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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[saturations]

[ what the fuck indeed! ]

Be calmed. Panic will not help.

[daggering]

[ yeah that is. a good point. wheeze ]

... Can we - later, we need to talk about this later.

[saturations]

Assuming Malik's tormented form does not slaughter us here while our feet are stuck in place [ they are also mad about this ] then we may.

[thejkdefense]

If you don't mind me interrupting for a moment...

...what about the person who was guilty yesterday? [Percy, of course] Wouldn't he, being alive and having escaped death right now, mean in a week or two he'll find himself in the same position as Malik?

[November coughs, spewing liquid color everywhere. Ugh, this has been an interesting day]

Or will having passed through combat hold the infection at bay?

[He doesn't really have much faith Steel will have an answer, but he asks anyway, just in case]

[saturations]

[ they look over at Percy, but then back to Malik, since that is more distracting. ]

I-- Do not know. I don't even know what we've just witnessed with Percy. We will have to deal in hypotheticals once we've had a moment to consider the present danger.

[daggering]

Would've... been a good time for those range weapons, huh.

[ this is delivered in an incredibly dry voice because like what else can you do while you're stuck here

vax is gonna go feed them all of the blue he has now goodbye ]

[saturations]

[ SIGH. ]

Probably.