WEEK FOUR: 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, Atsushi and Vin alone will begin to walk through as though drawn. All you can do now is watch and wait.

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[slashay]

[Yeah THIS IS THE DAY. No Kashuu is here holding Yasusada's hand as usual. His vibes are pretty much reflecting these, but there's even less of that thread of hope here, and more worry and concern.]

[aitou]

[The fireworks date is very cute, in a depressing sort of way, but Yasusada can't help the way his unease grows the longer they go without beginning to fight. He looks over in Steel's direction, wherever she might be.]

[slashay]

[Yeah he doesn't like this!! The anxiety vibes are growing, and he grips Yasusada's hand a little tighter, expression grim. He's just waiting for Atsushi to snap and do something awful help.]

[aitou]

[Softly--]

He's being too kind.

[They would have proven their innocence - their right to live - through blood.

It's not that he doesn't want them to have this, or that he's criticizing Atsushi's heart; but he's worried that these gestures will cost them.]

[slashay]

[Same mood!! Same mood...]

I'm kinda surprised he's lasting this long...

[Also said quietly. He assumes the compulsion that drives their refracted will kick in sooner or later. He just hopes there's no overpowering backlog or something when that happens.]

[aitou]

[That would be REAL BAD, god.

Despite his concerns, though--there's something soft there, a pained relief that they seem to have had a chance to say everything they wanted to say, just in case they don't get the mercy Percy and Vax got. There are worse notes to die on.

He rests his head on Kashuu's shoulder, quiet.]

[slashay]

[Haha, there sure are, aren't there.

He gently bonks his head against Yasusada's as it rests there, his breathing and expression even despite his tangling emotions. It's difficult, all of this, but he hopes that saying anything at all will hurt less than leaving things unsaid. For both of them.]

[aitou]

[well

then atsushi shoot vin in the face

so there's that.]

[slashay]

[friendship ended with atsushi now vin is my friend]