bellelurette | First Execution

Execution

Ish, your local Witch of Ruin, promised a conclusion to his carnival. So it should come as no surprise that when the clocks strike noon on Sunday, you find yourself magically transported into the Promenade of Reflexion. The hall has been perfectly restored, the glass prismatic and shining, as it was before death befell you. There is only one addition you will find specially for today: a beautiful row of ornamental chairs on the right side of the long hallway. With their handstitched hyperealistic animal patterns, they seem a little too fancy to be meant for actual use, but don't let that stop you from sitting comfortably.

But whether or not you decide to sit or stand, you'll all soon make the same observation. All mirrors, regardless of their position in the room, are reflecting two individuals perfectly. A reflection not of here, but of a grassy field somewhere. The first figure is Chu Wenshan and the second figure is too blurry to make out, though it grows clearer by the second.

Any attempt to leave the Hall or to try to enter the mirrors themselves is fruitless; you are mere observers to this battle to the death. Strangely, the Witch you've come to hate isn't seated with you. Instead, dark and purple snakes encircle the perimeter in his stead.

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Well, you're the expert more than me. What sort of internal logic do you think Ish is operating on?

[Thinking on everything learned so far.]

He's a younger witch. Not baby-young, but definitely less than two hundred years old. He don't got the confidence you get with more years. He's definitely got the morality of a Northie though, which is interesting for someone so nervous. And seein' as how he dragged someone as great as me here, he's probably tryin' to make a strong impression.

[He definitely used 'ore-sama' there, for the people who speak Japanese. This fucker.]

He hasn't eaten many mana stones either, if his power is what he says it is, but I ain't seen his magic much so I can't judge on that. One thing I can judge though is that he's probably not gonna send us home any time soon, if at all.

[ this baby wizard shoots him a look in his direction he is NOT a baby he pays TAXES ]

[Baaaaaaaby]

Yes, that does seem young.

[ Very dry humor. Hickey kind of thinks that everyone out here claiming to be billions of years old or whatever is full of it. ]

Your opinion is that he's overextending, then? Putting on a bigger show than he's capable of controlling?

[wow ageist much....he's an old man.......]

[ ykw if hickey's gonna believe anyone is ancient, it's sariel lbr ]

It's possible. But it's also possible that he's powerful and just doesn't plan on letting us go home.

[ this is actually a fairly interesting analysis. a lot more codified, straightforward in its own way than she's come to expect of magic.

hm. ]

...Why are you eating stones?

[??????????????????????]

Rocks can provide minerals that you might not get anywhere else.

[ ......... ]

Um. Not that I've eaten any.

[ they said totally convincingly. ]

How do you know this, then?

[curious....]

[ (think fast) ]

Salt comes from rocks. So it follows. Right?

It comes from rocks....?

And the sea.

Well, that I knew. It's salty.

[ ...

This isn't the time, but the urge to pun is so strong. ]

Do you know where sweetwater comes from?

Water can be sweet?

Yup. It's where we get sugar from.

Is that so....

[TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY]

[ All Siffrin has done today is LIE. ]

So we get salt from saltwater in the sea, and sugar from sweetwater in the far north where it snows. [ ... Sorry Yoru-- ] It makes for an ice treat.