WEEK TWO: EXECUTION

[saturations]

EXECUTION: MARIE AMABUKI

Sunday morning starts peacefully enough, until around noon, when alarms start going off on your phones. The dreadful noise is accompanied by a reminder of the execution taking place in the Central Node. You can snooze the alarms at first, but they begin to get a little more insistent. If you're being stubborn, you can probably hold out until exactly 1 PM, when an archway opens right in front of you and pulls you in.

Today the Central Node is eerily quiet and empty. There are a few blankets laid out on the grass for those of you who wish to sit instead of standing the whole time. No refreshments have been provided, but the Residents are already there waiting for you.

As the last person enters the node, an enormous archway suddenly opens. This archway once again leads to an area which is pitch black inside, with white and grey dust falling softly like snow. The chilly air feels even colder than before, and you instinctively know you must not approach it. If you try to push through anyway, something is blocking your way. Smaller tears to the same space open in the air, at the very least. You can see what's happening, even if you can't follow.

Because - once the archway is open, Marie alone will begin to walk through as though drawn. All you can do now is watch and wait.

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EXECUTION

[saturations]

[the archway opens. it’s dark inside, besides the gently falling gray and white dust all around. everyone's feet will be frozen where they are sitting or standing, but they are free to move their hands and mouths.

only marie will be able to step forward into the archway. she feels as though he’s in something of a trance, walking through into the darkness, unable to stop herself or resist. but it doesn’t feel bad in there. it feels numb, and cold, a void, absent of feeling, like the dead of going to sleep. after the weekend marie has had, perhaps that feels nice.

and then she opens her eyes, slowly, as if she's waking from a pleasant dream. everyone waiting back in the central node can see as marie seems to come back to herself, and through the large archway and the tears in the air around them, they can see the dark void swirl with color and begin to shift.]

[saturations]

[ As Marie starts to wake up - she’ll still feel groggy, like she was a deep, deep dream - the first thing she’ll notice is the gentle rocking. Her seat is swaying beneath her. As she blinks her eyes and wakes up more, she’ll feel that her cheek is resting against something warm, even though the air up here is a little chilly. After a moment, she’ll realize she’s on the Ferris Wheel, at the very height of its rotation, where the view is best. The person beside her (it’s terribly hard to turn her head, to look and see who it might be, but the warmth, the familiarity, the hint of green fabric she can see. Maybe it’s enough to figure it out.

The lights of the Carnival stretch out below her and off into the distance, all multicolored, bright spots of light. Down below, her friends wander among the stalls The stars twinkle up above. It’s a lovely night out tonight. Maybe a little dull, I mean. She does this most nights. That’s the thing about real life, is that when you have endless days of it don’t they start to lose their charm? It’s not longer such a new and exciting thing.

It’s just another day, here with the people that love her.

“When the day comes where I die, I do want to know that I loved and was loved in return. What about you?”

The voice comes from above her, from the mouth of whoever it is she’s leaning against, but it comes in her own voice. Answer? ]

PEANUT GALLERY

[saturations]

[ Everyone, your feet frozen for the time being, you can talk and hold hands or whatnot. This includes your Residents, who seem to be present this time.

Everyone will notice that for some reason, there's a rhythmical beep they can hear, from no apparent source. ]

[highrisk]

[ well we're here. and there's an annoying beeping. great, cool. ]

[furrier]

[ wobbles for a second as his feet suddenly freeze in him place ]

[fleshedout]

[Well, probably not wax times this time, but....Hot Pants is looking around, frowning.]

What.....is that sound?

[SHE DOESN'T LIKE THIS SOUND]

[countermeasures]

[time to settle in and watch... and listen to the beeping.

jiuqing's expression is hard to read, but she doesn't look away from what they're able to see.]

[pura]

[she is here. she is frozen. she is closing her eyes fastly.]

... Is there a bomb, now? Really?

[meteion]

[ a bird is here with someone else, squeezing the hold she has on their hand.

hey everyone how excited are we for execution...2! ]

[impurities]

[ chang geng filters in with the rest of the arrivals, and comes to a frozen stop with his arms crossed to watch. a distant kind of calm is here with him, but he's oddly tense, watching this one.

here we go fam. ]

[aitou]

[WELL yams is here to get blown up with everyone else I guess. He's in a simple white yukata today, with his haori draped over his shoulders and his hair down. He looks tired, but he's watching quietly, probably holding Kashuu's hand idk.]

[slashay]

[He's here! Probably still glued to Yasusada's side. The way he watches is neither particularly sympathetic nor gleeful; it's more the posture and expression of someone seeing a duty to its end.]

[brotograph]

[ harry potter puppet pals, but it's a beep instead of a tick.

Anyways, he's going to be there and if anyone wants a hand to hold, he is happy to provide. ]

A carnival?

[decisions]

[ percy's here just. frozen and staring straight ahead. there's something unreadable on his expression as he watches. he's probably just going to be standing by vax's side, fingers curled into his palms at his sides. ]

[theampirequeen]

This is gonna get personal again, isn't it.

[ sometimes you kill a dude and then all your secrets are exposed to the masses or something ]

[dms]

The ferris wheel again, huh?

[ kazunari seems a little antsy but he's not taking his eyes off of maririn. ]

[9mon]

[Beeping... He looks nervously ahead, this time. He didn't have to watch but...]

[withaswing]

[She sort of just stands numbly in place with her hands partially covering her ears, more in a Dislike way than a scared one.

She knows what the beeping sounds like, and it doesn't make it better.]

[disingenuous]

[ Roxana is here, watching with such an impassive expression that it's almost to the point of seeming uncaring. Zero emotion. ]

[disestablishment]

[ Aymeric is also here, frowning and crossing his arms. ]

[nightchild]

[this is cool!!! we're fine!! itsuki will hold anyone's hand if they reach for him, otherwise he'll stand still (with help thanks to this frozen effect) and watch]

[allomantic]

[here and frowning at the sight, arms crossed.]

[petalbursts]

[ this is all so rude...

but she is here and she is frowning, loudly. ]

[godcards]

[ neat! ]

[moonlightbeast]

[Atsushi is here, watching the whole thing happen. He had said he would see this through to the end. But as it continues, Atsushi finds it harder and harder to keep watching. Fear of abandonment runs deep in him too, and seeing her suffer like that is making his chest ache.

How horrible, she doesn't deserve to suffer like this.]