THE FIRST EXECUTION

[disregartist]

THE FIRST EXECUTION


[Given what has happened, there's hardly any deliberation, or suspense, once the clock chimes again.

One by one, the profiles on the suspect list disappear, until only one is left.]


A unanimous vote, no less.

[The Conductor stands, slipping the pardon from her vest. Without a second's hesitation, she rips it up as she crosses the garden to the center of the podiums. The paper falls to the floor in tatters.]

I shall give you a few moments to say your goodbyes to the Rose; I would suggest not interfering with the execution. In fact, I very strongly suggest against it. Getting caught in the magnetosphere we will be creating will...not end well for anyone who tries, I promise.

Oh, and-you might want to consider putting your sunglasses on. Soon. Very soon.

Comments

[charmingheroine]

You - I didn't - how does doing what they wanted change anything?

[awitchdidit]

So, here's the thing about being an evil overlord. Take it from me if you won't take it from Dracula.

When you fight the heroes, you have to make sure you win no matter what happens. In this case, if I'd pulled it off, the person I love more than anything else in the universe goes free.

If I lose, I teach you greenhorns how to fight against a witch.

[dragonmouth]

[She's going to put her sunglasses on as she says this.]

And is this what fighting looks like? Being cornered like a beast?

[awitchdidit]

Fighting a witch means not letting her illusions get to you. Staying determined to find out the truth.

Not faltering when it comes time to burn her.

[dragonmouth]

If that's how you put it.

[She honestly was just left kinda disappointed, Beato.]

[awitchdidit]

[Yeah she was way too used to her home field advantage. The narrative voice, at least, will cop to that.]

[charmingheroine]

But it isn't... none of this was fair from the start, so instead you....

[She's trembling. This is a time when she should be strong and she's trembling and falling apart.]

We'll make it out of here. Your lives are worth more than that, but....