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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92012-03-16 04:21 pm

Buy a Little Mercy [Open; Potentially Graphic Material]

Less than an hour after the ship leaves Agrestic's orbit, an announcement is broadcast throughout Stacy.

|| Attention, crew. Your crewmates, Howard Bassem and Charles Merriman, have been apprehended attempting to desert. They will now be given Punishment. According to established guidelines, you are all requested to report to the Observation to witness the Punishment. Attendance is not mandatory, but highly suggested. This will serve as a reminder of the consequences of treason and desertion. ||

On the observation deck, Archon Yavek, Archite Rekkti, two other Daligig and a handful of Kessek soldiers stand outside a spherical force field. Inside the bubble, Orc and Howard are suspended by tentacles looping around their wrists. Orc's ceased thrashing around and struggling against his restraints; rust-colored fissures have developed around his shoulders and forearms from the strain, but now he simply hangs there, looking defeated. Howard's nose is bleeding, and every time a drop falls to the bottom of the forcefield there's a small sizzle. He's weeping and begging the Daligig with every plea possible, but they act as if they aren't listening. Instead, they wait for an audience.
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[personal profile] keep_surviving 2012-03-17 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
“I need to stay.” Was all Diana would say, gaze hardening as she looked at Jinx before turning back to the boys on display.

Pro gave a solemn crow and lowered his head, dithering against the crook of Diana’s neck.

But even with that cold dismissal, Diana was unable to keep her wall from shaking. The ice in her eyes shattered under the pressing weight of her fear and cold dread had covered her face.

[personal profile] meat_mooks 2012-03-17 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
One of the Kessek is temporarily stunned. The others deflect the blows. One bounds up to Cedric and, barely but just giving Cedric enough time to raise a hand in defense, delivers a backhanded blow that sends Cedric skidding across the floor.
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Re: PUNISHMENT

[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2012-03-17 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Howard hasn't stopped pleading while the fight broke out, except to scream some useless advice for Zouichi to watch out when a Kessek went to attack Zouichi's back. Words keep ripping their way out of his throat, now made hoarse from sobbing and screaming.

"Please, please don't do this to us, please, please, we're only kids, we didn't know, we didn't mean to, he's just fourteen, we're only kids…"

Not that that has ever made any difference. Not that in the history of Howard's life since the FAYZ, that age has ever protected them from anything. That the universe ever stopped for one instant and realized they were still children. Why should it start now?

His arms are completely numb from hanging like this for nearly half an hour now. The pain in his shoulders tells him that one or both are probably slowly getting dislocated from his own body weight. God only knows what Orc's feeling right now.

He looks over at his best friend, hanging there almost entirely motionless except for the rise and fall of his chest. He's so tired of seeing that look on Orc's face. Waiting for the inevitable, beyond caring enough to fight it. And the inevitable is always bad.

"I'm sorry, Orc, I'm so sorry. I didn't know. I'm sorry." And then he's crying too hard to speak.
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Re: REACTIONS

[personal profile] badluckbabe 2012-03-17 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
Jinx felt a chill run through her but she nodded and moved closer. "Well then do you mind if I stay too?" Not outright insisting, leaving the choice to Diana. She looked back up at the boys and spent a minute trying to figure out if it were possible for her to hex the binding loose. And even if she could where would they go? It would just be making things worse.

She had seen a few demonstrations like this in prison. Nothing to this extent but the guards and the big dog prisoners liked to put on a show every once in awhile to strike the fear of god in the hearts of newbies.

Jinx knew this was worse though. This was god herself via Stacy lashing out with cold uncaring unflinching judgment. Whatever was coming if it was causing this much trouble...Jinx doubted either of the boys would be walking away from it.

She wasn't even sure if Diana would be.

A deep breath, holding it for a count of ten and letting it out slowly, offering a hand to hold in a very casual subtle way. With the commotion spreading, odds are no one would notice.
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[personal profile] grimbiker 2012-03-17 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Sirius arrived there just in time to see the Daligig deflect Cedric's spells and send him sprawling.

"Cedric!"

