chroma | WEEK SIX: EXECUTION

EXECUTION: CLARTE

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

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[It's already bad enough witnessing a pain that's so horribly familiar. But then Clarte is ordered to kill themselves, right on the heels of yesterday's trial--and Yasusada has to turn his face away again, closing his eyes and resting his head on Kashuu's shoulder. His grip on Kashuu's hand is painfully tight.]

[WE HATE IT IN THIS HOUSE THANKS VERY MUCH. They're going to break each other's hand bones but it's fine. He's also holding tight, though he'll speak something into Yasusada's ear, closing his eyes for only a brief moment. His eyes don't leave Clarte.]

[HELP THEIR HAND BONES. It's fine they can just tape their swords to their hands.

It takes a few long, shaky breaths, but eventually he nods, and lifts his head again. There's something hollow in his gaze, but he turns his attention back to what they can see.]

[Yeah they can just pod about it in yaywon's honor. In the meantime he'll just bonk his forehead against the side of Yasusada's noggin before turning his attention back, too, in time to see Clarte's last show of will.]

[Sorry he's just kind of blue screening now]

[COME BACK TO REALITY NOW WE GOTTA POPCORN NOGIKU AND DANNY.]

[HAHA YEAH this. is a lot of emotional whiplash happening because 1. THEIR CLARTE HAS BEEN SAVED but 2. the Danny and Nogiku thing is happening and his expression just. Closes off completely.]