WEEK THREE: EXECUTION

[saturations]

EXECUTION: TRIAL BY COMBAT

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, Percy and Vax'ildan alone will begin to walk through as though drawn. All you can do now is watch and wait.

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[countermeasures]

[it's fairly obvious just by looking that vax knows how to handle himself in the air. jiuqing falls silent, too, watching the fight, ignoring the smoke.]

[allomantic]

[she knows he can't hear her, but - seeing the blood spray from the new wound on his shoulder, she's calling out before she can really think about it.]

Vax!

[once again, she's trying to take an instinctual step forward before remembering it won't work.]

[countermeasures]

Vin—

[she instinctually tries to step forward after her, but - they're both stuck exactly where they are.

jiuqing puts a hand on her shoulder. i've lost track of how many hands she has available. it's fine.]

[allomantic]

[she watches him fall towards the growing pool of red liquid, muttering in both anger and fear.]

Get up, get up...

[countermeasures]

[oh.

well.

he's fallen into the blood. that's bad enough on its own, and then suddenly there's a memory, right there on display for the world to see - percy might not have picked execution, but his future and vax's history are laid bare before them anyway.]

...please...

[she watches the surface of the blood pool, once the memory ends.]