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

[maxwellsdaemon]

The fuck...

[All Duo can do is stare, voice quiet at first, but raising in volume.]

What the fuck?!

[Was this even real? How the hell was this kind of thing real, of even allowed? ]

[longforgottenpromise]

[He has no words. None after his initial outburst.

There are a lot of people hurting on this train right now and honestly he didn't even know where to start.

He has an urge to check on Lord Gyousou, on Inigo and Tidus. But all three of them are fighters and honestly can probably handle such horrific things better than many people can.

As sad as it is to know that about his king and his friends. This boy though, Taiki knows nothing about him and he seems shocked, horrified. Taiki's voice is soft as he replies directly to the carriage the boy is in.] This shouldn't have happened.

[maxwellsdaemon]

[Oh, Duo was a fighter. All of his life he had been a fighter. One could argue he was born to war. He considered himself the God of Death.

And yet there he was, a battle hardened soldier, pale and shaking, eyes wide and staring away from the icp in front of him. The sound of a soft voice, softer than the booming one that had laid judgement on that guy, caught his attention. Duo's head jerked toward the icp, there were tears clinging to his lashes, but they wouldn't fall. Boys don't cry, after all.]

No...

[His voice was rough, choked with emotions he was trying to keep in check.]

This... this was wrong...

[longforgottenpromise]

It was wrong. It wasn't justice and it wasn't right. [He keeps the anger out of his voice though. He is good at holding his emotions back, showing nothing. It is the only reason his own tears have not fallen, he can see the tears in other's eyes but he understands not feeling safe enough to cry.

So he keeps his voice soft, gentle.]

[maxwellsdaemon]

[Duo hadn't been looking at the guy who had decided to talk to him directly, but now his violet eyed gaze turned to him, focused and hardened.]

No. This wasn't justice... And I'm done.

[His lips quirked into a small, almost apologetic smile, before he reached out and switched the feed off. He needed away. He needed somewhere quiet where he could think and get himself under control... And once he had done that, he would later find that guy and thank him for being nice. But that was something for Future Duo to deal with... Right now he needed to gather his stuff...]

[longforgottenpromise]

I... [Before he can speak the feed cut out and he was left with silence.

He understands, it is a terrible time and he doesn't blame anyone for not wanting to be around others right now.

He makes a note to keep an eye out for him around, so he can check up on him at a later time.]