//EXECUTION; WK2

[killerwaves]

Execution

Come Sunday morning, another announcement rings out through the island, though you probably have a better idea what it's about, and of the person speaking on the other end. According to your administrators, two sacrifices per week are required, and that time has come.

Unlike earlier, the kitty bots won't force anyone to go, but they will cheerfully inform all island goers that the execution is starting soon and they shouldn't miss out! The sandbar has also reappeared, a fitting enough stage for condemning a life as well as taking one. Both your administrators are present, along with two figures directly in the middle of the amphitheater.

(( OOC: Executions are voluntary except for the executed and executioner. The path back to the island will also remain for the entirety of the execution, so characters may leave whenever they wish as well.))

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[chrysaline]

[ Her expression softens a bit sheepishly as she glances over at him. ]

Do they really need to make a mockery of it as well? ...Aren't you a little angry?

[dakicover]

Sure I am.

[ he folds his arms across his chest, letting out a small sigh. ]

All of this is pretty backwards, no? I don’t expect much from them in the first place, but this is an unnecessary performance. They could’ve just killed him during the night, but they decided to do this.

[chrysaline]

I suppose it's been that way all along. Wanting us to kill each other, holding that trial when they knew all along who did it...

[ There's sort of a recurring pattern. But... refreshments,really. She sighs too. ]

[dakicover]

Even the need for a trial doesn’t really matter, when ya think about it.

[ he sighs, still smiling wryly as he continues watching. ]

Sonya’s apparently throwing his life away, but he doesn’t necessarily have to. Imagine if he had fought. Imagine if he had overpowered Xiao. Then the role of a “sacrifice” would most likely fall on her, wouldn’t it?

[chrysaline]

[ Psyche digs her nails into her palm a little, mostly impassive as she keeps watching. Though she does glance over at Crea briefly. ]

...Do you think that's why they did it this way? They don't really care who it is. As long as there's a sacrifice.

[dakicover]

That’s what I think, yeah. Is it too cynical?

[ a pause, tapping the sand with his foot. ]

I don’t think the island here is gonna be picky about who it is. Lands don’t really have a sense of justice, as far as I’m aware. So as long as it meets the quota, then it should be appeased— this is probably just our dear administrators’ way of making us feel better about it all. “We’re sacrificing the murderer,” or something like that.

[chrysaline]

I don't think it's cynical. They've never pretended otherwise.

[ And Crea has a point about the island. She nods again. ]

...I guess it's easier for them to get us to agree like this. If the island didn't "need" two sacrifices, what would we do? Would everyone really be able to keep living normally next to someone who killed another one of us?

[dakicover]

Not sure. I definitely wouldn't want to.

[ maybe if there was no other option, crea could endure it, but she's right. it's an unpleasant feeling. ]

And it's not like any of us are running to give our lives to this place. So the so called "trial" is just a way to find a second sacrificial candidate, though I'd say it's maybe half a level above drawing sticks.

[chrysaline]

I agree. [ Especially considering how the trial went. ] There must be something better we can do.

[ "Better" on which axis is vague. But to be fair, she's pretty distracted. ]

[dakicover]

Maybe there will be. Maybe there won't.

[ ... ]

But that doesn't mean that we can't exhaust our options, right? That's probably the best way that we can honor the dead.

[chrysaline]

[ She glances over in surprise, hesitating before she gives him a short nod. ]

...I think so too. I hope we can speak later, Crea.