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EXECUTION V

Execution V

The end of this weekend's trial brought many questions and little answers, but like clockwork the time for execution comes like normal. The tune this Sunday has a more cheerful energy than usual, much like the piece that heralded the start of investigation.

It might not do much to change the mood though, given the two men standing in the sealed off space, in the middle of all the mirrors. Raven is there of course, and the man with him is someone else who else who was a fixture of yesterday's trial, Yeager.

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Shii-chan is your friend, ja?

[The one who moved away, right?]

I'd like to, yes.

[He glances back at the mirror once more before finally getting up off the floor to take the chair. He's careful to place himself so he won't get distracted by the duo in the mirror.]

[Suga nods with a smile. Yes, she's The friend.]

When we were kids Shii-chan always wanted to do things like playfighting and sports And I always wanted to pick flowers and things like that I was kind of a wimpy kid

[Not much has changed there, honestly.]

But one day when I was about 6 I decided I was going to impress her And climb a tree all by myself Well I did climb the tree But then I couldn't get back down again So I had to cry and cry until Shii-chan heard me and showed up And she told me to jump into her arms and she'd catch me like a superhero Fun fact: a 6-year-old girl probably should not be catching people jumping out of trees

[Oh no, what a start to a story...!!]

My, she certainly sounds fearless! Did you jump?

I jumped, because it didn't occur to me that Shii-chan could be wrong about something Shii-chan did catch me But then we both hit the ground anyway We both got the scolding of our lives from her parents afterwards But for about a week we were both too sore to do any playfighting And we had to do the games I liked instead

Oh dear, I'm sure that was quite the difficult lesson for her!

[For both of them, really...]

Did she end up enjoying your games?

She did But then as soon as we were healed up she wanted to play fight again I still don't know why anybody likes that

[He guesses it's sparring for kids??]

Well, some people do enjoy fighting, and that can be true even for kids!

[It's definitely sparring for kids.]

Is that what you liked to do when you were a kid

Ja, absolutely. I was told I was quite a menace!

I can imagine Kid Yeager with a stick as big as he is

[Now if only it could change shape into a different stick it'd be perfect.]

I wasn't nearly strong enough for that back then! But I certainly did enjoy using sticks as swords, so that's accurate!

If you had a stick that transformed into different sticks that would be perfect

Oh, I would have adored that as a child.

I'm still trying to figure out how your transform weapon even works It doesn't seem like all of that should fit in that briefcase??

That's just it, it only looks like a briefcase.

[oh no suga i'm so sorry but also bear with me while i try to make this make sense!!]

You can see it there - it looks convincing, ja? But if look closely, you can see that all the parts are folded up.

[It definitely is a convincing fake, but up close you can definitely see that the parts have been folded up and in. There are places where it isn't an exact perfect match to a briefcase, where you can see seams and oddly-colored pieces that are clearly part of the bladed weapons.]

It's quite the clever design!

Oh, I see It must be hard to make it fold into so many different things though

Exceptionally hard! I worked with a smith for quite some time testing things out until he was able to get to this point! He certainly was quite patient, but then again, I made him a very wealthy man!

[He spent so much gald on this goddamn weapon.]

Why do you actually need so many different weapons I can understand having one melee and one ranged weapon But the rest seems excessive?

[Suga does not understand the Extra.]

Oh, that's easy!

[oh god no]

I chose all of my weapons specifically for my style of combat - I like to control the battlefield and keep up the pressure; it forces my opponent into reacting rather than acting.

The sword is a rather typical weapon, useful at short ranges and one I'm proficient with, but ultimately it's just there in case I need to get close. I would consider the scythe and rifle my "main" weapons for melee and ranged. The scythe can be a bit difficult to use when you're too close though, ja? So the sword covers the scythe's weaknesses.

The rifle is built for power - those shots hurt! But it is slower to fire and can't fire continuously, so the crossbow can handle faster shots for when I need a ranged weapon for that.

The shield is rather self-explanatory, and the briefcase is because I thought it'd be funny.

[HE DID SO WELL UNTIL THAT LAST PART]

The briefcase seemed like the most practical part Sometimes you need to not be visibly carrying a weapon But that makes sense

Ja, ja, that is why I requested it. But there's something truly wonderful about transforming it and watching everyone's eyes go wide!

[so ultimately it's because he's Extra.]

It is very impressive I wonder if I could do something like that out of glowstone...

Do you think you could? I can let you get a closer look at it, if you'd like.

[All the forms of it and as it's transforming, he means.]

Glowstone doesn't fold easily But maybe if I made the hinges out of something else I'd really appreciate it Thank you

Ja, that would work! Here, let me show you how mine works.

[He'll come join Suga near the bed to pick up the weapon; it's very heavy so he'll hold onto it so it doesn't break poor Suga's arms, but he'll show off the briefcase form first! Take a look at this disaster and how it works. I don't know how it works so just pretend there's a description of it here.]

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