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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[impurities]

[ they aren't able to move, as they watch everything fall apart. as she cries out, cries, frightened. as everything comes to this continuous beeping.

but chang geng looks percy's way, here, and something pinches in the even expression he's mostly held since this started. ]

[decisions]

[ he'll turn to look at him for a moment, as if maybe it will help to stifle the sound of her words, the pain in them.

but it doesn't. they're all here to witness it. he meets chang geng's eyes in that brief handful of seconds, silent understanding before he slowly turns back to keep watching, to wait. ]

[impurities]

[ no. no, looking away doesn't do anything. doesn't make it easier, either, to look back at it and see the end of this deeply cruel, deeply personal execution. even with the understanding in that moment... they shouldn't be seeing this. marie shouldn't -

the archway closes. they're free to move.

chang geng doesn't. just stands and looks at the space that once held marie. ]