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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/placeholder threading because his ghibli-inspired justice IC cant ignore it ahaha

[adregem]

[ Roland clenches his teeth as he speaks, voice tense and tight. Perhaps no one will answer but...still. A man can only keep quiet and pretend to be calm for so long. ] Justice is not yours alone to dispense, and justice served without due process is vigilantism regardless of the motive. We don't need this in an already volatile environment. No one, be it on this train or in any other community, is sole judge, jury, and executioner.

[ He does not hide his disgust. ] You're watching? That's a threat. Not a promise to keep people safe. This is ridiculous. You've just done the opposite. So much for safety in numbers.

[ Roland eventually walks out of his sleeper cabin and rubs his face with one hand. He is a picture of stewing anger, pacing back and forth throughout the cabin, from one end to the next. When he was president, he made sure everyone had a right to live life, and abolishing capital punishments was part of his agenda. This...brings up every detractor who tried to justify the side of murder as law. No. No he would never agree to it. Never to violence as the last solution. ]