becomehero | Week 0: Execution

week 0:

execution

Sunday morning starts off quietly enough, almost peaceful after the events of the past few days. Today, the alarm on everyone's phone starts at 12 PM, with a reminder of the execution to take place at 1 PM at the stadium. Unlike the Saturday notifications, however, this is the only reminder you get. It appears that attendance is not mandatory this time.

Well. Not for all of you, anyway. One of you feels a compulsion to head to the stadium, heading straight inside and following the staff to ready themselves for what's to come. All others who arrive at the stadium, hero or civilian, are led to spectator seating.

As the clock strikes 1 PM, Mika walks into the arena. On the opposite end of the field, Temenos steps out to greet them. As long as they both live, neither will able to leave the area, nor will any outsiders be able to enter.

You don't have to watch, of course. That's your choice. But with the event being broadcast all over the city, it may be hard to avoid. In-person or across town, everywhere is buzzing with gossip of the newly discovered villain about to face justice. Regardless of where you go or whether you choose to watch, the only thing to do now is wait.

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[ there's a moment where her anger kinda... deflates at that. like the air going out of a balloon. ]

...

... That doesn't sound like something a hero would do.

[ ... ]

She's a hero too, you know. That's what this place dragged her here to be, whether she wanted it or not.

Edited 2023-09-24 18:32 (UTC)

[hmmmm]

[hmmmmmmmmmmmmm]

Hey, how do you know this kind of stuff, again?

[ she just tilts her head. ]

Are you a hero, ma'am?

[ hm. ]

Yeah. Apparently, I am.

...

[writing down this mental drama happening between heroes i mean what]

Did you know the guy who died?

[ tilts her head. ]

[ remember where she said you seem like a sussy baka, sampo? ]

Does it matter? It sounds like you already believe you know what happened.

C'mon. I'm just some average citizen, lady. Do you think I'm some know-it-all? Like you even said, I didn't even know this whole thing might be some real big misunderstanding!

[But then he's leaning in, with a whisper.]

But if you're this mad....well. I wouldn't take it out on citizens who don't know any better. If I were you, why....I'd take it up with the management. I guess they didn't include this in the fine print, huh? Wonder why that is...?

Is your whole hero enterprise really heroic to begin with?

[ gasp-- ]

[ -- yeah no. ]

Wow... pretty sly words for "just some average citizen, lady"! Anyone would think you were trying to stir up trouble.

[look at his three face. look at it]

Is it a crime to simply state what's on people's minds? Look at what's happening. The locals here seem fine with it. But you'd have to be pretty blind to miss the fact that a few people like you never expected a thing like this at all.

[ it's smelly, i can't see it past the stink lines. ]

The fact you can spot all this yet still show up to the public execution like it's a baseball match on a Sunday aren't helping you shake off my accusations of you being shady, you know.

Oh, I'm not here for the execution.

[just]

[says this]

But even besides that, things like this are a big deal. I'm only one of hundreds here, after all.

[ so! stinky! ]

And that makes you even more shady. Congratulations.

[ she makes a shooing motion with her hands. ] Go be vouyeristic elsewhere.

Edited (i thought she'd know that was him but she didn't, ungodmodes your sampo) 2023-09-24 20:03 (UTC)

Oh....

[:(]

[:((((((]

[yeah he's actually not going to go away he's going to hang his head like a sad puppy like whyyyyyy does he keep getting this]