AFTERMATH 03

[thecomputer]

Thank you for your input, Citizens! The results of the trial will now be revealed on your screens.

[The interface with the voting buttons vanishes, and is replaced with the following:]

Aud-Y-███-1 voted for Sakura-Y-███-1
Bobby-Y-███-1 voted for Sakura-Y-███-1
Clay-Y-███-1 voted for Sakura-Y-███-1
Curly-Y-███-1 voted for Curly-Y-███-1
Dan-Y-███-1 voted for Paul-Y-███-1
Horace-Y-███-1 voted for Sakura-Y-███-1
Logan-Y-███-1 voted for Sakura-Y-███-1
Mukuro-Y-███-1 voted for Mukuro-Y-███-1
Paul-Y-███-1 voted for Sakura-Y-███-1
Phi-Y-███-1 voted for Sakura-Y-███-1
Robin-Y-███-1 voted for Sakura-Y-███-1
Sakura-Y-███-1 voted for Paul-Y-███-1
Simon-Y-███-1 voted for Sakura-Y-███-1
Yomiel-Y-███-1 voted for Sakura-Y-███-1

Total:
Sakura-Y-███-1 (10)
Paul-Y-███-1 (2)
Curly-Y-███-1 (1)
Mukuro-Y-███-1 (1)

Comments

LAST WORDS

[thecomputer]

[As the votes are revealed, a ring of metal bars snap up in place around Sakura’s podium, folding and meeting overhead to create a cage.]

You have voted for the elimination of Sakura-Y-COM-1.

The sentence will be carried out in one minute.

[respring]

[ She doesn't flinch when the bars go up, instead folding her hands to her chest and looking around warily. ]

...I'm sorry. I voted at random this time, but--

[ a few moments of silence ]

I was required to participate.

[angry_jerk]

No, that seems fair. Dude's an asshole.

[respring]

[ shrugging wordlessly. She really did pick a random name. ]

[fullonbraced]

We're all required to participate, man! It's all one, big messed up game!

[respring]

I was required to pick a target to kill! To murder! Do you understand? Someone is being held hostage against me. And now he's going to die, too. I'm...

[in_plain_sight]

...I... think you did the right thing. As much as you could, anyway. I'm sorry how it worked out.

[Sympathy of this kind isn't something Mukuro is used to feeling, and for once she kind of misses the days when she didn't have to care about things like this. Sakura's despair situation is just too easy to relate to.]

[respring]

[ At first, it seems as if she's not going to say anything at all, but she murmurs: ]

...I hope you work things out with your sister.

[standbyrival]

.............

Whatever. It doesn't really matter.

[staunton]

...So why'd you ask that Himemiya girl to convert Tohsaka on the first night? That was a poor opening move.

[ yes, ask the girl who's about to die why she played the game in a shoddy way. ]

[respring]

[ she looks at him blankly for a moment ]

I wouldn't have been opposed to waiting a few more nights, but Himemiya-san wanted to use it right then. I didn't want to have to fight neesan. Even if the Communists had won, she'd have been executed at the end of things.

[stinkingdeadendjob]

Before you go, I'd like to ask one more thing.

[In the heat of the moment, he forgot to ask Rin this.]

Were you the one that decided to kill me a day ago? I'm not sure how this works. [Or who to blame.]

EXECUTION

[thecomputer]

[One minute after that declaration, Sakura’s podium/cage suddenly plummets downwards, into the inscrutable depths. A second later, tiny hatches open all along the walls below, and massive torrents of raging flames emerge. You can feel the blazing heat even from as far away as the inferno is.]

[After ten seconds, the incineration stops, and the floor slides back into place, the door opening once more. There are now fourteen participants remaining.]

[On your PDC, the UI background has changed from yellow to green, and your User IDs have been updated.]

SURVIVOR

[thecomputer]

[As you're checking your PDCs, you may notice another change. The text saying "Rin-R-COM-1" flickers momentarily, switching to "Rin-G-███-1."

[A tube slides open in the Loading Bay.]

[harshwords]

[ Although Rin seems rather calm when she shows up, she's actually also rather annoyed as she seems to look rather intensely at the PDC, completely out of it as she studies it rather carefully. ]

[angry_jerk]

[RUNNING TO THE LOADING BAY RUNNING TO THE LOADING BAY RUNNING TO THE LOADING BAY FOUND THE FUCKER AND THROWING A SHOE AT HER HEAD. HAHAHA!]

[harshwords]

[ Sorry, Dan.

But she's going to catch that shoe with absolutely no problems and then grossly drop it onto the floor. Who the hell threw that? ]

[schrodingers_man]

[ Congratulations, Rin, you are actually a higher priority for Yomiel than sandwiches; once they're let out of the Loyalty Chamber, he makes a beeline for the Loading Bay to greet her. ]

So do you know what $SURVALUE is now?

[harshwords]

[ ..... She raises a brow curiously at that, and then replies evenly with a grin. ]

I do.

[plentyfriendly]

[After retreiving Sakura's spare note, Phi came straight here, figuring this would be the reentry point.

She's glad she was right; she has a lot to do.]

[harshwords]

It seems a lot of you were waiting for me to show up.

[fullonbraced]

Heeeeey, Riiiin!

[Prepare for Robin in three, two...]

What's it like being dead? What's it like?!

[in_plain_sight]

[Pretty much impassively, Mukuro hands Rin a note. Maybe Phi got to her first, maybe not, what does having a spare hurt.]

Do you know what happened since you died, or do you need to be caught up?

[standbyrival]

Oh, you're back.

. . .

How was the fire?

[harshwords]

It was horrible, I'd think.