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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[daggering]

[ this is so stupid ITS FINE he just spits blood on the ground and manages to push himself up from it, gripping onto these two injured idiots so they don't fall over and die or injure themselves worse.

he's wincing a little at the kiss, at clarte falling over. ] Shit. Shit, come on.

[ we hit 20 kisses but why like this ]

[decisions]

[ no fucking clue, excellent question, but percy's eyes are locked on the scene at hand as he whispers out ]

You have to be joking...

[ because wow that??? this??? hello??? ]

Clarte, please... not like this.

[ktiseos]

Damn it all-- Clarte!

[he manages to grit that out, against the pain, as he finally gives up on the effort of standing. it's fine. dropping to his good knee just puts him closer to normal person height.]

You cannot let yourself--

[daggering]

[ vax'ildan was holding his breath with the others - emet hits the ground next to him, his wing curls out like it could be a support at the same time he tries to lunge forward, and then, just like that, the blade comes out. vax's shoulders drop, as all the breath comes out in a whoosh.

...

some people really do just walk the line between life and death, don't they? ]

Fuck. [ holy shit. ]