END OF CHAPTER 1 ; EXECUTION

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The Story Continues... END OF CHAPTER 1 - WEEK 134 Narrators Remain ; It's execution day, naughty murder children. Breakfast is served in the dining hall, all the better to fortify you for what is to come. Wherever you might wander in the castle, you will find yourself drawn to the foyer when the clock strikes not twelve, but ten. In the distance, there is the sound of clanking armor. Ann Takamaki appears, flanked on either side by suits of armor, escorting her to her punishment. She stares straight ahead with each step closer to the group that they take. A moment later, the Tiger appears on the foyer's staircase. Her hand trails down the banister as she sashays down it, and she takes her place at the head of the group, standing in front of what appears to be a wall. "Come along, darlings," she says. "The execution awaits." You blink, and then it's there — a door leading to the outside. The Tiger steps through it. You have no choice but to follow. Welcome to your second execution post! Please see here for the results of yesterday's voting. In addition, make sure you fill out your CR Chart for Chapter 1! If you have any questions, please ask on our Discord server or ping us on plurk. Please direct pings for the NPC to Danielle (Discord DMs preferred, then entrappings), as she will be taking point for today's NPC, and the moderator team will be on deck for all other questions. full navigation. locations taken (statuses) stories (profiles) info & faq wishing well private conversations

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[doublecrows]

[HEY GUYS GUESS WHO HAS A BLACK EYE WHILE AT THE EXECUTION, IF YOU GUESSED GORO AKECHI YOU WOULD BE CORRECT]

[there's uncertainty replacing Akech's usual dispassion and distance in his expression today, as he watches his partner hold Ann (Panther, one of Joker's, one of Kurusu's) under water until she stops moving, until her body dissolves into nothing. he can't really put a finger on what he's feeling here. it isn't guilt. . . maybe? it isn't regret. . . probably? it's. . .]

[it's something. it's something that keeps burrowing a hole deep into his gut, keeps making his fingers flex into fists and his eyes twitch with nervousness. he doesn't like it]

. . . and you think me cruel. I at least had the decency of choosing "to be continued."

[axilium]

... It does seem to be the better option.

[well, as curious (as distasteful as that word seems) as he was to what "happily ever after" entailed, he still chose "to be continued". it wasn't worth playing with someone's life.]

[doublecrows]

[his gaze flickers towards Belph, lingering]

The mercy of the public is fickle.

[. . .]

[axilium]

... Mercy's a pretty subjective concept to begin with, isn't it?

[doublecrows]

[lol]

[at that, Akechi just shrugs]

[okitactless]

You tried to get Reyna-kun killed.

[DON'T EVEN START, DUDE.]

[doublecrows]

[Akechi shoots a sharp look in Yasu's direction, mouth open, eyes wide like he's about to say something]

[until he clicks his mouth shut and turns away again. pointless. it's pointless]

You wouldn't understand.

[okitactless]

You have no way of knowing that.

[Really? His brilliant defense is a non-answer? Nice try.]

[doublecrows]

[AKECHI SUCKS!!]

Why? Are you implying you want to try?

[doubt.jpg]

[londonstar]

Do not try to shed light on yourself, boy.

[ akechi nearly had his partner killed, and waver couldn't sleep well because of it. however, he continues to treat akechi with some amount of courtesy-- he will gain nothing with rudeness, after all.

he's disappointed, sure, but this is just something that happens in life. it's deplorable, but he can't consider akechi a monster, or anything like that. ]

How is your curse? Can you breathe any better?

[doublecrows]

[judging by the way Akechi's breathing is still coming in quick, ragged gasps, he's still cursed. and that question does get a bit of a bemused look from Akechi, who had been about to reel on Waver with irritation]

Why do you care?

[he framed Reyna. he framed Waver's partner. why does he care if Akechi is breathing better or not?]

[londonstar]

Because I gain nothing from being rude to you-- it's a waste of time.

[ but it's not like waver looks too happy either. then again, when does he? ]

However, do not mistake my politeness as kindness; I'm extremely disappointed in you. But I do not hate or dislike you...I believe you already feel enough of that towards yourself.

[doublecrows]

[WOW]

[normally a comment like that might make Akechi bristle, lash out, defend himself with a desperate and reckless abandon (even though it's true, no one hates Akechi more than Akechi). but he's exhausted. he's pale and wan and so so tired from what happened yesterday]

[so he just shoots back, words sharp]

You wouldn't know.

[function]

I'm surprised they just didn't finish the job.

[ referring to the black eye, of course ]

[doublecrows]

[l o l]

Regardless of what happened here, of what you all think, Takamaki isn't a murderer.

[she's too good for it :/]

[function]

She still killed someone. Last I checked, that's the only thing you need to be a murderer.

[spondulix]

Ah, as if that could erase everything you did! That means nothing.

[Fitzgerald chuckles - there's no disappointment, not a single iota of pity, not even a frown. Instead, he behaves as if they're at a show, and the curtain was just closed on it all.]

[He seems to be in a better mood than most.]

If I were you, I'd stay out of the public eye. I don't think a single person wants to see you besides your partner, now that his hands are red to.

[doublecrows]

[he bristles at that tone, at the way it sounds like Fitz is enjoying this]

Because everyone else's hands are so clean. Because everyone else can wash away the part they had in Takamaki and Evans's deaths.

[akechi you don't deserve the moral high ground]

At least I'm not caught up in that delusion.

[spondulix]

But of course. People deny what they are and who they are. They'll point fingers at others in an attempt to make themselves feel like the better one in the room. But the fact of the matter is, isn't that what you're doing right now?

[He lets out a "hmmph", crossing his arms.]

I'm not here to judge you. Whatever you did, you did. [His gaze is very cold.] Heaven knows I've done worse in my lifetime. But all I'm saying is that you now have a mark on your back. You already know that. So if you want to save your own hide, don't be visible.

[melancoffeea]

[Sandalphon, who has neither spoken to nor said anything about Akechi since the trial, approaches the statement in his usual tone of casualness]

Hm. I wonder if these options will remain so straightforward each week.

In any case, it was never a matter of cruelty . . was it?

[he turns his head to look at Akechi]

[doublecrows]

[Akechi's head whips around when he hears Sandalphon's voice, and for a moment, all he does is stare]

. . .

I don't kill for the sake of cruelty, despite what some people might now think.

[melancoffeea]

It didn't seem that way.

[at least, Sandalphon doesn't think so]

Regardless, you were an accomplice—if not more. Are you prepared for your punishment? Whatever it may be.

[nivation]

[ Kyouka was fine with not talking to him during the trial in the last hour or after (there were so many others who had so much more to say to him), but his words now make her stop. ]

One cruelty does not overshadow another. You still sentenced her to death.

[ That's the implication she hears. ]

[doublecrows]

[he so doesn't deserve that seat on the moral high horse, and yet. . . it makes him feel better]

Don't say that like it's solely my fault.

[ah. always deflecting the blame]

Anyone who voted for her had a hand in her death.

[nivation]

[ ... ]

What does denying what you did do? The majority voted, and you were part of if.