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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[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. ]

[dianxias]

[ looks EXTREMELY DISTRESSED at!!! ]

[supremity]

[ He offers his hand out to him, the same that would've had the red string on it if not for this increasingly fucked up place. ]

I know. [ Calm? Not really. ]

[dianxias]

[ his other fist clenches, but xie lian does take hua cheng's hand and squeezes, hard. ]

...By killing someone, did he - [ as he's listening to virid's story, expression shifting into something near horror. ] ...did he remember?

[supremity]

[ Anyone else, it'd probably hurt. Hua Cheng just holds on, letting him squeeze.

And he doesn't say anything, at first, his expression not changing even as he feels that dawning horror in his gut too. Almost nostalgic. ]

... it sounds like it, gege.

[dianxias]

[ oh this is bad, actually. very, very bad.

xie lian bites his lip, and says a silent prayer for virid, though he doesn't turn his face away. ]

[supremity]

[ Blood on your hands, in exchange for something you've lost.

Hua Cheng laughs, a low chuckle, but it's not a happy sound and he's not looking away either. Yona deserves better than to be unwitnessed, if she's not given the choice to walk away. ]

[dianxias]

[ there goes the lever.

xie lian doesn't flinch, but when the blade hits the bottom of the machine and the deed is done, he bows his head, solemn, silent - and quietly, angry, too. ]