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suitedreams2022-06-12 08:30 am
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WEEK 0 - EXECUTION
W̴͍̎E̴̝̊E̸͚͝K̸͕̿ ZERO: EXECUTION
By now, you've all got to be expecting it. Time marches on, and as Sunday morning arrives, you'll find yourself rising from your bed around 9. It starts off as a gentle suggestion, a feeling that you're going to be late for something. Aren't you going to be late for something?
Whether you answer that call or not, eventually, you'll find yourself walking directly down to the lobby, to a room that has so far been locked. All of you stand in front of a pair of golden doors, blocked off by a red velvet rope.
There's a moment of silence, and then a strange clattering noise. The doors fly open, and you'll find that you're standing in a darkened room where rows and rows of blue velvet seats lead up to a stage. The stage in front of you is covered with a pair of matching, rich blue velvet curtains, emblazoned with the logo of the Starlight Hotel.
Welcome, everyone, to the Starlight Theater.
You'll find yourself feeling like you must sit. You can choose your seat, but every seat in the house in the Starlight Theater guarantees a perfect view of the stage - there's no hiding. Should you try to merely stand, you'll find a pair of hands on your shoulders, and your body will move along without your permission into a seat. For those of you looking at your less cooperative friend, you might see the figure walking them to their seat is skeletal in nature, almost dancing behind them as they're ushered into their seat.
In fact... The empty seats in the theater are already filled. Skeletons sit in each empty seat, but make no mistake, audience: they clatter and move around, excited. Some of them are holding popcorn. Some of them look at you, then at the screen, eager. Others raise their arms to flag something, or someone - shadowy ushers burst from the floor and provide refreshments - and skeletons pour drinks down their nonexistent throats and stomachs, slurping at straws in a way that should be impossible.
Eventually, the bone clattering stops, and a hush falls over the crowd. Looking around, you might have noticed that one of your own didn't make it to the theater - Sheila Hammond is not among you.
Perhaps she's backstage?
You don't get much time to think about it, though. The lights dim, and a pair of spotlights spin arches across the curtains, as somewhere, a drumroll plays.
Lights, camera, action!
N̸A̵V̴I̶G̶A̶T̴I̴O̸N̷.̷
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she's furious. ]
This does not need to be in this format.
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she tears her eyes away from shades of pink and green, of cherry blossoms on lovely spring day, to go back to reading the conversation on the screen. ]
He speaks so easily of abandonment when he's still here for a reason.
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...I think he's just trying to be honest.
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[ it's not like she doesn't understand. she can sound similar sometimes, but that means she knows what that's like.
and then sheila proposes her pen plan, and she frowns. ]
There are better ways to do that.
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That's...
[yikes!]
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[ there's no wealth of weapons in a law office, but... ]
I didn't mean for a repeat by mentioning the pen last night.
[ she hates it here. ]
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yeah ]
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[but he's taking a breath as sieghart lays his head down, while continuing to not look at any of the skeletons.]
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[ it's not logical, but it is what it is.
and then sheila brings the pen down, and she steels herself to watch. ]
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You definitely did not invoke this.
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[ she doesn't know the term lampshaded, but it's what she's thinking. ]
I don't mind being wrong about this, but now they'll have to find something else.
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...At least they aren't being forced to fight?
[but also this is The Worst]
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[ and yet ]
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[and yet!]
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...Perhaps he does not want us to view him with sympathy.
[ though he wonders if flayn would, anyway. ]
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He may not, and I will not forget whose life he took, but none of this is something I want to watch.
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sheila seems about ready to end this movie, at least. ]
This theater has never shown us anything worthwhile. [ he won't say she can avert her eyes though, even if he absolutely believes that would be valid. ]
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at least they are ready to end this film even if she'd prefer another method. ]
It never will.
[ until someone tells her about the possibility of execution saves. she will never avert her eyes. ]
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if it were mitsuri he saw in the audience, he might react. she shouldn't be here. but his skeletons are his usual familial delusions, so he ignores them as usual to watch flayn's revenge play out.
darkly, ]
To hell with this place.
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she's about to respond in kind, but she startles and frowns at sieg's kneejerk reaction. ]
That's why I said there were other ways to do this, but I didn't expect....
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If we must do this, I think proper implements of executing should perhaps be made available for executions.
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[ she reads the words sheila is saying. ]
I don't want to think about what will happen if what they choose next won't work.
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It seems he's had enough.
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[ all of them have. ]
Will he succeed?