END OF CHAPTER 2 ; EXECUTION

[themodsgrimm]

The Story Continues... END OF CHAPTER 2 - WEEK 232 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. Sandalphon appears, flanked on either side by suits of armor, escorting him to his punishment. His expression is one of grim acceptance, and he takes each step toward the door without faltering. A moment later, the Dragon appears on the foyer's staircase. Her hand trails down the banister as she descends, and she takes her place at the head of the group, standing in front of what appears to be a wall. "Come," she says. "The execution awaits." You blink, and then it's there — a door leading to the outside. The Dragon steps through it. You have no choice but to follow. Welcome to your third execution post! Please see here for the results of yesterday's voting. In addition, make sure you fill out your CR Chart for Chapter 2! If you have any questions, please ask on our Discord server or ping us on plurk. Please direct pings for the NPC to Dana (Discord DMs preferred, then decals), 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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[vigilantics]

[ ... she'll just hobble over. and start digging at the dirt with her crutch.





yeah. ]

[randori]

[ What if she stabs him in the eye with that? Why are his friends all injured????? what are you guys doing ]

[vigilantics]

[ if she takes out his eye then he can join her and varian's pirate club. they have a peg leg, hook hand, and all they need is an eyepatch :/

BUT SHE'LL JUST. DIG. ]

[randori]

[ Once upon a time, he almost had to disguise himself with an eyepatch in canon, the pirate club could have worked.

Steph clears up some breathing space around his head, hopefully stopping when she actually hits his head and shoulders, but having air again is much appreciated, the loosened dirt much easier to scramble his way though.

The sunlight is too bright and his head kind of hurts getting prodded with the crutch but. Hi. ]

[vigilantics]

[ yeah, as soon as he finishes crawling the rest of the way out, steph is literally throwing her crutches to fall to the ground and hug him.

this is probably a terrible, painful idea that she is going to regret in about ten seconds, but natsuo is far more important. ]

You're back! It's...

[randori]

[ It's! a heartfelt reunion for about two seconds before Natsuo extracts himself from Steph's arms and growls under his breath. ]

Who's the bastard that tried to bury me alive, huh?! I'll destroy him.

[vigilantics]

Natsuo for the love of god stop trying to fight everyone.

[ she looks stern for??? also two seconds

and then she just starts laughing because holy shit, he never changes. ]

[randori]

[ The laughter catches him off guard, because he was 1000% serious about throwing down, and there's more tension than relief in him when he stares at her, turning his head to see where they are and what's going on. ]

...Time. What time is it? Is it almost nine?

[vigilantics]

[ oh. oh he doesn't even know.

that makes her freeze, and she readjusts herself so that she isn't actually leaning on her bad leg anymore. ]

Natsuo, it's Sunday.

[randori]

[ —it feels as if his heart skipped a beat, and then stopped. Everything stops, and it's just white noise that crowds his ears and fills his head for a moment before he scrambles to turn and search blindly at whoever's around them. ]

It can't— But I—- Who died? Summer, who did I let die?

[vigilantics]

You.

[ it comes out as a whisper, but then she shakes her head. when she talks again it's with a firmer tone. ]

Sandalphon and Francis targeted you because you were partnerless. Sandalphon's title ability let him bring you back to life after. He got executed.

[randori]

No!

[ He takes a step- left? right? he doesn't know where Ssandalphon is, nor where to go, so he ends up just stomping his foot in place. ]

I'm not dead and he can't be dead! Sandalphon and I were learning how to cook together! He can't die!

[ denial ]

[vigilantics]

Natsuo. I'm sorry.

[ she doesn't really know what to say other than that. ]

[randori]

The dead don't come back. I'm not. HE'S not. He can't be! I didn't die, so he doesn't have to die! That's not how it works!

[ You get executed for being guilty of a murder. He's not dead. It wasn't murder. ]

[vigilantics]

It was his title, Natsuo. He could only do it once-- he was Snow White's Prince.

[ she wonders if she should have waited before telling him, but he was going to figure it out immediately anyway when it became clear that sandals wasn't here. ]