WEEK ZERO: REMOVAL

[retellers]

WEEK ZERO: REMOVAL (41 remain) Time to wake up, participants of the Realm. At 8am, everyone will receive a message on their PHS. Please be at the plaza by 9am. Even if the participants ignore the message (or are sleeping in, shame on them), as 9am approaches they will fall victim to a compulsion to head to the specified location. Three Leaders, Fox, Rabbit, and Wolf, are already present, Virid with them. Wolf (again) speaks. "... Everyone's here now, so we'll learn what needs to be done soon." Once they finish speaking, an alert goes off from a PHS in the crowd—specifically, Yona's. Her PHS displays a simple message. You have been selected to remove Virid Visette Viridian. Regardless of her will, she will feel compelled to walk towards the scene. No other participant will be able to interfere; should they try, a barrier blocks their way.

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EXECUTION

[retellers]

[ Once Yona is selected, a guillotine suddenly appears in the plaza. Against his own will, Virid moves towards it until he's positioned in place.

After a moment of surprise, the Leaders respond. With a horrified look, Rabbit clings to the closest Leader: Fox, in this case, who blurts out an uncharacteristic, "What the fuck!?" Since Fox is stuck where they are, with Rabbit holding onto them, Wolf is the one to move. ]

Enough. All of you, look away. I'll deal with—

[ However, when they try to approach, it appears that they run into a barrier—unlike the other barriers in the Realm (including the one currently blocking the participants), this one sends a jolt of electricity, shocking Wolf. Ow. It's Wolf's turn to say fuck.

Looks like the Leaders aren't allowed to interfere. ]

[dawnblushed]

[well, this is horrifying.

yona's phs goes off, and she really doesn't want to think about why - but she can't turn her eyes away from it, either, and so she looks. her cheeks immediately pale, and the next thing she knows, she's walking forward.

the barrier lets her pass, and she. just kind of stops at the side of the guillotine, looking from virid to the machine with an expression of mingled disgust and fear.]

I... don't know how to use this.

[help.]

PEANUT GALLERY

[retellers]

[ IC reactions from the audience may go here! ]

[exercisms]

[Also trying to go to the barrier? Knocking on it.]

We need to help!

[robopriest]

[...............Well, then.]

[Hansa just scowls to himself slightly, but doesn't look away. He murmurs to himself.]

Hm. Knew they'd go for a public execution...

[laid]

[A fucking guillotine.]

Ain't this a bit extreme?

[heartablaze]

[uh





uhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHH]

Y-Yona-chan?!

[evocationary]

Oh, that is a guillotine, wow. [ ... mildly: ] A bit uh, overkill, but sure.

[dianxias]

Miss Yona -- !

[ xie lian is absolutely also trying to get at the barrier, yeah, slamming his fists into it: ] Who decided it would be something like this --?!

[siblingless]

[oh my god WHY DOES EVERYTHING KEEP GETTING WORSE.

Banging her fists against the barrier after she, uh, smacks into it. Ouchie ouchie, her nosie.]

Isn't there anything we can do?!

[frostythehitman]

[ A fucking guillotine? With an audience? ]

Well this seems a little...medieval.

[ jesus. He's not sure Virid OR Yona deserve this. ]

[papasha]

Miss Yona...?

[BRITT, WHAT THE FUCK? HIS ROOMMATE!!!!

He looks absolutely uncomfortable with the entire everything, thanks.]

[reconnective]

Are you serious? [why!!!]

[tensecondsahead]

[Laine isn't saying anything, but he certainly isn't looking away. This is important. There might be a clue here, something that will let them know what to do next, what might happen.]

[misstrust]

[ Well. Hm.

Dorothy is not going to do the shounen/shoujo/JRPG protagonist thing of trying to break the barrier or screaming at them to stop, but there's a rather uncharacteristic look on her face-- something pained as she watches. ]

This is too cruel...

[stillnot]

Well, this is fucked up.

[infreefall]

N-No... Is this really the only way to remove him? There has to be something else we can do...

[lionson]

[Yeah he is not surprised by this turn of events, but he still does seem upset.]

Oh come on, why her?

[recrowns]

[he places a hand on the barrier with an expression that's hard to read, and he pushes against it for a long moment.

before letting it fall back to his side as he faces forward, watching silently.]

[chanteuser]

[ .... this is like an seminar in How To Make Things Worse. ]

This is too much.

[ she presses her hand hard against the barrier, frowning even though she knows it's not going to budge. and then she smacks her fist against it, with a surprising amount of force. ]

[supremity]

[ He's not saying much as he watches, but he's very still, and the look on Hua Cheng's face says more than enough. ]

[discernments]

[ Oh, to be French and see a guillotine.

Jeanne's expression hardens, and her hands curl into fists at her side. The barriers are clear. ]

Is this what the Realm wants?

[ She won't look away and pays close attention. ]

[soulus]

[Rufus watches in silence, listening and watching. At one point his expression takes a cross turn, but smooths out quickly enough. He won't look away, either.]

[maidforservice]

[. . .]

[Sharon doesn't move, nor cry out, nor make a single noise as she watches the proceedings, hands folded neatly in front of her. she stays quiet, but that's because she's listening very carefully to the conversation Virid and Yona are having]

[. . .]

[dawnblushed]

[when the barriers drop and the guillotine vanishes, yona doesn't leave immediately.

instead, she drops to her knees and puts a hand over her mouth. that's a lot? it's. a lot. she hates guillotines. she never wants to see one of those again.

maybe she'll get lucky and forget all about this on monday!]

[recrowns]

[that was a lot.

and soo-won is walking toward her immediately - he doesn't have his cloak today, otherwise he's drape it over her, so unfortunately he can only move to crouch down by her, voice soft]

Yona.