WEEK FOUR: REMOVAL

[retellers]

WEEK FOUR: REMOVAL (30 remain) Time to wake up, participants of the Realm. At 8am, everyone will receive a message on their PHS. Please go to the northern town 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, Wolf, Rabbit, and Fox, are already present, Vezda with them. Rabbit speaks. "I'm so sorry. Please come forward." Once they finish speaking, an alert goes off from a PHS in the crowd—specifically, Taako's. Their PHS displays a simple message. You have ̶been select͘ed͞to remove Bucky Barnes. Regardless of their will, they 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 Taako is selected, Vezda will move against his own will into the road in the middle of town, with Taako following behind him. A pistol appears in both of their hands.

They will then feel compelled to walk ten paces away from each other. ]

[uhhhmagic]

[He mostly looks shocked, because. Well. He hates sequels? Then his face drops.]

Seriously— Me? There’s not a— there’s not another thing, right? That we can use on the innocent guy?

[No? He honestly looks like he feels a little ill. Maybe strike the little. A lot ill.

But because the law of the land dictates that it must be so, he quietly takes the gun - giving it a look because he barely knows how to use one of these things. Marching ten paces away, light desert dust swirling around his boots, the high noon sun gleaming off his Sheriff’s Badge. There’s probably a tumbleweed.]

Um. Well. [He flexes his fingers over the grip of his gun, because that’s very much what you’re supposed to do in a Wild West standoff.] Any last words?

[A beat.]

You can tell us that we all suck butt.

[frostythehitman]

[ Vezda, for his part, is genuinely surprised that he gets a gun too? It. Well, it fits with the cowboy theming, he supposes, but uh. He's not a huge fan of being given the chance to kill his equally innocent executioner.

As they stand apart, staring at each other from 20 paces away, Vezda considers what he wants his parting words to be.

Then he braces himself, squaring his shoulders and trying to look, well. As casual as one can be when preparing for a duel to the death. He's not happy, of course, but it's not like anyone else needs to see that, least of all Taako.

He tries to shrug nonchalantly. ]

What's there to say? Everyone already knows they fucked up. No use in dragging it out.

[uhhhmagic]

You sure? Could feel better to get it off your chest a bit. I’ll admit we suck butt if it helps. Fuck!

[Shuffling a boot in the dirt, adjusting his hat. Clearly procrastinating.]

Like I said. I’m sorry and stuff.

[ . . . ]

PEANUT GALLERY

[retellers]

[evocationary]

[ haha

hahaha wow well what a morning this is

she immediately rams into the barrier. ow. she also starts like, going through her pockets? like she's going to find something that can help with this, somehow. ]

[papasha]

[After a moment, he gently puts a hand on her shoulder.

Lup. :(]

[exercisms]

[Despite giving a sad little speech yesterday about why he doesn't hit the barrier anymore, when Lup starts, he'll immediately rush over and start trying to help her do it, hitting it with his weak little fists.]

[dianxias]

[ after lup tries to punch the barrier harder, confirming that she is a noodle -

xie lian, standing back with blanca, steps up, curls his fist tight and winds back to slam a punch into it at full strength, too.

he is not a noodle and it still does nothing.

fists clenched, he steps back, too. ]

[reconnective]

[yikes. he does nothing to stop her, lingering close and giving the barrier one solid kick before growing still and keeping watch. he'll be on standby for support but man. what a day.]

[discernments]

[ She also does nothing to stop her, but she does look over with concern before turning back to watch. ]

[supremity]

[ There is no approach to the barrier, and no attempt to break it, when multiple people try it. But Hua Cheng is among the group near Lup during this.

(The Lup Group, if you will. "Snow someone is going to die today?" Someone dies every day Susan it's a murdergame.) ]

[dawnblushed]

[lup :c

yona looks toward her with deep concern, and lingers nearby. it's a shame they can't actually break the barrier down, but she's glad lup has a good support system, at least.]

[robopriest]

[He knows the others have rushed forward to pull her back, but after it seems like she's backed off, he just reaches forward to lightly touch her on the shoulder. No words, just that.

[riegan]

(I am going to bed now but I just want to say Claude is also in Lup group. u_u

After she's stopped beating the barrier, he'll join the others around her and keep close.)

[recrowns]

[i slept in and the lup group is so crowded -

but soo-won is at least as close as he can make it, watching lup at times more than the execution for once. she's taken care of and he knows it - but he can't help his own worry]

[infreefall]

[ she's right next to the barrier to watch today, hands curled into fists against her chest as she eyes the guns in their hands. ]

[infreefall]

[ ochako gives a soft, shaky laugh at bucky's threat before biting down hard on her bottom lip. tears prick at the corner of her eyes, but she refuses to look away. ]

[dawnblushed]

[oh, bad.

yona's watching the two of them, her gaze lingering on the pistols that have appeared in their hands as they walk away from each other.]

[misstrust]

[ Dorothy just quietly watches, leaning a bit listlessly on her crutches ]

So it's to be a duel, is it? I should have guessed.

[misstrust]

[ Oh.

And now suddenly Dorothy is much less okay and actually looking a great deal paler when Bucky points the gun to his head and she opens her mouth but only a thin noise emerges.

It's a blank, but she's still looking like she's about to be ill.

Hm. ]

[chanteuser]

[ she's watching, quietly. everything sucks, again, and she looks immensely unhappy but

well.

they did this, so. they have to deal with it. ]

[lecarre]

[Oh god.

As soon as Bucky fires his gun and Ange sees the damage, she drags in a sharp breath, covers her eyes, turns around and crouches down in place as if that could possibly help in any way.

This is a nightmare, honestly, for everyone involved.]

[papasha]

[Well, his one hand is being occupied by Lup's, but his other is free. He bends enough so his hand comes down in her field of vision.

He waits a moment, and then taps her hands once gently to get her to look. He'll help her up, if she wants to take his hand, and he'll tuck her under his other side?]

[discernments]

[ When Vezda empties the gun of all its bullets, Jeanne is alarmed.

She watches even more intently, her worry growing exponentially. ]