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

[sizedoesntmatter]

Honestly, no. If the item isn't around then I can't say how it works. If the item was around just separating it from the owner would work. Binding is not at all necessary more so for a spirit who has already been bound to something for 3000 years.

They for the most part just need someone to talk to them and to keep them in line. That's how it worked before.

[runs_on_batteries]

You think after what we just witnessed the right response is to just talk to them?

[Yugi, please. Tony wants blood. He's not going to get it, but he wants it.]

I'll see what I can get the council to agree on. You let me know if you are contact further, okay?

[sizedoesntmatter]

For me it was admitting I had a problem that things started to get better. Sometimes it works. At least talking post whatever punishment, but talking is still a good thing to do after.

[At least it helped him.]

Okay, I will let you know.

[runs_on_batteries]

I'll agree with that.

[As for the rest, he went ahead and cut the feed with a parting nod of his head. For now, Yugi was a link to this person who had just traumatized everyone on the train. He hoped he could count on him.]