Day 7 Execution: Pincushion for the Pushin'

[pandatrash]

[The tablets fire up first thing in the morning with some lovely lounge music to set the mood:]



RESULTS:

Niles: 18
Corrin: 4
Hiyori: 2
Maki: 1
Lux: 1
Erika: 1

[The raccoons are waiting in the auditorium, dressed as precious little cupids, which is to say they have plastic wings and underwear (bloomers and boxers respectively) on, though admittedly their choices of "cupid's arrows" is a little suspect.]



CONGRATULATIONS MURDERFIENDS! YOU CHOSE RIGHT!

((Last words
Execution))

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LAST WORDS

[pandatrash]

[The raccoons have dragged Niles up to the stage.]

If you've got anything to say, now's the time!

[locktouching]

[Gripping a bow and arrow. Who let the killer have his weapons back?]

[Well he just looks deeply depressed, in any case, hanging his head down. But he might look up if someone actually approaches the stage.]

...Just hurry up and kill me.

[fineprinted]

[ tsumugi doesn't know him that well, but they did read erotica together at one point so that should mean something, right?

because he's right here, hugging that freaking chuck tingle book in his arms. ]

I'll take care of this for you, at least.

[ not sure if he's actually gonna read this, though ]

EXECUTION

[pandatrash]

[Niles is up on the stage, where he is immediately surrounded by a swarm of not-dissimilar-to-Terminator robots, each of which is holding a bow and arrow. They seem to have let him have one as well. How kind of them.]



[The robots draw their arrows... and all at once, they fire.]

[locktouching]

[Niles is knocked back from the force of dozens of arrows thunking into him at once... just barely staying on his feet. And, horrifically, he's still alive, pin-cushioned all over by arrow shafts.]

Hah..... you really... thrust those deep into me.

[He lost the arrow somewhere and is supporting himself up with his bow wedged against the floor like a staff. So he grabs another arrow. This one stuck in his stomach. He pulls it out with an awful sound, and blood starts pouring instantly. It's pouring from his mouth, too. He tries to string the wet arrow onto the bow, but is unable to keep his arms steady enough. Then he just slumps to the floor, dead.]

[cw_suicide]

... Furudo-san is going to be insufferable.

[that said, ICHIGO-KUN WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU HIDE THE ALCOHOL?]

[purrtagonist]

[can't speak for Ichigo but your other shounen son still has a bottle of port]

[suppressthedark]

[YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY BOOZE, DAZAI

AT LEAST HE'S NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU ANY]

....probably.

[Guess who looks the least happy with this outcome, and it's obvious sleep is not a thing that happened to him last night.]

[fineprinted]

[ IF DAZAI-SAN NEEDS SOME BOOZE, HERE'S YOUR SOFTBOY

just

don't tell hiyori ]

[respendent]

I promised her not to act without a legal team behind me, but she's already insufferable, yes! Perhaps you should take a pen to her eyesocket for me should she insist on harassing you!

[piertotumlocomotor]

I'd believe her pride will push her to solve future cases much more quickly, if they happen. She cannot take credit for Niles getting indicted, after all.

I'd be more concerned about she getting too hasty and accusing an innocent person.

[very_good_end]

[someone is there to rub it in, yes]

Well, well, well...

It seems someone was right, and the other person was wrong.

[chosemyfate]

[We really hope someone has been holding Corrin back because when the raccoons were dragging Niles away to the stage, Corrin was trying to stop them. ]

[suppressthedark]

[DON'T WORRY, ICHIGO'S BEEN HOLDING HIM BACK.]

Corrin-! Don't!

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[Ichigo is on it for now but the Ultimate Dragon Fanboy is lurking nearby, helpfully(?), just in case :<]

[insurgeont]

[ Squints at this. It's a ridiculous, gaudy affair, but after the last execution, he was expecting it to be, so, like, yeah, sure, whatever. The death itself is not particularly bothering him. It's just... ]

Earth does not actually have this many holidays in such quick succession, correct?

[ This is just a series of jokes he doesn't get, right? ]

[cw_suicide]

Depends on the country but generally there's days and weeks between them.

[eyyyy, also not disturbed about the death]

[ecthelion]

I don't know either, but this is too much no matter where you are.

[fineprinted]

N-No. Not at all.

[ guess who's practically shaking in his shoes as he watched the execution ]

There are holidays that honor the dead but... not like this at all...

[suppressthedark]

[During the whole thing, Ichigo had to hold Corrin back - but when it's over and the man is mourning, Ichigo doesn't move, staring quietly at the stage with tired eyes.

It's not out of shock, or fear - It's just sorrow written on his face, the pain etched there plain to see. He still remembers Niles begging him for death, and holding him in silence, trying desperately to impart even a little comfort even though he was one of the ones who had voted for the man.

He's just...sad. Sad that Niles did this, sad that someone died, sad that Niles was executed - and deep down, furious that they were all trapped in this hell where they would have to watch people die in front of them, trust between each other fracturing and breaking like eggshells underfoot.

He'll be standing there for a while, if anyone needs him.]

[eternalballad]

[ After all of that, Caius is considering his departure. However, he spots the orange-haired male standing like that.

He decides to draw closer and over to him. ]

Ichigo.

[purrtagonist]

[unlike the last execution, Akira watches this one with an even, hardened look in his eyes. he doesn't freeze up, he doesn't panic, he doesn't let his anger (at Niles, at this game, at this whole damn system and the injustices that permeate every bit of it) spill over the surface. the most anyone gets from him is a slight flinch when the first arrow pierces Niles's body, a flicker of pain and righteous fury sparking to life in the gray of his irises. but it's gone in the span of a blink]

[. . . and when Niles slumps over, Akira turns on his heel and flounces. LATER FOLKS]

[afailedmurder]

[Akechi has been numbly fixated on this scene since he stepped into the room, but when Kurusu turns to leave he snaps out of it, jumping a little and hurrying to catch up with him.]

[worldcup]

First it's Weihnachten, then Ostern, and now Valentinstag, huh... do they just like killing with a holiday theme all the time?

[ Illya's watching the entire execution, but she doesn't seem to be phased by it at all. In fact, there's a bit of a cold indifference that she puts on. She'll be around for anybody who needs her, but she'll leave once everyone else is gone. ]

[cluelesscavewoman]

...What countries are these holidays from?

[She's watched as well, lifting her head once the man was on the stage. The happiness of eating fresh fish gone, she's back to moping.]

LATER

[chosemyfate]

[ If anyone wants to try to approach or talk to a drained Corirn when it finally was all over, they can. But you might not get much.

You will just see him, almost like the life was sucked out of him, reach for Niles' abandoned cloak from the edge of the stage, apprently untouched and dropped by Niles before the actual execution happened. He's clinging to it with a very tight grip as he took in a shaky breath. ]

[loveandwillpower]

[ Minako has seen some shit and all but this? This was just, like, deliberately brutal. Even if Niles wasn't a great guy it's still. A lot to deal with. Did he know this would happen? Did he care? Also that's a lot of blood and she feels like being sick. She's okay with blood! She's a gold star blood donor! But that's, like, live blood that's being used for a noble purpose and this just means someone is dead.

There's a short break from her usual manic energy while she sits down by the wall and focuses on breathing real deep into her hands and not being sick. ]

[eternalballad]

[ It is odd not seeing her in her usual happy light, but he knows the reason for it. Anyone who could carry on a smile after that was a strange individual indeed. ]

Do you have enough energy for a walk?

[ Away from here -- or anywhere else. It doesn't matter, but though he has little words of comfort, he surmises a distraction will do. ]