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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[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.]

[exercisms]

Try to help them! Didn't you say so? The important thing is to try!

[evocationary]

No, I know - I know. Hey, how about we don't look, huh? Maybe don't burn that image in your mind forever.

[ she holds onto the back of his shirt. ]

[misstrust]

...

[ Softly-- ]

Do you think I'm not worried about them?

[supremity]

En. This wouldn't necessarily have been my choice.

[ And your ancient China clone knows you both could think of more methods. ]

[evocationary]

Hell of a time for ethics to come into play, for sure.

[ she's not going to block his view, but she's not intending on moving far away from him, either. ]

[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. ]

[laid]

[Hansa is handling physically stopping her he can leave that to him.]

What, you gonna do it instead of her? Use yer head, Hikaru.
[A little harshly, but y'know. Desperate times.]

[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. ]

[exercisms]

I'll be all right.

[Held. It's not like he can get away?]

[evocationary]

[ depending on where he is, lup either reaches to lightly hold his sleeve for a second, or just gives him a concerned look. ]

[heartablaze]

[She's obviously not going anywhere. But there's still tension in her arm, still attempting to pull it back even though the motion is useless.]

Capability or not, she shouldn't be forced to kill someone!! And we shouldn't have to stand and watch it like we're accepting it!

[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. ]

[robopriest]

Mine neither. But it seems our dear Realm wants to set an example. Like some kind of tyrant, ha.

[Its a mirthless laugh.]

[exercisms]

Ah -

[Oh, no. Well, he'll stop for a minute.]

No, I don't think that. You're a kind person.

[evocationary]

[ it's a support thing!!! ]

Yeah, I don't know about that one.

[papasha]

[He's just, uh, chilling by the barrier. But he does return the concerned look as if to say "this is fucked up."]

[recrowns]

[ah -

he'll glance in her direction and shift his hand so that it's palm up, offered out to her.

did she want to hold onto his hand?]

[supremity]

[ He gently pulls her back. If Xie Lian can't break the barrier alone, he's fairly certain there's not anyone else here who can. ]

If we're going to beat on the barrier, it's better to think about it first.

[favourable]

[he's quiet for a few moments.]

I never told you what my brother's name is, did I? When you helped me look for him, on that day. [a pause.] It's Virid Visette Viridian.

[wow! wonder where she's heard that name before.]

... Twins are a bad omen, especially for the throne. It'd been decided since our birth—that as a ritual, we would duel to the death on our thirteenth birthday and "reduce to one". No one needed more than one Virid, after all.

It'd bothered me, since we all began forgetting. Why I was looking for my brother before then, why I was injured... why that device said I was thirteen, when I remembered still being twelve.

[...]

[exercisms]

I'll close my eyes. [He doesn't really want to see a murder happen, either.] But until then, please!

[evocationary]

[ well, she won't protest it. she takes his hand and holds it tightly, chewing her bottom lip. ]

[misstrust]

I don't think you should be watching this.

[ Granted, she's not going to clap her hands over his eyes or forcibly turn him away. He's old enough to decide, honestly. ]

[frostythehitman]

[ ...honestly he doesn't think he wants to save Virid. But Yona shouldn't have to do this, at least. And, well, if Mob wants to save them, that's his choice. Not like it matters. ]

What would you do? There's a barrier. We can't get close to them.

[recrowns]

[he'll let her take it, lacing their fingers together

and then face forward again, expression so carefully neutral.]