EXECUTION IV

[faentasy]

Execution IV

Today is another day, today is Sunday, and therefore brings execution tidings. After last week no one would blame you if you decide to skip out on these ghastly proceedings, but perhaps the sentenced are worth this much.

The first magical barrier holds two women: one of course being Rika, and the other Edelgard, despite (or perhaps in spite of) the words exchanged between the two at trial on Friday. The second magical barrier holds Moriarty with Koto opposite him, the difference in stature large enough to be some kind of cruel joke which is just Hamelin's style.

And Hamelin for his part is there of course, seemingly in good spirits even with an extra sharpness in his eyes. No one has forgotten what happened here last weekend, but the story must go on.

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EXECUTION: RIKA & EDELGARD

[faentasy]

[eternaljune]

[Rika had fully expected her execution to pull some sort of nasty trick on her: it'd been the same when she was on the opposite end of the chopping block, so why wouldn't fate try one last punch to the gut to send her into despair?

Still, her eyes do shift to a pained expression on seeing Edelgard: what irony, that the woman Rika trusts to destroy this game is the one it forces into ending her life. At least it isn't someone who would try to make a senseless sacrifice for her sake.]

...well. I could certainly have worse company right now.

[crimson_flamel]

[She smiles, pained and faint, but it's there. She arrives with the dagger gifted to her when she was a child in one hand, and a bottle of wine in the other.]

Indeed. Well, as far as I recall, there's no time limit to these. Care for one last drink with me before we go?

[eternaljune]

...that’d be nice. A small toast to what we’ve gone through.

[Rika smiles, wiping at one eye. Maybe it’ll be easier with someone like Edelgard.]

It’d have been nice to meet somewhere else. You’d have been a good addition to our club...Mion would like you a lot, I think.

EXECUTION: MORIARTY & KOTO cw; assisted suicide

[faentasy]

[kowashi]

[ Koto's here, averting her gaze from Moriarty or Hamelin, like a kid who was caught in trouble. She's holding a case in her arms, about the size and shape of a lunchbox. ]

I kind of was put on the spot about this so... I asked Hamelin for something that was quick and wasn't poison. I didn't think you'd like that after everything.

[ But before we get to the reveal of what's going to spell the end for Moriarty, she finally looks at him: ]

If there's anything you want to say, go ahead. I'm not in a rush.

[mathodical]

...

[ because he's definitely more than a little bit upset to see koto standing opposite him, but...

he's definitely not surprised. he wouldn't have expected anything less. so here is william, tall and proud and absolutely bending but not breaking, the brief, initial flash of anger confined to the gaze of his scarlet eyes, flickering from hamelin, to beyond at the spectators, and then back down at koto, and--

he shakes his head. ]

... I'd rather not draw it out longer for anyone else here, yourself included.

[ it's quiet, dignified but a little bit sad. ]

[kowashi]

[ He gets a slow nod. But the look on her face says that as much as she wants to respect that, it's not going to be that easy for the both of them. ]

...

[ The criteria she had leaves plenty of room for options at Hamelin's discretion. Setting the case down on the ground, she opens it like a briefcase to reveal a handgun. Mistakes were definitely made here, and from her regretful expression, she knows. ]

What I should have also asked for was something simple to use.

[ Like a sword, or maybe a bludgeon. Alas. Koto slowly picks up the gun from the case, keeping her fingers away from the trigger. He can probably tell it's not set up. Some small mercy so Koto doesn't hurt herself before this starts. ]

SPECTATING

[faentasy]

[gemuinemanagement]

He's making Koto do this?

[Stop Having Children Do Executions 2021]

[incompletely]

Edelgard, too...

[ This game really said fuck all the teenagers, huh!!! ]

[purefuries]

I would say do not underestimate the strength of children, but...

[ Koto in particular, yeah ]

[hellochildren]

Do you expect him to have standarts of some sort?

[Hi Suga, there is a parrot on your shoulder now.]

[gemuinemanagement]

No
Fuck that guy

[Pericles is always welcome to perch on him.]

[heroicact]

[Jack is here just like clockwork, if clockwork were silenced, a little further at the back than usual; he might perhaps be forgiven for the distance given what happened the last weekend, though it apparently hasn't deterred him from attending.

His arms are crossed, and his expression darkens a fair bit when he sees who's inside the bubbles, notably Koto's presence there.]

[sempiternel]

[ If Jack doesn't mind, Yuri settles for the spot next to him. She visibly struggles to watch this execution, but she's here nonetheless. ]

[heroicact]

[...]

Miss Yuri.

[There’s something hollow to his voice, as though pulled from great depths, a well or just whatever unfathomable darkness lurks behind the mirrors; but Jack speaks, at length, because Yuri is next to him.

There’s a light brush of a hand against her shoulder, the only motion here.]

It is not necessary to watch everything. Your presence.... should be enough.

[vogelfrei]

[ McGillis is here and quiet as he always is during these affairs. He is watching Moriarty's execution more than Rika's and there is something in his eyes that seems like contempt. ]

[ideismo]

[Alexei is here, as he always is; he's likewise quiet, as he always is, though some part of him tenses up at Edelgard being made to handle Rika. That's... It's intensely distasteful, given what happened at the trial.

He doesn't say anything, however; he's just here to watch.]

[biqe]

[ Phil is also here, again. He's accepted at this point that he's always going to end up attending these things no matter how much he hates them, because he's sure he'll just end up feeling worse if he tries to look the other way. ]

[mirrite]

[Marcus is by his side, as always, an arm around Phil's shoulders this time. After last week... he doesn't expect things to get that bad again, yet at the same time he doesn't trust that they won't.

Besides, he feels like he owes William at least this much.]

[incompletely]

[ Right before Koto fires the shot, Tenn can't help but also close his eyes, too. He shuts them tightly, hands balling into fists at his sides, fingernails digging into his palms. He doesn't open them, even when he hears the gunshot, and his breathing starts to get shaky. ]

...Is...is Moriarty...?

[gemuinemanagement]

[Suga sets a hand on his shoulder and squeezes. That's all the answer he can give.]

[purefuries]

[ ....

She doesn't pat his head this time, but she does give him the answer she thinks he needs. ]

Yes. I would advise you to not look.

POST EXECUTION:

[crimson_flamel]

[About an hour after killing Rika, Edelgard can be spotted washing blood from her dagger in the loungue.

A lot of thoughts run through her head about everything that's happened in the last... month, since they arrived, and none of them seem pleasant.]