WEEK SIX EXECUTION

[grigori]

week six: execution and the zest was history

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, in Star Circle.

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 heart of the city square. Your three Watchers are here with their daemons, and so are... Spike, and his daemon, front and center. All damages and evidence, anything amiss from the weekend, is all gone, and replaced with the state of the Star Circle from the week prior.

Standing close are the Watchers. Baraqiel is nearby, arms crossed, daemon skulking tiger-formed around the edge ring of the Star Circle. Shamsiel stands a bit to the side of Baraqiel with one of their hands grasping onto their wrist as their daemon rests on their shoulder in falconet form. Suriel stands on Shamsiel's other side, daemon nowhere to be seen as they rest their hand on the other's arm.

And then, another party will be compelled to join them. Diluc will find that his feet are carrying him to his destination, Canopus sticking close to him as they travel through the barrier. Once he passes into the innermost sunburst of the circle, opposite where Spike stands, he'll find that he can't go back, and neither can his daemon.

Likewise, no one can enter Star Circle further than where the Watchers are. 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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[sponsoredby]

And there's nothing I can do about that. Both of them would be in danger this time.

[ His eyes darken a little. ]

It'll be had not to do anything if that happens.

[ His shoulders tense up, glancing over at Sholmes. ]

[greatdeduction]

I know, I know...

[His position is tense.]

What are they waiting for...? Is this some kind of plan...?

[sponsoredby]

Whatever it is, it's stupid.

[ His voice is low and he lets go of Sholmes' hand to start stalking toward the barrier. Finley is also bristled up and leaving Sholmes' side to go with Kotetsu. ]

[greatdeduction]

[Ohh, no, no, no. Irene in beagle form goes in front of Finley; Sholmes catches the other by the wrist, holding him back.]

[You wanted another gay execution whisper? Here's another gay execution whisper! Wow!]

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[ He looks at him with a bit of a sharpness to it. His entire body is tense. Finley staring down at Irene with a stern look.

And hey, more whispering in return. ]

[senjinrouha]

[ gay whispering aside because damn, yuri is just giving kotetsu A Look. ]

[sponsoredby]

[ What? ]

[senjinrouha]

[ You Know. ]

[sponsoredby]

[ He shakes his head. Stop. ]

[senjinrouha]

[ You stop. ]

[grigori]

[ y'all hear sumn ]

[sponsoredby]

[ Well, since he's here at the barrier now, he's going to lean and talk to Baraqiel for a moment. ]

[grigori]

[ baraqiel doesn't turn towards him and instead keeps an eye on things. ]

There's no plan. But we have all made it clear we want the last trial to be it, this execution to be it, and that will not go unnoticed.

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[ he gives him a completely baffled look that kind of turns into anger. ]

What about what we talked about before?

[grigori]

[ they are tense, and the tiger at their side curls its lip in response to kotetsu's anger, but the tone remains even. ]

Every trial and execution was always going to be watched more closely, the moment we began telling you all that movements were being made to put an end to things. The moment all of us, living and dead, began to prepare.

Which means that what we talked about with you was going to be an even greater danger to everyone involved if it came about - as we said before, any one of the people among us could have been selected, instead, if not multiple people.

Whatever these two are doing, that's their business. But I would suggest they get it over with far faster than they are, unless we would like a repeat performance of last execution.

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[ he nods, still really irritated, but the irritation is obviously not directed at the Watcher. it's directed at the pair inside the barrier. ]

I misunderstood, then. I didn't want to do that now, anyway. Good to know this isn't something like that.

... Damn fools. Didn't they learn anything from last week?

[ and since he's close to the barrier now, he slams his hand against it, even if it's repelled, yelling inside: ]

Hurry up before you hurt more people with this. You can talk later, when this is all over.

[ finley also slams into it for good measure, stumbling back afterward. ]

[grigori]

En, it's not. It was always going to play out as it has every week past, once you knew the stakes.

[


but baraqiel watches kotetsu beat the barrier. and then actually does glance into the execution again, mouth twitching at the corners a little in visible surprise when diluc makes his decision. ]

I see. It wasn't truly about talking. [ they seem to respect this. ]

[greatdeduction]

[He blinks, but...nods, letting go of his hand. More gay whispering, wow.]

[And then another nod, Irene rubbing up against Finley, before going back to Sholmes's side.]

Go, then.

[sponsoredby]

[ He nods and heads over to Baraqiel at that. ]

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[ Hi, he's back at Sholmes' side. But also glaring at the barrier now. Enjoying your little gossip group, Sholmes? He's just been focusing on his bit with Baraqiel. ]

[greatdeduction]

[He's not enjoying it at all.]

[He's also glaring at the barrier, Irene shifting into a crow who flaps up to his shoulder, cawing. A warning. An omen.]

[He reaches for the other's hand.]

Too merciful...? Just...do it. Why...

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[ Wow, Finley wanted her girlfriend for comfort and this is what she gets when she gets back? Fine, then. She'll be shifting to her rabbit form and pressing behind Kotetsu and half-sulking.

But Kotetsu lets Sholmes take his hand, staring. ]

If I had to take a guess, he's baiting it out on purpose. He wants the Spectres to take Spike. He'll probably get himself killed in the process.

[ His voice is oddly devoid of emotion. ]

[greatdeduction]

...No. There's something different here.

[He's frowning. Irene bristles, agitated.]

They're moving for Mr. Spike, not him. Did he...do something?

[rerouter]

[...]

Judging by his reaction, I don't think he was expecting it either.

[sponsoredby]

I have no idea. Him or someone.

[ He has more he wants to stay, but just keeps rigid at the moment. ]