IT'S... a life...? Er, I mean, A Live!

[knowsgrowsnow]

Who: this girl
Where: the streets of faukyo
When: day 89, forward dated a bit just... to put some space if you want...!

[ IT'S TIME FOR A LIVE!! ISN'T EVERYONE EXCITED BY THAT!!! The camera turns on and shows this girl and also, this guy on taisho! Cool!

She says, ]

Hello everyone! It's time to call an auction for this guy's life! Going in one, two, three! Oh no, no one bid, seems like you're forfeit!

[ maybe... less cool? You can continue to watch the live cw for some murder and torturegore, if you want! Or turn it off because that's awful. Anyway, he real dead.

The camera clicks off! So you can go look for the body or try to intercept doll as she wanders the streets with a bleeding mess of an arm. Either way, welcome to televised murder, a fun game for everyone. ]

Comments

[ididntsaybanana]

That's what I've already decided to do.

[composeur]

Unless it was intentional! Leaving blood all over your clothes is an effective intimidation tactic! Battle scars, too! Let your enemies know you've been through hell! Broadcast to the world that you have no intention of lying dead in your grave!!

Re: LATER, AT TAISHO.

[sonof]

[ reaches out for his neck, fingertips only barely ghosting the line of the scar if allowed to touch. it’s hard to look away ]

Why?

[sonof]

[ smiles, a bit. and tosses back a full third of his glass of wine like it’s a shot ]

It won’t go anywhere, this contract. It’s a matter of gaining his agreement, first and foremost, before any one of the rest of us might defer to go along as well.

I appreciate the effort.

[bluerosestyle]

[everyone is trying so hard to fit in in this murder setting]

He was revived. He woke up at sensitIV, so maybe Persephone found him. I didn't want to ask. Anyway, yes, he's here now, but...

[hhow to say this]

...he may not be in the right frame of mind to make a decision like this.

[bluerosestyle]

...

Right.

[admiration and judgement in equal parts]

[syckophant]

[Thinks for a moment on that, then nods.]

It was worth a shot. [Pulls his gloves off, revealing his white, scaled and clawed hands, and he wipes them off on his pants.]

Thank you for hearing me out, at the least.

[worthathousand]

...Ah. Of course. I'm sorry; I... it was never my intent to intrude.

[ she sighs; pushes a hand backwards through her bangs. coming off the adrenaline rush of her own anger makes it harder to ignore the gruesome elements of this for her, too. ]

Would it be better if I just... disposed of these?

[bluerosestyle]

No, it's okay. That's not what I meant, you're not intruding. I just meant that you should talk to him before showing him this. I'm thankful that you came to visit, and that you... acted on his behalf.

[glances at the bundle and. takes it from her. look! it's fine!]

As for this, I don't know for sure. If it was up to me, I'd burn them. Her unitmates can always buy her new ones at the points shop if they want to help her so much. But I'm angry, so... maybe Yasuragi can think more calmly about this.

[bluerosestyle]

[takes in that gesture and his expression evolves (devolves?) from cold to downright unimpressed

still saying nothing, though. carry on!]

[worthathousand]

[ given that the bundle is just.... her skirts, he probably is going to want to find a bath towel at the very least. however, if he does in fact go for it, he'll find the limbs are cold to the touch—the small favor of having lain in the snow meaning they're slightly less bloody than they'd be otherwise. ]

You have every right to your anger. In my opinion, you ought to choose whatever treatment of these feels the best vengeance—whether that means denying them to her entirely, or requiring some other form of redress.

[ a pause ] ...But then, I am angry, too.

Re: EVEN LATER, ALSO AT TAISHO

[sonof]

[ probably accidentally intercepting them in the hallway on their way to the bathrooms

uh ]

Miss Amaranth...?

Re: ALSO LATER, AT TAISHO

[sonof]

You don't make much use of your ears, do you? Demon King Shishiou.

[sonof]

[ his eyes take in the claws for a steady moment, but then go back to the bottle as he pours himself another glass ]

I do hope you'll at least bring along a bribe of some sort, the next time.

[syckophant]

I thought "Not having Doll torture more people" would be a pretty good one, really. But far be it for me to decide such a thing for you~ Next time I'll be sure to bring along with me something fun that BARiTONES makes. Maybe a barrel? You like wine, hm?

[sonof]

I prefer arak, actually.

[syckophant]

Duly noted! Arak, then.

[He has no idea what that is, but he'll find the hell out!]

[bluerosestyle]

[right, he'll do that! a towel sounds good. he's going to look sick for a moment when he takes the things and then laaaa lalaalaaa conceal don't feel]

I can discuss it with everyone, then, if you'd rather not take part in the decision.

[furrytailprince]

What a cruel and selfish perspective.

[syckophant]

Indeed~

[Smiles!!!!]

But it's also foolish to stand behind someone who is on your unit, just because they are so. These units are not groups of friends, are not family. They are just a group of strangers, forced to live together. Getting along is preferred, of course, but those who do not fit should not be catered to for the sake of false unity.

I would throw my head into a guillotine for those unitmates who I care for, but the ones who cause upheaval and turmoil for their own unit should be devoured by the darkness which nips at all of us.

[noteablekiller]

Alright, let's plan to do that.

[furrytailprince]

I am not against your giving up your unitmate for her crimes against Kuzuebiko. I would very much like to tear her limb from limb. It was merely your attitude about it that puzzled me.

[syckophant]

I'm not a good person. I'm sure Itsuki-kun has said as much, and I don't deny it.

I am not kind, I am not forgiving, I am not charitable... but I do try to do things that will be for the betterment of others. Sometimes that requires cruelty, and sometimes it makes me selfish.

[furrytailprince]

I hardly think of you as a good person. And it seems to me that this decision is less about others and more about you wanting to avoid inconveniences.

But if it prevents any future attacks on Taisho, I do not care what it takes to leash your unitmate.

[syckophant]

[He nods.]

Exactly.

Though... Hm. It's hard to really put it the right way, you know? Mh. I don't like this as an inconvenience, but I also realize that it being inconvenient to me is a positive for others, and so... It is a good idea to pursue. I am not opposed to inconveniences, but if it is both inconvenient to me and something that can be rectified to help others, then it feels more worth pursuing, you know?