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[disingenuous]

still devastated by his death 10 years later

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week 0, sunday

[disingenuous]

[ roxana is seated wherever, a cup of coffee that's more or less forgotten at her side. ]

Was that better or worse than what you're used to?

[ hello. ]

[selfimmolation]

Better in some ways, worse in others. [ he will sit down near her because it's not polite to stand and talk like :/ ] We didn't have possession or whatever was happening to Boothill. But ours were being broadcast to the entire city for people to watch like a spectator sport.

[disingenuous]

[ it's cute how he's polite. ]

Yours weren't possessed? What motive were your murderers given? If Boothill is any indication, it may appear here.

[ if it's something that has repeatability anyway. her expression flickers and darkens for a second when he mentions executions being like a spectator sport. ]

Of course. As if something like this isn't enough of a show already, they had to make it an even bigger one.

[selfimmolation]

The first was an accident. Then, some people did it because they wanted to. After that... Threats, mostly. [ he crosses his arms as he recalls them; ] First it was, what, being erased from our own worlds? Memory and all. Then it was... sent specific. That your world and those of the people on your team would be lost. Then on top of all of that, there was some information going around that every team needed to kill once if we wanted to be able to go home. [ it was. a lot. ] I don't know how much of it was true, if any.

[ he shrugs a little ]

The whole theme was "heroes", so when someone got caught they'd label them a villain and set up a public execution. So of course they made it a show.

[disingenuous]

[ that is a lot. she tilts her head. ]

That'd make it hard to pinpoint if they made someone believe they were from your game. I'll have to hope they'll skip it unless they leaned into being an obvious villain.

[ she doesn't want to think about it if it gets so specific. ]

Broadcasting for enjoyment only makes me think about the worst parts of people.

[selfimmolation]

I'm hoping they skip out anything from mine too. Unless there's a moon we need to crash.

[ deadpan. but he sort of looks a little darkly wry ]

Yeah. Well. Regular executions are meant to be a public spectacle. The broadcasting part just widens the audience.

[disingenuous]

[ shakes i thought i tagged this back feel free to ignore me ]

I feel as if I shouldn't ask about the moon.

[ even if she's faintly amused by his wryness. ]

They say it's to set an example, but you don't have to be brilliant to see the underlying meaning. But I've always been someone who prefers more privacy.