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the watchers ([personal profile] grigori) wrote in [community profile] chasma2021-10-30 09:48 pm
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WEEK FOUR EXECUTION

week four: execution like sacrifice at the altar
Hopefully you got a long night of sleep? Barring that, you got whatever answers, or closure, you might have needed. Because it's strangely quiet, the following Sunday morning, the everyday background music you've all gotten used to reduced to mere echoes on the wind.

Breaking the silence, somewhere, much like the song of Friday, there is the echoing, cruel laughter of voices you should faintly recognize throughout the city. It's followed by humming of that newly familiar song. It's strongest, interestingly, close to the tournament arena.

As time turns to 1 PM, though, there is a change as the voices fade. While there's no compulsion to investigate it, there's a small gathering in the arena itself. Your three Watchers are here with their daemons, and so are... Nanaly, and her daemon, front and center. All damages and evidence, anything amiss from the weekend, is all gone, and replaced with the state of the arena from the week prior.

Nearby, in the stands this time, rather than in the arena itself, the Watchers are clustered together. Suriel stands with their hands at their sides, head held high as they take deep, slow breaths. Next is Shamsiel who has their hands clasped together in front of them as though they were making a prayer. Baraqiel is seated behind them, a little higher up, one elbow propped on a knee, that hand covering the lower portion of their face as their daemon sits at the very edge of the stands in eagle form, staring down.

And then, another party will be compelled to join them. Power will find that her feet are carrying her to her destination, Ritty sticking close to her as they travel through the barrier. Once she passes through the centermost area of the arena, opposite where Nanaly stands, she'll find that she can't go back, and neither can her daemon.

Likewise, no one can enter the arena further than where the audience seating. There will be no interfering from outside parties, no matter what it is that's about to happen. Any attempts to do so will result in them meeting an invisible barrier, one that rebuffs them with the same amount of force used against it—so take care.

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[personal profile] rerouter 2021-10-31 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh.

Oh no.

She's immediately pressing her hands to the barrier after both girls are trapped inside, looking vaguely horrified.]


Power!

[HELLO? FORMER ROOMIE? This match up is truly hateful.]
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[personal profile] lefthandpath 2021-10-31 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Allen's standing still for once, just watching.

Rowan is settled by his feet in her canine form, ears back and a bit wary.]
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[personal profile] gregore 2021-10-31 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ): sad greg noises]
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[personal profile] yueshen 2021-10-31 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this sucks! every week this sucks!!!

xie lian is here, standing as close to the barrier as possble without being rebuffed - his arms are tightly crossed, knuckles buried into his white silks. san lang is still in qilin form, pacing the length of the barrier as far as he can without upsetting their daemon bond, and growling low. ]


...Of course, it would be here. [ in the arena. ] Such a farce.
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[personal profile] perfectdistance 2021-10-31 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[His ears are back and he's on edge the moment Power starts moving forward.]
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[personal profile] sponsoredby 2021-10-31 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He hates this. With every fiber of his body. It's awful that it's Nanaly to begin with and he knows that he's not going to like whoever he sees escorted in, but he didn't expect Power.

He feels panic rise in him and he's awkwardly rushing at the barrier with his crutch. Awkwardly, he swings it against the barrier as Finley also tries to slam into it. Both of them are knocked back and he's knocked to the ground.

He slams his fist on the ground in anger. ]


Not you both...
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[personal profile] escardos 2021-10-31 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ well look who’s here!

flat’s sporting a Sick Bruise on his face, but he seems to be watching intently. ]
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[personal profile] senjinrouha 2021-10-31 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[ well his ears just go flat, immediately, when he sees power go up there. ]

...
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[personal profile] greatdeduction 2021-10-31 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[...]

[Sholmes looks stern, but the look in his eyes is practically livid.]


Truly, the depths of cruelty they can reach is unimaginable.
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[personal profile] aono 2021-10-31 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[Well this just sucks. Nanaly and Power...]
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[personal profile] greatdeduction 2021-10-31 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Kotetsu...

[He's just. Sighing, also visibly angry and frustrated, but...he can't let Kotetsu just sit here, either.]

[He's reaching down a hand for Kotetsu to take, if he wants to pull himself back up.]
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[personal profile] evocationary 2021-10-31 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[oh hey lup is... still here

and her eyes are very red and a little puffy, but she looks like she's on a mission, coming up to xie lian and standing next to him. quietly:]


You're all pretty sure that Nanaly didn't kill Sheba, right? That's what I got from the chaos after you left your trial. [a long pause. she sniffs, reaching up to rub at her eye.] This continues to be stupid.
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[personal profile] afterword 2021-10-31 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ here to establish that Dokja, like every week, is here as well. He watches a bit quietly and frowns when he sees who it is pitted against their unfortunately innocent party.

This time, his gaze is more focused towards another direction of the city but still occasionally keeping track of the execution. ]


..Always a sacrifice, no matter what.
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[personal profile] booksleeves 2021-10-31 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Mr. Escardos?

[Your face . . .]
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[personal profile] sponsoredby 2021-10-31 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He hesitates, but reaches out to take Sholmes' hand. Except, he doesn't pull himself up with the hand offered. Just staring at him with a helpless and angry look.

Meanwhile, Finley is getting back up to start slamming into the barrier again. Sure, the pain of the hard contact is reflected back to Kotetsu, but he doesn't care. ]
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[personal profile] escardos 2021-10-31 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Miss Susato!

[ oh dear, he looks embarrassed. ]

It’s okay, don’t worry. I asked to be punched.
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[personal profile] booksleeves 2021-10-31 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[Susato is here, still in her uniform, holding Ryutaro in her arms and stroking his fur. Her expression is grim, but she watches silently.]
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[personal profile] yueshen 2021-10-31 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
We know she didn't.

[ his voice is just as soft, eyes on the execution forward, though he glances to lup with a small, tired smile. it doesn't quite reach his eyes, but it's there, and it fades off his face almost immediately. ]

...and I agree with you. It is very, very stupid. We are given nine hours to attempt to find the culprits - and whether we fail or not, these events are always the outcome.
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[personal profile] booksleeves 2021-10-31 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[. . . Bringing at hand to her mouth at the way he responds.]

Oh!

. . . Well, that's alright, I suppose.
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[personal profile] burnstrike 2021-10-31 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ This is it, huh.

Nanaly has been wearing more casual clothes most of her time here; she hasn't had any intention of fighting anyone, so she didn't have any reason to wear any armor. But she's back in her clothes from home today. It just feels better this way.

She doesn't really have any expectations for who's going to show up in here with her... though if she'd had a list, Power wouldn't have been very high up on it. There's a look of mild surprise on her face for a second when Power and Ritty enter the barrier, and Radheya — back in his usual dhole form — looks up at her from where he stands at her side, alert.

Then she just gives an apologetic smile. ]


Sorry. I'm not sure how you got roped into this.
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[personal profile] yueshen 2021-10-31 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ xie lian's bunny ear swivels in this direction, and then they both perk up like ! ]

.... Flat?
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[personal profile] rerouter 2021-10-31 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
... Flat?

[Hewwo?]
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[personal profile] malewife 2021-10-31 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It really be this way as Lowe chooses chaos. As usual, Joonghyuk is here with Niah who’s a black Jaguar. Big black cat grumbles. ]

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