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

[syckophant]

Hello~

Tenshouin Eichi, BARiTONES. We've yet to meet. Such a pity it is under such circumstances.

[artisticliberty]

[his eyes immediately narrow and he pulls himself up to his full height]

Ah.

So you are the one who is responsible for the brutal death of my unitmate.

[syckophant]

That would be Doll, actually, not that I expect you to believe me. Did she end up being slaughtered, by the way?

[artisticliberty]

I am not aware of what happened to her, as I have been busy here tending to my friend. Does that mean you deny any involvement in this?

[syckophant]

[Sighs.]

To put it in blunt, simple terms, yes. To be more nuanced about it- I had no idea who Doll was aside from... seemingly quite eager to be a bouncer... before this.

I will not say that I am totally innocent, as I do harbor resentment toward Itsuki-kun in some ways, and yet I am quite fond of him in others, but no. In this instance, I have done nothing to prompt the unwarranted violence.

That said, she is still of my unit, and so while I may harbor a grudge over it later, I am here to offer you myself as a suitable stand-in for punishment if necessary.

[artisticliberty]

[listening, thoughtful even though he's still staring at eichi with narrowed eyes]

Let me ask you this: what do you expect the outcome of this action to be?

[syckophant]

I don't know.

[SHRUGS.]

The only outcome that comes from a useless public execution like this is resentment, which is honestly the opposite of my goal. I know Itsuki resents me already, I've no need to breed that in him.

This has induced Chaos needlessly, and the only thing I would see going forward for us is to be targeted by Taisho and possibly other units for BARiTONES being a den of snakes.

I won't lie and say I lost tears over Itsuki-kun's predicament, but I simply don't see this as a victory for anyone.

[artisticliberty]

You speak as though you've done nothing to earn the ire of Shu or of anyone else, and moreover that it exists at all is perplexing to you. I cannot decide if that sort of naiveté is willful or not.

Regardless, the decision for what to do regarding you, Doll, and Baritones will not solely be mine, but it would behoove you to watch yourself here.

[syckophant]

Oh no, I've earned Itsuki-kun's ire, but... that was at home. We still have tension, and it won't be resolved until we are far from each other or one of us turns to dust, but I'd rather it not be drawn out over units this way.

I have already offered to another of yours that if your taste for flesh isn't sated by Doll alone, I will be a willing sacrifice in order to try to put this foolishness to rest, and so... I am not afraid here. I will speak freely, and you will all come to whatever conclusion you wish.

[artisticliberty]

You think us so primitive as to be satisfied by death and carnage?

[huffs]

I have no desire to see more blood shed over this. I can understand a need for vengeance, but I am more concerned with ensuring this sort of incident does not happen again.

[syckophant]

I do not think of your unit as above the rest of us, no.

[We're All Damned Here.]

I would like this as well, but I don't know Doll. I don't know anything about her, but that she has a taste for violence, and so... I don't know if she can be reasoned with. And since with a stunt like that she is currently being 'not-reasoned-with'... I am admittedly at a loss as for how to prevent this in the future, but to ask for Taisho's assistance. I argued with a member of my unit who was adamant that we not control her, and no one else stuck up for either side, and so... here I am to speak with your unit instead, hoping that at the least you would be more opinionated.

[artisticliberty]

We are certainly opinionated, but I do not know if any of our opinions will be of any value to you. That aside... we may be able to come to a temporary solution, but I expect we will want to face the rest of your unit in the future.

[syckophant]

I would absolutely love for you to see my full unit~

Had it my way, this would have been a meeting for all of us, but it was not in the cards. The one fighting against the leashing of Doll suggested we make ourselves out to be terrible villains, just a full unit of them, so... I stand on my own today.

If you have any ideas for a solution, temporary or otherwise, I'd like to hear it. Not much has been offered to me so far, sadly...

[artisticliberty]

I've met Yvette, and I find her company plenty agreeable. I have only met Codex briefly, however I have no reason to hold a grudge against him for something he had no part of.

Our abilities allow us to write binding contracts, and I expect we will be utilizing them as part of a solution.