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Become Mods ([personal profile] becomemod) wrote in [community profile] becomehero2023-11-04 10:12 pm
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Week 6: Execution

week 6:
 
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, Will walks into the arena. On the opposite end of the field, Nico 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.


doghouse: (actually three... three rocks)

[personal profile] doghouse 2023-11-05 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ here he is, then. he'll put an arm around her shoulders if she wants it. ]

Yep. Got it.
sharkgirl: (hundred seventeen)

[personal profile] sharkgirl 2023-11-05 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[no

she chews her bottom lip violently.]


The longer it goes the worse it's gonna be. [she mumbles, pulling shame closer.]
tongshi: ꜰᴏʟᴋʟᴏʀᴇ ∗ ᴘʟs ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ (121)

[personal profile] tongshi 2023-11-05 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a dry, humorless laugh leaves him. he doesn't understand that reference, but it's fine, it's fine. he gets enough of it.

it's just hard to watch the two of them walk the perimeter, try to find an out, and listening to them talk about this. it's true! it's all very true! but it sucks!
]
sharkgirl: (sixty-seven)

[personal profile] sharkgirl 2023-11-05 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[she does!! she likes the contact. she leans into it.]

... Thank you, Datz. [she mumbles.]
sharkgirl: (eighty-four)

[personal profile] sharkgirl 2023-11-05 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[CONGRATS ON BEING AN AUNT help

she doesn't know if the baby has any... like, concept of what is happening, but she tries to make it so it can't see the execution because she doesn't want it to have creature nightmares.]
sharkgirl: (hundred ten)

[personal profile] sharkgirl 2023-11-05 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[why

are you mumbling about spoons

ig that isn't important she's just watching.]
stunwhistle: (079)

[personal profile] stunwhistle 2023-11-05 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[will's trying to keep his cool, too, but... he finds himself nodding along with nico. he agrees with all of this - about their home, about the expectations this city has of them, about the real issues in oceanside, about the choices they've never been allowed to make, and about the fact that an execution like this is just cowardly.]

...we don't know that it's impossible yet.

[he drops the rock, though, and slides a hand into one of his pockets, feeling for something there - he closes his eyes, then leans over to kiss nico's cheek.]

They don't want to let us out through the sides. Going through the barrier would be - expected, right? Let's try something they don't expect. [he glances at the crevices in their surroundings.] ...down and under, maybe? If we had some way to dig a way out from under the barrier...?
hanaban: (254)

[personal profile] hanaban 2023-11-05 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ no it's very important actually, he hopes will can sense it ]
floridas: floridas @ dw (Default)

[personal profile] floridas 2023-11-05 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she shakes her head wordlessly for a moment, just clutching at her arms, anxiously watching. ]

They're still trying anyways... Nico... Will...
resumed: (neutral ♕ well anyway)

[personal profile] resumed 2023-11-05 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ instinctively he leans in for the kiss, but he blinks a little when will's digging around in his pockets. what? ]

I guess I could use my sword as a shovel and then...depending, our hands. We can make it work. [ he's also glancing at the crevices... ] Unless we jump? Maybe we should... [ he pauses, trying to think. ] We should look at what we're working with. See if there's another route in the arena itself whether it's through a crevice or...one of those things. [ a gesture to the earth zit. ] Come on.

[ he keeps a firm grip on will's hand and another on his sword, pulling him away from the edges. they venture closer to the end of the arena, more toward the start of the laid out area. as they approach a brittle, midnight-black tree, he pauses then and squints all the way down at the other side of the arena where another tree sits. ]

...do you see that? [ a gesture with his sword, and if will looks he may see the very small, orange flag dangling from the highest branch, right above the lake. ]
doghouse: (you're left trying to figure it out)

[personal profile] doghouse 2023-11-05 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a little squeeze. ]

You bet.
doghouse: (what is 15% of $39.50)

[personal profile] doghouse 2023-11-05 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ huh??? ]
stunwhistle: (012)

[personal profile] stunwhistle 2023-11-05 06:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[he doesn't pull anything out of his pocket when he withdraws his hand, but one of the cameras might catch a glint of something silver in there. it's fine.

anyway, he follows nico in the direction of the earth zit, glancing at the bodies they pass along the way. maybe he should have grabbed a weapon earlier, when they were closer to the barrier; these ones were all archers.

...well. better than nothing. he snags a bow off of a corpse, but there aren't any arrows in its quiver. as they approach that brittle tree, though, he spots an arrow wedged into the trunk and pulls it loose. this will have to do.

his gaze follows the gesture, and he. sighs.]


Capture the flag, huh?

[...maybe if they get it, that will drop the barrier? he's almost afraid to speak the hope, but - he does think it.]
hanaban: (031)

[personal profile] hanaban 2023-11-05 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it's fine ]
resumed: (neutral ♕ watching and waiting)

[personal profile] resumed 2023-11-05 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ there's a slow nod to that. he keeps an eye on will because of course he does, almost relieved to see him snag a bow and at least one arrow. archery maybe isn't will's strongest suit, but he's decent enough. it'll be enough. (it has to be, doesn't it?)

looking at the arena before them, it's impossible to just walk the outside perimeter to get to the tree. there are crevices along the edge, gaping maws of darkness with little wisps of smoke emerging from them. rivers of lava slowly snake through on separate courses, dividing the path into pieces. those strange, large bulbs appear near-bursting and scattered amongst the rocks and trees, and yet all he can do is smile faintly. ]


We've done this before. And we can do it again, can't we? Navigate the course, don't get caught, grab the flag, we win. [ he grips will's hand tighter. ] If...if we both grab for it, maybe that'll be enough. We can still make this work, can't we?

[ no, you can't, the voice in his head says. you are nico di angelo, the one death follows. still so cavalier with life. when will you learn?

he shakes his head to clear it, scanning the path. ]
It has to work. If they want us to play, we'll play. They never said it had to be by their rules anyway.
squelching: (200)

[personal profile] squelching 2023-11-05 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[she does. and she leans into it, looking progressively distraught the longer they try.]

... It's not fair.
inquired: (98)

[personal profile] inquired 2023-11-05 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ at least there's no timer like there was with mika, but he hesitates to think what would happen if they just put it off for too long. not about to put that out into the world.

watching the boys try to be hopeful, he just makes a soft noise. ]


Mm. [ what's worse? to extend it out and enjoy the last moments? or to make it quick and know they're gone? ] ... Ultimately, it's up to them to decide what is the worse pain. All we can do is be prepared for what is to come, for now.

[ he passes a long glance upwards at the lights for a moment, thoughtful. ]
stunwhistle: (064)

[personal profile] stunwhistle 2023-11-05 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
We can.

[will's voice is firm when he says this. he wants to believe this. they have to believe this. he pulls their joined hands up to his lips so that he can kiss nico's knuckles, then looks at the path ahead of them.

it's dangerous.

but that's nothing new.]


...we're both too stubborn to know when to give up, right? So. No giving up. [he looks over to him, and he smiles, his expression warm.] ...let's do this. Together.

[onward they go!]

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