WEEK FIVE: 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, Roxana and Clarte alone will begin to walk through as though drawn. All you can do now is watch and wait.

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[countermeasures]

[clarte sure is looking funky]

Poison...?

[nightchild]

[oh okay it's not a gumball it's just poison,

Itsuki smears some of the blood off his mouth with his hankie, expression tense.]

It's not over yet.

[it's a cruel picture that roxana makes, but itsuki takes note of the sword still in her hand]

[countermeasures]

...no, it's not.

[she bites her lip, suppressing a cough, and swallows hard. gross. it's fine.

her hands are clenched very, very tightly into fists.]

[nightchild]

[OH WELL NOW THAT'S HAPPENING, itsuki can't help it -- the word on his lips was Clarte's name, but now]

-- Roxana!

[countermeasures]

[it's hard not to call out for her.

roxana is a friend too, after all. she killed someone - is trying to kill clarte, on top of that, but jiuqing understands it. roxana has always wanted to survive. isn't that all any of them want?

it's not easy to watch clarte's blade turn on her, even though she'd been urging them to get up just moment's before.]

...Miss Roxana...

[nightchild]

[he wants to say something but they can move now which means Jiuqing is really needed to save Clarte's DUMB ASS!!!!!]

[countermeasures]

[yeah she's already gone, bye]