WEEK SIX: EXECUTION

[saturations]

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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[dms]

[ kumon can't hear, but it doesn't matter - kazu keeps speaking softly to him, little reassurances he can't promise will hold true, turning away to cough up some orange and purple petals.

his eyes fall on a couple of others after danny starts to speak again, and he holds onto kumon a little tighter. ]

[9mon]

[He has absolutely no idea what is happening right now, but he can feel the way Kazu is couching, he can see the petals and he wonders... if he should look back and see what's happening.

...

He buries his face in Kazu's shoulder. If it was fine, he'd be let go, right? If it's... if it's bad (and in this place, it will be), it's better if he doesn't look.]

[dms]

[ would love to pull kumon away but WE'RE FROZEN AGAIN?! he squeezes his eyes shut and twists just enough that kumon won't have to see danny even if he does lift his eyes. ]

Don't look, Kumopi, don't look--

[ he's shaking a little, but he doesn't let go. ]

[9mon]

[He's more lost, but he understands something bad must've happened. Danny... isn't here, pulled away and he's not back and...

They could move for a moment, and then once again they're locked in place. Just like that time.

Dread.

Don't look. He won't look.]

[brotograph]

[ time to pull them away from all of that immediately ]