Sirius hadn't spoken with Cedric much but he had been Harry's school mate, rival, and most importantly, someone who had died for him.

Sirius ran over to the boy man, quickly assessing his injuries. "Stay down."

Re: REACTIONS

[personal profile] meat_mooks 2012-03-17 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
The Kessek throw lightning fast jabs at his torso and the back of Zouichi's head. One goes for a hammer blow to Zouichi's shoulder - another attempts to take out his kneecap after the gravity gun loses it some fingers.

|| Code 12 has been activated. ||

The one Zouichi aims his punch at doesn't dodge fast enough, but it doesn't have to, because Stacy senses the imminent death and intervenes. Tentacles descend from every organic surface and wraps around Zouichi and the Kessek both. The Kessek cease struggling, but the tentacle tips turn to needles and start pumping sedatives into Zouichi.

Not enough to knock him out. Enough to let him still watch what happens next while immobilized.
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Re: PUNISHMENT

[personal profile] paidinbeer 2012-03-17 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Orc had long since lost all feeling in his arms. He wasn't sure if he had blood anymore but he was sure it would be dripping from the cracks in his arms if he did.

His mouth was dry like sand, he wanted a beer so badly that he regretted wasting that last one in the scuffle that had taken place before the arrest. In his depressed haze it took him a minute to realize people were fighting...fighting for him? For them? Why? Why would anyone care?

It had to be for Howard. People around Stacy seemed to like Howard alot more then people back home. Maybe Stacy was always where Howard belonged.

Orc knew where he belonged though. And if this punishment was as bad as Howard was acting the mutated teen thought he might end up there soon enough with all the other murderers.

"What's gonna happen?" He asked his voice barely audible over the noise below them.
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[personal profile] theboywhodied 2012-03-17 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
If Cedric wasn't so preoccupied with trying to save Howard, he would've rolled his eyes. Honestly---he ached, probably sprained a few things and was bruised, but this wasn't bad yet.

"I can't. Howard." He struggled to pull himself up with a grim expression, quietly casting a stinging hex at that Kessek.

[personal profile] meat_mooks 2012-03-17 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
Yavek's eyes narrow. He towers over Sakura and Tim, disgust written all over his features. "And you're going to blame me because your populace is too selfish and greedy to contribute to the war effort? You would have let these two escape had our Kessek not retrieved them. That you can't cooperate for the greater good and insist on your paltry rights is evidence enough that you are all too narcissistic and self-absorbed to see the greater picture."
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[personal profile] keep_surviving 2012-03-17 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
“You’ll regret it.”

She let their knuckles brush first, pressing the back of their hands together.

Diana wasn't sure what her feelings on Jinx being there were, and she had something much more important infront of her to focus on, did she have time to be thinking about this? She certainly had no intention in letting the other girl see her in a state of weakness, and yet that was the price to pay to have at least some support. Could she face this alone? Most likely, but did she want to? No. Not if she didn’t have to.

As time passed and the tension only pushed itself closer and closer to unbearable, Diana hooked her fingers around Jinx’s, slowly pulling her hand closer until the two joined together.

Re: REACTIONS

[personal profile] hatngartersnake 2012-03-17 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
By the time Jeka arrived on the Observation Deck, tentacles were already restraining several members of the crew and keeping the rest away from the Daligig and the force field holding the two "deserters". She briefly considered joining those people shouting at the Daligig -- she knows what Punishment is, and she has no desire to see it happen; but instead she slips into a back corner and removes her belt and folds it, fitting it into her mouth. If this works, she's going to need it to keep from cracking her own teeth.

She reaches out with her abilities to see if she can possibly dampen the pain that the Daligig are about to inflict on these two young humans.
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Re: PUNISHMENT

[personal profile] iselldrugstothecommunity 2012-03-17 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
It takes Howard about a minute to catch his breath enough to respond. He feels sick with fear, sick with it in a different way than he usually is. This isn't the paranoia of some unseen fear that plagues his days, or the fear of some danger he can outsmart and outrun. This is pain approaching slowly but inevitably, coming for them and there isn't a single thing he can do about it.

Like starving in fast motion.

