15strangers | THE SECOND PROSCRIPTION

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THE SECOND PROSCRIPTION

THE SECOND PROSCRIPTION
(CW: Coffins, claustrophobia in general, skeleton bones)

Most interesting.

[Suddenly, a bright light from above lights up, same as last week, from the bone chandelier. Once more, the light only seems to shine on one individual, as the Elder Steward appears, looking pleased as punch.]

Excellent, excellent. You have condemned The Noodles to die by quite the majority, so certain you were of her guilt!

[There is a long, long pause. Finally, though, the Elder Steward does something unexpected. First, he throws his hood off to reveal--huh. A rather young-looking and handsome figure. Odd.]

But...

[A slow, fanged smile appears on his face, before he turns to Eric, raising a toast with a glass of something that might be red wine-or something else.]

You were wrong. Congratulations, Fast. You have exceeded my and Our Lady's expectations. You have damned an innocent woman to the cruel death you deserve for your crime, and your fellow shall be forced to watch. For this you shall be rewarded protection for that special person, as promised.

Now.

How does it feel to know what you've done, hm?

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The perfect end for such a perfect, innocent princess.

[With that, the Elder Steward puts his hood back up, and seems to melt into the darkness. His voice is jovial as he disappears.]

Do take some food with you. It will do none of you any good to starve merely over your principles, would it?

[And with that, the shackles release.]

Edited 2019-05-12 00:56 (UTC)

[ Ambrosine ponders over this for a moment. Zelda did not deserve to die; nor could she bear to just...leave that here.

She could do that for Felicity because who gives a fuck, but Zelda...

She takes Zelda's egg, but does not eat it. ]

[he's too disgusted to eat again right now. but... he'll take a few of the orbs for later. he doesn't want to starve to death.

he's going to look for Hydrangea.

this world took Franciscus from him. he needs to process this]

[Jun doesn't bother with the food.]

[Instead what he does once the shackles are released is attempt to run towards Eric. He has nothing to throw at him, but maybe he can throw himself or Eric -]

[Emma's totally been here the whole time, what are you talking about?

There aren't really words for what she's feeling right now, none that she can put her finger on, but does it matter?

She can mourn later, wail into her pillow and hate herself and everything else for how all of this has turned out.

For now...

Jun's dashing forward, but Emma's taller, able to close the distance between the two of them faster than Jun can close the distance between himself and Eric. She throws her arms around his middle, hugging him from behind with all her strength to hold him back.]

No! Don't you dare lower yourself to his level!

[He freezes, eyes wide. No one's... ever touched him like this before. He's not sure what to do.]

[He can hear the high voice, practically feel the pigtails digging into his back. But...]

He's an enemy combatant. He's already destroyed someone's world. Do you want him to destroy more?

Of course I don't!

[She's not letting him go, though.]

That doesn't mean we have to be the ones to take him out.

[She drops her head down beside Jun's ear so she can whisper, and he'll be able to hear how her voice is shaking, feel a couple of her tears hit his shoulder.]

We can be the ones to make him suffer. But we don't have to give them exactly what they want to see.

... I already killed so many people. What's one more?

[... Shit, she's crying. What did Machi scold him about that one time? He lowers his hand to be over one of hers and squeezes it gently, trying to breathe.]

[She just holds him tighter, keeping her voice low so the others don't hear her.]

That was to protect, not out of blind revenge.

[And she hates to do this, but she has to.]

Is this what Kana would want?

[Is this what Kana would want?]

[His body freezes up again, and he lets out a sob. Tears hit his glasses and then the floor, and his body goes totally limp.]

[Well. She's won, but at what cost...?

She's just going to drag Jun back, away from Eric. Eric had better believe she's going to keep her eyes locked on him the whole time, though, glaring daggers.

He'd better hope this was worth it.]

[It was no easier on his claustrophobia, but at least the coffin was anticipated this time. This execution was harder to watch, though, for multiple reasons. He squirms in his chains.

Red for killers. Blue for innocents. There's no way he's touching the 'food' again. He'd rather starve. But he does give the supply a baleful gaze - he's hungry, and he knows they taste good, Eric directed him to them a week ago...but he won't take any. He feels sick to his stomach again, anyway.

Speaking of taste, the taste of iron has been intensifying the whole trial. It's only now that it's over that he notes why, and spits out a bit of blood.]

[Being next to Arthur, Thanatos picks up on that real quick and goes over to Arthur. He's going to take a look and see if there are any potential injuries on him that could cause it.]

You okay?

[He's still wiping blood from his lips. It's not a lot, but he sure is bleeding.]

Mouth hurts...

Can you open up and stick out your tongue for me?

[He complies....and there sure are splinters. The big ones he got out on his own sometime during the investigation, but there are several little ones. Yeowch. All that talk during the trial aggravated them.]

[Yeah, that is but at least that is easy to deal with.]

Not even going to ask how you ended up with splinters in your tongue.

[But he will go ahead and carefully remove what he can see.]

I have some medicine in my room that should help with that.

It was stupid.

[He can admit that! Almost everyone knows, so if Thanatos did ask, there wouldn't be much point in hiding it.]

Thanks.

[It's more that he's not going to rub salt in it. Everyone feels bad enough already.]

It's no problem. I think you'll like it since it comes from the island. How about you meet me in the dining room?

From the island? [Well! That at least perks him up a little.]

Yeah, I will.

[Okay, so Thanatos will then go head back to his bedroom to go grab the Dragon Tree Treasure he obtained. He'll then bring it over to the dining room to meet up with Arthur.

Arthur will see that it is quite a large fruit, definitely more around the size of a watermelon. It's mostly blue fading into a peach color at the top. It's skin looks like it is covered in scales. Thanatos will go ahead and start cutting off a part into some bite sized pieces. The fruit itself is a darker reddish pink color, a bit like grapefruit but more red.

Once Arthur arrives and he's got a few bite sized pieces cut and placed onto one of the plates, he'll offer it to the boy.]

That's medicine? [It's not terribly surprising. Plants do all kinds of things. It sure looks like something that could be found in the Labyrinth.

Except in the Labyrinth, it would probably try to eat him, not vice versa.

He eats hungrily. He's not touching the soul eggs, after all, so he has to eat whatever else he can. At least his stomach's settled a bit since the trial's immediate aftermath.]

It is indeed. It's a very effective medicine to heal smaller wounds, and it's quite tasty as well. It's called a Dragon Tree Fruit because of the appearance of the fruit. The trees themselves grow on the northern part of the Isle of Seiren.

[And Thanatos is going to grab a piece as well. He'd been saving this in case someone got hurt and once cut into, the fruit won't last long. This one is actually fully ripened as well, so it should heal pretty fast.]

[Arthur digs in, then, and it soothes his tongue. It's a testament to his resilience that he's already this energetic.]

It's soooo good!

[He's no gourmet, but he does like food a lot.]

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notadinosnack - 2019-05-13 03:17 (UTC) - Expand

["That is a perfect end for nothing," his teacher's voice snarls in his ear, low and uncommonly rough. "And you are nothing to me, now. I have not been so furious to be wrong in well over a century."

Jun is running towards him, but he's stopped by Emma. Something's said about making him suffer, he can't really hear it. Somehow, Eric finds himself on the ground. He wasn't struck by anyone, but he fell.

Jun didn't kill him. Yet.

It still isn't comforting to consider that "yet".

Eric is slow to stand, and slower to leave. He lingers by the platter of souls for a moment, but he takes nothing with him when he leaves.]

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