WEEK THREE: EXECUTION

[gatonina]

EXECUTION

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POPULATION: 30 Good morning, Camp Gatonina. The weather continues to be terrible, snow and snow and more snow as far as the eye can see. You all know what's coming, and you all know it means you have to stand outside until the spectacle is over. So why not grab your coat before you're forced out into cold? At 9AM, two hours after the bugle call for breakfast, you will be drawn to the bonfire. Your body will move of its own volition, giving you little to no time to pick up any sort of protection. As you approach the bonfire, you will find that you are not the only one. The Camp Directors and NHS seem to be marching to the same rhythm as the rest of you, their movements stiff as they approach from the direction of the Isolation Cabin. Once everyone has gathered in the same location, you will hear a voice that is recognized by none. "Ohhhh, you actually caught one? You gotta be raring to go in that case. Nie Huaisang, get you ass in here." NHS will be forced to approach the fire, as everyone else takes several steps back to form something of an impromptu fighting ring around the bonfire. "As for your opponent... Oh, I know. Taako, y'know, from the Movies? Show us how it's done." Similarly to NHS, Taako will be forced to approach the fire. Those in the audience will find themselves rooted to the spot, and the participants of the execution will hit an invisible barrier three feet away from the rest of the group if they try to escape. In his dominant hand, Taako will find a 20-sided dice... though three of the sides are now blank. You're all old pros at this. It goes without saying that it's time for the execution to begin.

Comments

[fishingforcompliments]

[flayn is bundled up in weather-appropriate clothing (thank god) that actually fits her (also thank god, she can return the stuff she's been borrowing from everyone else). but she looks worried when taako gets called up, and her hands come to fiddle nervously with the hem of her jacket.]

[overruns]

[ he stands beside her, another jacket thrown over his overcoat in time for what might be the longest execution ever, though it doesn't block the chill that passes over them when the 'weapons' show up and the two start fighting. ]

—Absurd. Can't even grant us a swift death.

[recrypt]

It has to be a spectacle, of course. Just like anything else here.

[ the wording nearly every week has been 'give us a show.' ]

[overruns]

[ his eyes dart over to beau and magnus. ]

Not everyone should have to watch this. No matter what Huaisang did—it's not fair to the living.

[ the air is... tense, too. hopefully this can stay contained. ]

[recrypt]

This is what this game wants, though. It wants to unnerve us, to unsettle us, to drive the wedges between us in deep.

How better than this?

[ randomized executioners, put on display for all their friends and loved ones to watch and fret over. just look at the mess building around them. ]

[fishingforcompliments]

...these executions have never been about justice.

[her voice is tiny. she really hates this, but she isn't looking away.]

[overruns]

...No, they haven't been.

[ trial, judgment, execution—whose justice is this? he stays close, but keeps his attention ahead. ]

[fishingforcompliments]

[she keeps her gaze ahead, too - and though she flinches when they hit the ground, she doesn't look away.]

[fishingforcompliments]

[her eyes widen in horror as nhs goes for taako's scrunchie]

No—

[muragas]

[ oh shit ]

... Flayn-chan...

[fishingforcompliments]

[no, no, no—

she's putting her hand that is not occupied with holding lili's over her mouth. pen fight looked like it was going to be bad, but this—?

she hadn't even thought about the damned scrunchies.]

[muragas]

[ to be fair, no one did

but if it works- ]

... This can't end well.

[fishingforcompliments]

...why does this have to happen...?

[she is. so tired. of executions.]

[muragas]

[ there is a tiny, cynical part of her that thinks they all want it to happen, deep down. especially if they catch the right person.

they just. haven't. so these messes keep happening.

but it doesn't make it any less awful, really. ]

I'm sorry.

[fishingforcompliments]

[they did catch a culprit. there is a culprit in there right now, fighting for his life.

that doesn't make it any easier for flayn to cheer for his death. she doesn't want to see either of them dead, really; she just wants this to stop.]

...if you did not cause this, you do not need to apologize, Minako.

[so, don't.]

[muragas]

[ Flayn is also a straight up Good Person, so. it's unfortunate they can't all be more like her. ]

... Alright.

[fishingforcompliments]

[this is so hard to watch.

flayn looks like she's going to be sick, but she doesn't stop looking.]