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.]

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[dredefulchilde]

[Joss can be found sometime after the video airs, looking very small and very pale. He’s...he hasn’t killed anyone on this train, but he’s a murderer too. Will they find him? Will he be punished?]

[myblueskies]

[Romeo, thankfully had been reading in his cabin and hadn't seen any of this. But he had heard the commotion and it hadn't taken him long to realise, from the angry voices still echoing across the train that something bad had happened.

When he finally finds Joss he goes over to him, looking worried.]

Joss are you okay? Did you see that bad video everyone's talking about?

[dredefulchilde]

[Joss just hugs Romeo.]

Please tell me you didn't watch it.

[myblueskies]

No. I didn't see it. I'm sorry you did. [He's a little confused honestly, but he knows something bad has happened and it's terrible that Joss saw it.]