WEEK ONE: 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, looking impatient.

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:
FOUR
10AM
Enjoy the show

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

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[bookpapers]

[Lavi grits his teeth, sometimes you arrive at an execution and tell yourself you won't have any feelings, and then you immediately fck it up.]

...He's gonna do this the only way he knows how.

[and as much as he hates that, he can't really. he watches bixing's shadow curl up around them both,]

[toyska]

[Time for Lavi to get desensitized :partying_face:

But no--Childe doesn't say anything in response to that. He just watches Lu Bixing's shadow closely--and also Gideon beating on the barrier, which makes him frown, but he doesn't move to stop her.]

[bookpapers]

[maybe he WILL

Lavi also looks over at Gideon, and you know what, yeah. That's exactly how he's feeling. Only years of training keeps him rooted to the spot, he keeps looking, but then he hears Four scream, and his gaze swings back around. ara sisi i demand you both to stop doing this to us]

[toyska]

[ARA AND SISI ARE REALLY OUT HERE!! And so are their shadows, which are even more ruthless than last time? Wow. Even Childe isn't immune to this scene--he looks away as Lu Bixing's tiny shadows beg him for help, instead focusing his attention temporarily on the demons, as if to ground himself and remember where they are.]

[bookpapers]

[ARA GUNNING FOR ME I HATE IT HERE

Childe's reaction doesn't go unnoticed, not when the only thing lavi can do right now is see. everything and everyone, the performers on stage and the audience watching. jingheng running to the barrier, everyone shouting, four's scream as it rises above the noise.

this is a part of history too, he thinks. four who had been vicious and full of rage, and now four choked with fear and despair. they'll go down on the pages as easy as anything, as long as he's here. only what my eye can see.]

[toyska]

[The new voice--that's better. It's a familiar sort of cruelty, the apathy of a scientist. It makes it easy to latch onto, and with one steadying breath, slow and shallow enough to be unnoticeable to most, he looks back at the stage. At Lu Bixing fighting to save a girl--a crazed murderer--he barely knows. At the small but growing crowd, furious and frightened, an emulation of the entire theme of this place: misery and suffering.

He'll watch the rest quietly, regardless of what's to come. (It's a good reminder, if nothing else. Warmth alone can't defeat the winter.)]

[bookpapers]

[all they can do is watch, all lavi can do is watch, so he inhales sharply when that's taken away from him.

but this is a part of seeing too -- the emptiness, and then the flashes of light showing Bixing still moving, the sound of his voice when he calls Four's name. and then the sound that follows. it feels like forever, and it's also too soon.]

[toyska]

[Oh. Well.

Very abruptly, he's leaving. Bye!]

[cavaliered]

[i was literally in the middle of writing this tag actually so same goodbye]

[reignite]

[ the daddy issues be coming out in everyone ]

[astika]

[damb]