EXECUTION III

[faentasy]

Execution

Like clockwork, the melody calls you together for the execution, although the circumstances are perhaps a bit better, if you can even call it that. Those who choose to attend will see an odd sight: two winged beings present in a magical bubble: one is Lucifer of course, six wings folded like they were much of yesterday and the other is a cream colored mourning dove, Nageki.

The mirrors and scenery is much like it was the week before, but—the air feels slightly heavier today? Maybe today is just a day for oddities.

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EXECUTION

[faentasy]

SPECTATING

[faentasy]

[oversaw]

[ A single night isn't enough time to sift through thousands of years of memories, nor to properly work through the emotions this trial has surfaced. Still, he won't ask for more time. What he's had is more than most.

So when it's time, he just. Comes in quietly. There's no need for excess words here but he would like to offer one thing. An apology. ]

I'm sorry to put you through this.

[libirdian]

I'm not the one you need to apologize to.

[ For an executioner, Nageki seems strangely unarmed, only carrying a book omnipresent with him since last week: Night on the Galactic Railroad. Nothing about his tone seems to betray any sort of nervous energy, nor is his gaze anything but frigid. ]

Because I've been thinking of another end to this.

[oversaw]

[ ...? At first, he believes the comment is a fair one. Apologies hold a meaning, even if what he's done is an act that can't be forgiven. He should have spoken the words to everyone. Not just his executioner.

But then Nageki continues and his face contorts into confusion and vague alarm. Unfortunately, he's not familiar with that particular book. ]

What do you mean?

[hellochildren]

[The parrot's hangover head has lessened since Saturday-evidenced by the fact that he's out of his room today-but the sight inside the execution chamber has him raising an eyebrow.]

Vhat is going on...?

[incompletely]

I'm not sure.

[ He. He has such a bad feeling about this, oh god. ]

What are you planning, Nageki...?

[gemuinemanagement]

I don't like this
I don't like this at all

[Nageki, please don't do anything stupid.]

[libirdian]

Don't get me wrong. I won't forgive what you've done. I just don't want to see another human die.

[ But that doesn't quite apply here, does it? He closes his eyes for a moment, exhaling once. ]

Though I guess you aren't one? But the principle is the same. Every single time I saw their life leave their eyes, something in my heart seemed to wither away. And I didn't even care for them.

[ With that said, he quickly turns towards Hamelin, voice suddenly a lot more icy. ]

You only needed one life to balance the scales, didn't you?

[hellochildren]

Something...clever, surely.

[He...hopes? He hopes.]

[hellochildren]

No vone likes zis.

[Sorry, there's more venom in his voice than usual today.]

[vogelfrei]

[ Nageki's proposal is... probably the first time McGillis has shown any overt emotion during these executions? Because he's actually loudly commenting from the peanut gallery here. ]

Are humans really worth this to you?!

[ Bird supremacy!! ]

[incompletely]

...

[ Oh, no, he doesn't like this. He does not like this. But...he's going to watch. He's just going to stand back and watch this unfold. For now. ]

[begrimed]

Huh? What are you saying? You want to die instead of him? It doesn't work that way.

You all have your parts you have to play, so play them. [ Hamelin always hangs out on the opposite side away from the rest of the crowd, and he's just staring between the two of them. Similarly, his voice doesn't carry that overly cheerful quality it usually does. ]

[biqe]

Nageki...

[biyishuangfei]

[ Usually he's not here for these type of things, but uh... he couldn't say he's not the type to want to make sure the killer of a friend ends up dying. So he dragged his feet and now...

...

And now this was happening. ]

...What does he think he's doing?

[ Why was this happening...??? ]

[hellochildren]

['You only needed one life to balance the scales, didn't you?']

NAGEKI FUJISHIRO DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE!

[Sorry everyone, birdie is SCREAMING]

[hellochildren]

[The parrot would answer but uh

yeah.]

[purefuries]

[ He's got a point? Like. Honestly. ]

[sempiternel]

[ SHE AGREES WITH EVERYTHING!! BIRD SUPREMACY!! ]

Mister Nageki, please don't...!

[crimson_flamel]

....

[scythegun]

[looks at that response from hamelin and mutters under his breath:] Oh this is going to go poorly.

[oversaw]

Hamelin is right.

[ He never thought he'd side with Hamelin, not here, but something in his chest aches when he hears Nageki's question. Aches and fills his mind with thoughts of the past. ]

It's all right, Nageki. This is necessary.

Re: SPECTATING

[eternaljune]

--! Is he an idiot?!

[goldencave]

[ Norton... Doesn't like going to these. At all. Making innocents do the executions is cruel, he doesn't want to completely break. But for some reason, when he passed by the staircase that leads to the execution room, he heard someone scream... Nageki's name?

He comes in late to see Hamelin talking about "parts to play?" ]

The hell's going on in there? [ He looks over to Nageki and Lucifer... God, the bastard made the bird do it?! ]