[ The black bird is always here… It is simply watching.
Okay, jiuqing just going like y’all WILL SEE! YOU WILL ALL REGRET KILLING BOTH YOUR HEALERS! That kind of attitude is unexpected and takes everyone off their guard. Quickly, half of the room starts throwing names for Chinatsu. Percival himself tries to look through her case’s evidence, too.
The other half talks about how they shouldn’t just… Out their doctor like that. They’ve already lost one. They shouldn’t lose another.
There's the distant sound of a clock. Nine slow, steady tolls! And at the last one, the fire in the furnace rises abruptly. The flame is a bright, neon, rainbow blast of heat, just for a moment. The fire spits out a piece of paper, and Bass unsteadily reaches up to catch it with a staticky tendril. After reading it, they say aloud:
"Jiuqing, Marceline, Garou, Percy, Vanille, Malik, and Kazunari received votes. But only one received the majority."
Behind them, an image comes up over the fire, followed by her name. She can’t see it. She can’t see the verdict. It’s blank for her, but everyone’s reaction is grim rather than devastated.
A splash of copper releases from the ceiling and extinguishes the fire. However, Bass pauses to read the rest of the paper with a little sigh. And then shows it to the other Residents. There's a hush for a long moment, before Bass starts again, reading aloud from the paper once more.
"... The convicted can choose execution, or... combat against one of you. Whichever she wants." ]
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Okay, jiuqing just going like y’all WILL SEE! YOU WILL ALL REGRET KILLING BOTH YOUR HEALERS! That kind of attitude is unexpected and takes everyone off their guard. Quickly, half of the room starts throwing names for Chinatsu. Percival himself tries to look through her case’s evidence, too.
The other half talks about how they shouldn’t just… Out their doctor like that. They’ve already lost one. They shouldn’t lose another.
There's the distant sound of a clock. Nine slow, steady tolls! And at the last one, the fire in the furnace rises abruptly. The flame is a bright, neon, rainbow blast of heat, just for a moment. The fire spits out a piece of paper, and Bass unsteadily reaches up to catch it with a staticky tendril. After reading it, they say aloud:
"Jiuqing, Marceline, Garou, Percy, Vanille, Malik, and Kazunari received votes. But only one received the majority."
Behind them, an image comes up over the fire, followed by her name. She can’t see it. She can’t see the verdict. It’s blank for her, but everyone’s reaction is grim rather than devastated.
A splash of copper releases from the ceiling and extinguishes the fire. However, Bass pauses to read the rest of the paper with a little sigh. And then shows it to the other Residents. There's a hush for a long moment, before Bass starts again, reading aloud from the paper once more.
"... The convicted can choose execution, or... combat against one of you. Whichever she wants." ]