WEEK ONE - EXECUTION

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W̴͍̎E̴̝̊E̸͚͝K̸͕̿ ONE: 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 - Cloud Strife is not among you.

Perhaps he'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!

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EXECUTION

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[ as the curtains pull back, you're presented not with a live play, but with a screen. there's a soft click, a scratch noise, and then a whirring, as a light comes on and projects something.






the drumroll stops, and instead, a tune begins to play, crystal clear over the speakers. the title screen fades, and the only thing you can hear is music, as your silent film begins... ]

[stillnot]

[ the scene opens on a cozy little home... there's a rug on the floor. warm light coming from a lamp... honestly, for those who have seen clementine's room here, it's kind of nicer than that. there's a potted plant on an end table and decorative chair that's designed to look like a cute little teacup!

weird that the bed is a giant sardine can. clementine also seems to think this is strange but then... gets distracted by the projected title. though you can't hear her, you may be able to tell that she's mouthing everett?

... alright. well, she shakes it off.

also she is wearing... an outfit. on top of that she has a bracelet made from flowers, her nails freshly painted blue, and a necklace around her neck.

although you hear nothing but the music, clementine suddenly looks up, her brow pinching. ]



[ uhhhhhh...

okay.


moving cautiously, she leaves this cozy room through the doorway... weird that there's no door in the frame.

but as the angle changes, revealing the comically large furniture in the living room she emerges to, it is perhaps obvious: this is because she is coming out of a mouse hole. ]

[skyagain]

[ the camera angle pans to the living room once clementine steps out. in it, on a cat bed near the mouse hole, about the size of a house cat himself, is cloud strife. dressed for the job.

he looks a little dazed and confused at first, but things finally seems to click for him when clementine steps out of the hole. ]

... Shit.

[ of course, clementine might have been better off forever staying in her mouse hole, because as he stands up in a hurry, the rope he was laying on is freed with a sudden, cartoon-like FWOOSH and a rounded cage falls directly on top of the exit, and possibly clementine. ]

Clem!

[ cloud would like a refund on his weekend, actually ]

PEANUT GALLERY

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[Your reactions go here. You are confined to your seats, but you did get to choose them, so hold hands or what have you. You hear the music from the film, but the dialogue from the two on screen will only be displayed as subtitles. You can't hear their voices for the duration of the film.]

A THING

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[As you watch this movie play out before you, you will find that the skeletons around you chatter eagerly, enthralled by the action. The next time you blink, everything around you appears to glitch out. Your vision clears, but when you look at a nearby skeleton or you look at the guest closest to you, they appear to be distorted, fuzzy and jagged. It only lasts for a few moments at a time, as if the image you're seeing is attempting to clear. You can't quite focus after a while.]

[evocationary]

[slides down off the seat and to the floor bye]

[technocool]

OH COME, ON!!!!

[preowned]

[ cloud this isn't taking a break you fucking jock ]

[toesies]

[Sheila, sitting here for the first time and looking like she hates everything about this actually—

And then she sees who's co-starring with Clementine.]

Oh, crap.

[malewife]

[ Is this really happening? He is reading the words, but hello?

Niah, the wolf daemon, is at least here and doing okay. ]

[ashenvaliant]

This place really has it out for him, doesn't it?

[ it's not even joking it's just. wow. a lot. ]

[agleam]

[yeah, that figures!! he's definitely frowning about it, though, looking up at the screen with a tense expression.]

[shinetrue]

[ he just quickly finds a seat, kaeya and daemons in tow, and sits.

frowns loudly upon seeing cloud's name. ]

Can't seem to catch a break, huh.

[dms]

He really can't have a break for even a day, huh?

[mustbepurged]

[Estelle thought she was ready for this, but then she sees the title screen.]

No...

[battling]

[ So that's how it is this time around, huh? ]

[frostythehitman]

[ after a moment of disgusted shock staring at the screen: ]

...yeah, that figures.

[unrecked]

[Ah yes. The bar was in the ground. He expected nothing less and was still surprised.

He tries to flag down one of the shadowy fucks.]

I'm gonna need popcorn.

[supremity]

[ well, that's fun and funky fresh. he doesn't seem surprised, necessarily, but still.

he just sits in the nebulous seating chart arrangement with his cheek propped on his fist, tanhua settled on his feet. he'll flag down a shadowy usher for a drink because he might as well. ]

Round two.

[unbested]

[ sardine can............................

but no, this just. really sucks all around. ]

[outsidebones]

[harrow doesn't know what cartoons are so she's just squinting in increasing confused bewilderment in connection with worry.]

Why are they...animals...?

[callalilies]

[ welp... we are here... and just slowly rubbing our temples because wow we totally didn't see this coming. of course they'd make cloud do this :v just chugs from his flask on occasion tbh.

polaris is just gonna flop on ppl's feet so. here's your emotional support dog, i guess. ]

[afterword]

[ belatedly Dokja is here! Still pretty exhausted looking, but not as much.

Jin, the white nine-tailed fox daemon, is curled around in front of him. warily peeking around. ]

[decaptych]

[ Why in God's name am I awake but he's here with terrible posture sunken down so low in his seat he may as well be on the floor. Astral projecting, goodbye. ]

[cuedoves]

[ im at work but i must establish zuko is very upsetti its so important guys ]