VIDEO-ish (cw: torture and murder)

[bloomingdespite]

[Before the ICP flickers on, every passenger hears a resounding, deep voice thunder through every car in the train, carrying with it a deathly—if odd—proclamation:]

PENALTY GAME: HELL REVERSE!

[Moments later, every ICP turns on to reveal a figure shrouded in shadows, holding the unconscious body of Xue Yang with one hand as the Eye of Wdjat blazes on both of their foreheads. It's clear they're in the gaming car, but if anybody tries to enter from either end, they'll find the doors are impossibly locked.]

Passengers of the Voidtrecker Express, I hold in my hands an unrepentant murderer who slaughtered one of your very own: the victim being A-Qing, and the criminal being Xue Yang. While she has returned, this crime cannot go unpunished, and I have taken it upon myself to try and burn out the stain on his soul—or, at the very least, provide adequate agony for all of his victims, both on the train and off.

If you need to see proof of my justice...

Avert your eyes if you do not wish to see memories of the brutal death of a young woman in her prime.

[The screen flickers once again, this time showing A-Qing's murder, although it doesn't have any audio. ((OOC: Additional CW for graphic depictions of murder.))

When it returns to the interior of the Games Car, the shadowy figure is gone, but their voice and Xue Yang remain.]

I leave it to the council to dispense their own punishment, as meager as it may be.

Remember, passengers:

I am watching.

[The ICP clicks off, and the train is deadly quiet.]

Comments

[blue_ice]

...I danced with him too. At the time, the stranger felt familiar...like an old friend, but they denied it.

I'll get to the bottom of this.

[goingthroughaphase]

I just...I can't believe this.

[ The fact that there had been an actual murder was bad enough, but for someone to publically display it like that. And then to just...take matters into their own hands. ]

[blue_ice]

He'll be getting an earful from me when I find him. I understand where he's coming from, but waltzing in unannounced with his pharaoh savior complex...he's riled everyone up. Which is just what we need.

[goingthroughaphase]

No kidding. Especially after all that happened that day the communication translators went down?

[ Hadn't there been some message on the ICP about those on the train being dangerous? ]