should determine she's Neutral."

Another of the lions turns to look at the representative from Axis.

"No objections to Neutral."

"Alright then, Chaotic Neutral. I—"

"I'm sorry, we haven't argued systemic alignment yet.

"The decedent is Lawful."

"Okay, I'll hear the argument, but mostly because I'm curious what you've come up with and Axis has a remarkably good reputation for low bullshit. But, if this is a waste of our time, I will ban you in particular from attending trials until every human alive on Golarion today has died or exceeded their natural lifespan."