WEEK ZERO: EXECUTION

[hellscapes]

Hello, deadlings.

Ha. Ha ha.

Yesterday was a wild chain of events, wasn't it? Nine hours is a long time to work, but you solved the case and voted for the correct culprit. Lucky you. But the weekend "fun" isn't over just yet.

On Sunday morning, you'll soon hear a sound coming from the dock. There's a large ferry waiting for you, and even if you resist you'll eventually find yourself compelled to climb aboard and set off on a short voyage. The islands around you look fairly blurry, but you don't go very far before you stop at a slab of land with two large buildings stationed. You won't be able to look at the one on the right now, the one you've come to know as the trial bar. Instead, your feet navigate you to the building on the left as the door creaks open. On your way in, you notice some posters hung beside the door, advertising today's event.

Inside is a bar. It's pretty swanky in comparison to the others you've seen, tables and chairs arranged comfortably for everyone to have a seat and spread out however they'd like. The bar is fully stocked with all kinds of alcohol along with an arrangement of bar food for anyone who's feeling a bit peckish. At the head of the room, there appears to be a stage washed in red lights with a wide area for performances.

At a table in the corner all six demons are gathered around.

-Bloody Mary and Midori are seated together, staring intensely at the stage.
-Blue Hawaiian and Malibu Sunset are draped over each other, phones in hand and slightly covered by Cosmopolitan.
-Rosé is seated nearby, tapping their foot impatiently.

As you find your seats and get yourself something to drink, darkness begins to fill the bar and a banner unfurls over the stage.

TODAY'S PERFORMER:
BUCKY BARNES
10AM
Enjoy the show

No matter where you look, you will find that Bucky is not amongst you. But there isn't time to look further before the lights dim and the curtains draw.

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Comments

[astika]

[YAYWON PLEASE

chandra at least acknowledges lavi's presence, rather than pretending he doesn't exist]

Not exactly the sort of retribution I was expecting, but entertainment for Satan may be the priority here...

[failbo]

...I wouldn't be surprised if it was him who chose who to send to kill Bucky...

[Sure seems like the kind of thing that would happen, no?]

[astika]

It's certainly possible. I doubt the demons are the ones who care enough to.

[bookpapers]

[my goofe brain

imagine satan really did pick hunter... satan hates redheads...]

It'd definitely explain the bar. [ANOTHER BAR!! satan please no more bars.

his eye narrows at the shadow that's clearly moving]

...What the hell?

[astika]

[hmm

well that's concerning, thinks dude who is normally a moving mass of shadows himself]

[bookpapers]

[DID YOU DO THIS CHANDRA? DID YOU INSPIRE SATAN?

Lavi's gaze narrows as both shadows grow more defined,]

...Other selves? Inner demons?

[he's thinking of (dgm)]

[astika]

[DON'T BLAME HIM FOR THIS]

... It's a possibility.

[bookpapers]

[rubs at his chest almost absentmindedly, he's just frowning so deeply as he watches]

[astika]

[WHY DO YOU KEEP HAVING TRAUMA]

[bookpapers]

[IT'S NOT HIS FAULT THAT HE GETS SO MUCH OF IT]

[astika]

[PLEASE SAVE LAVI I JAN BEGS]

[bookpapers]

[no he's just gonna get more trauma hoshino promised us all]

[astika]

[nooooooo]

[bookpapers]

[STOP this ain't about him,

His jaw clenches at the blows, the words.]

-- Why is Hunter even here if this was gonna happen?

[astika]

[...]

Again, probably entertainment. Hard to have a "show" with only a single actor, talking to himself.

[bookpapers]

You can put on a whole show with a shadow like that.

[though maybe Chandra is right, considering the way Bucky is resolutely ignoring his.

But why wouldn't he? He's probably heard it all before.]

[astika]

[and then things continue to escalate! wow.

chandra says nothing about the grotesque scene, his expression unreadable.]

[bookpapers]

[lavi is out of his seat, hands gripping the table like he doesn't know where else to put him, but there's relief when Hunter struggles back against the Shadow.

And then Bucky unleashes a ROCKET?

He just keeps standing, waiting for the blast to settle.]

[astika]

[the rocket

was unexpected

but as everything clears up, and bucky and hunter prepare for what seems to be the last stretch of their showdown—]

... Well, they're still themselves, if nothing else.

[engineers]

[ just like. watching the disapproving air on bucky's - lu bixing finally takes a drink, brows knitting together. ]

.... The latter. I think.

[bookpapers]

...This is gonna be ugly.

[which he knew as soon as he saw the poster, but still. There's the ugly of a public execution, and there's this.]