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redactable2020-10-11 10:10 am
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WEEK ONE: REMOVAL
WEEK ONE: REMOVAL (38 remain) Time to wake up, participants of the Realm. At 8am, everyone will receive a message on their PHS. Docking bay in space. 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, Tiger, Swan, and Goat, are already present, Kano with them. Tiger speaks. "Let's... just get this over with." Once they finish speaking, an alert goes off from a PHS in the crowd—specifically, Jeanne's. Her PHS displays a simple message. You have been selected to remove Shuuya Kano. 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, though it won't harm them. |
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EXECUTION
After a moment, Goat disappears from their position, reappearing next to the barrier, which they seem taken aback by as if they hadn't expected to hit it. They then slam their fists against it repeatedly, uncaring of how it electrocutes them each time--what with them being a Leader--before eventually, they seem to be in too much pain to move. Tiger walks over and kneels down to poke them, probably to check to see if they're like, alive. For their part, Swan teleports a second after Goat, but once they see what they're doing, they stop and attempt to teleport towards ... space instead? That or they ram into the wall facing it for fun a few times.
Anyway. Please continue, Kano and Jeanne. ]
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If this her responsibility to bear, if this is her sin to commit, so be it. The rules are clear, and if someone must take an innocent life, she supposes she's suitable for it.
Jeanne stands by the emergency switch but doesn't lift a hand just yet. ]
Kano. Do you have any requests?
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I dunno. Maybe we can just stand here for a couple hours, wait it out?
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[ There isn't anything in the rules that says they can't wait that long, but she also isn't one to make the others have to stay here for that.
She is ignoring everyone but Kano, ignoring any looks, any concerns, any attempts to circumvent the barrier. Kano was chosen, and this is what they all must face. ]
I'm afraid I can't grant that today. Please tell me, if there's anything else.
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He breathes out, wanting to ask. People wanted him to be more selfish. He hates himself for being weak, and having to ask.
He mumbles something, under his breath, too quiet to hear. ]
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If it not something he wants others to hear, it is the very least thing she could do for him when she's about to take everything else away from him. ]
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He waits until she's close enough, not moving at all from where he stands at the end of the hall, before shifting so that he can lean in and whisper into Jeanne's ear with his back turned towards everybody else.
If he hasn't made this clear yet: fuck y'all for watching this. Go home. ]
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If I could have, I would have already. Because I can't, I will shoulder this.
[ Because she could not do enough, she turns to return to the emergency switch. ]
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[ Words and platitudes, meaningless. My dog is having cute little sleep twitches next to me while I'm tying this and I'm constantly dying. Kano leans down, arcing his back in a stretch as if preparing himself, and then
one step
two
a flash of metal, his clenched fist at her back right over the heart while miraculously missing the spine, ribs, and shoulder blades because this is rp and skeletons don't do shit. ]
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Jeanne's eyes widen, as the scalpel embeds itself, and she falters, stumbling forward to fall onto the ground.
Didn't they have a conversation about this during the trial? About trust and kindness?
She can understand his wish to live. That is something that is not wrong, but he is not the only one who cannot die today. Once attacked, Jeanne can only defend, and she rises with the pain sharp in her back, and tries to throw Kano back towards the airlock. ]
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Anyways, Kano stands his ground, steadying himself with a hand on his knees, and when he's pushed, his hand slips off into his boot and he pulls out! a second scalpel! (:
This one he drives towards Jeanne's throat. ]
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Her hands move to grab his arm, the one holding his second scalpel, to immobilize him, so she can knock him down with a kick to his chest.
It's not the way she usually fights, but it'll have to do in a pinch. ]
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Whatever pain must be shooting through him right now, none of it registers on his face. He's biting down on his bottom lip hard enough to make split spot reopen and bleed anew, but none of it registers. Only one arm is immobilized, but his second arm is free, his second arm can reach into his boot and pull out a third... scalpel... And with Jeanne forcing herself close to him like this, she can't move as freely either, as he aims once again for the throat. ]
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Jeanne lets him go the moment the third scalpel comes out, but she moves so it embeds itself in her left arm. Her eyes flash, and she grabs him by the shoulders before she slams her forehead against his, shoving him once more towards the airlock. She dashes across the docking bay before she can stop to think.
This is not how she wanted this done. This is not something she ever wanted to do. This is not anything she would have chosen to do, but it has been chosen for her. She must end this.
However much it hurts, however much she has no right to feel sadness over this, she will end this. She can't prolong this, and if she must do something so unmistakably cruel, her hands have known blood since before the Realm.
She will be okay.
Her hands find emergency switch, and she pulls. ]
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Stars flash in front of Kano's eyes and the room pitches, Jeanne's retreating form tilting and darkening even as his knees hit something solid and his hand finds his boot. He has so many scalpels, you guys. His hand lifts and draws back, dislocated arm shaking as it tries to bear his weight from where he's half collapsed on the ground, and he throws. Not the soft, underhand toss of a Buddha's hand or ice cream baggie, but the practiced throw of a dart, straight and true, even as the world closes in around him.
The darkness feels familiar, but he can't understand why. It's cold, but he feels no fear, no anger, no pain— there's hope? There's a reason for hope, but he doesn't recall why.
As long as there is two, that's all that matters. It has to happen in pairs, and as long as he followed that rule, then... then he will...
The airlock opens, and his hand fumbles for his boot one last time. It's been taken away from him, before, this one last thing he has a claim to, but no more. He is no longer bound, there is nobody who has power over him anymore. His life is his own again, and so is his death.
The blade plunges into his throat and twists, tearing across with the last of his strength. There is no pain. He will not make Jeanne a murderer today. ]
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Kano!
[ She is no stranger to self-sacrifice, but she would have preferred to carry the weight of murderer.
Once the reality hits, a different weight comes crashing down, and she pushes the lever. The airlock door closes, and Jeanne stays very, very still.
Shuuya Kano is dead. ]
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With that said, once he's dead, the barriers blocking everyone go down. After manifesting their sword, Goat uses it as a crutch to help them stand, struggling to do so (getting shocked repeatedly does that to a person).]
... I will retrieve his body.
[ Tearing a portal open in the air, they step through and vanish. After a few moments, since there's nothing left for them to do, Swan takes a hold of Tiger and the two of them teleport away.
You're all free to leave now! Hurray!
Later in the day, everyone will receive an alert for the NOVA CHECK app. Looks like weekly rankings are up! Furthermore, the Leaders will be responding to requests at the Planetarium again. ]
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Ruler-san, I can help you with this. It shoots fire, but it should heal you.
[ unfortunately she won't just shoot fire without asking ]
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Jeanne doesn't move for a long moment even after she's addressed, but when she turns away from where Kano once was and looks at Ochako, her expression softens a fraction. She isn't smiling, but her appreciation is clear in her eyes. ]
Thank you, but you should save it for someone else.
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[ is it because of the fire? soo-won's comment is still fresh in her mind, but ochako isn't going to force this on someone who doesn't want it. ]
...Can I at least help you with them? Finding bandages, or something?
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Yes, I would appreciate that a lot. [ ... ] I'm afraid it's difficult for me to move too much, but you can use my cloak.
[ Her space outfit is handy for this one thing. She offers up her PHS for Ochako to take. ]
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So... just tear it into strips, right?
[ she's never done first aid but she'll try. ]
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[ Yeah, she just volunteered Chiron, but also she doesn't know anyone's feelings on Chiron pulling out his bow? She's not aware that happened at all. ]
We can also leave and find a knife for it to make it easier for you.
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