"They're going to torture us. They're going to torture us until we break. Like Brittney." Because honestly, wasn't that what they as a community did to the poor girl fused to a sociopath? They just had the decency to do it in private.

And he got Orc into this. That weight hangs heavier than he does on the line. He looks over to Orc and tries to steady his breathing again, then back to the Daligig.

"Please don't hurt him. Please."
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[personal profile] grimbiker 2012-03-17 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
Sirius placed a hand on his shoulder to hold him back.

"I know."

If it were James up there... but he wasn't, and that's why he could think clearly.

"You'll only get yourself hurt. You might even make things worse for him." He said in a low voice. "Think, Cedric. We have to wait."
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[personal profile] azulescarabajo 2012-03-17 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
"No." The word is quiet, spoken by an unassuming boy who stands there, watching with a look of horror and rage. He knows what this is. He forced himself to watch as much of the recordings of before as he could stomach. And there's no way he can stand by and let this happen. No way he can watch and do nothing. He's already sacrificed too much of himself on the altar of this sick conflict.

"No! No one else is getting hurt because you have to be in control!" And as he speaks his armor ripples and comes into being, covering him in its protective embrace. Khaji is already making suggestions for weaponry, noting this power level or that much destructive force. And most of it, Jaime can't use without endangering everyone else on the Obs Deck.

"Let them go!"
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[personal profile] magnetlips 2012-03-17 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
"But this isn't going to accomplish anything! You'll only make everyone hate you. You'll-" Cassie put her hands over her mouth but she couldn't look away.

[personal profile] meat_mooks 2012-03-17 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
"You would justify defending traitors who would sell out trillions of people for their own illusion of safety?" Yavek steps behind a Kessek.
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[personal profile] badluckbabe 2012-03-17 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
"I've had my share of regrets. I can handle another."

She didn't smile, she didn't blush. Now really wasn't the time to think about what they may or may not have. She just gave the hand a gentle, secure squeeze.

Whatever happened, she was sure of one thing. If she could support this mysterious girl who constantly kept her guessing, she wouldn't regret standing by her side.
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[personal profile] theboywhodied 2012-03-17 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Cedric shook his head violently, not caring about the little sting there. "How much worse? They're already going to tear them apart. They're terrified, they need someone!"

He would try until he was incapable of trying anymore. With that in mind, he broke away, running at the barrier and flinging every destructive spell he knew wherever he saw it. He hurried to dodge any reflections of the curses, especially the ones that made a small explosion on contact.

He knew he'd be hurt badly, maybe even killed, but..maybe someone else would get through if it was weakened.
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[personal profile] bequiet_hescreamed 2012-03-17 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
This would be the perfect time to stand down. The Daligig had effectively ended the conversation by turning away, and it would be easier to reason himself into giving up now than to justify violence. Clef normally railed against recklessness - it was thoughtless to charge headlong into battle, leaving those on the sidelines to worry and mourn. He was a careful fighter when he fought at all, defending first and attacking only if critically threatened. One might even call him a pacifist.

"Sunflash."

With his right hand he threw a ball lightning spell at the Kessek guard. It was relatively minor as his elemental spells went, intended only to knock the alien out of the way with a quick electric jolt.

"Nightscream."

He cast that spell in the same breath as the first one, moving forwards and pointing his staff again at the Daligig who had turned his back. It was a stronger dark magic spell - meant to rend the being's body - but still nowhere near the limits of what the Guru was capable of.

There was no righteousness in his actions, and no anger - and no point. He was but one individual, and he had no hope of succeeding - a single teardrop, easily wiped away. Yet he felt compelled by something greater than himself in the way that each drop in an ocean is made to break against a stone cliff in waves. Enough waves - enough drops - and the cliff would erode, little by little.

For now, it didn't matter if he died.
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Re: PUNISHMENT

[personal profile] paidinbeer 2012-03-17 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Torture? Torture was no good. Torture wasn't likely to kill him. Torture was what his every day had been like since the Betty died.

"Shut up Howard." He mumbled hearing Howard begging for him. His numb and swollen fingers curled into fists that throbbed and hurt. "I can take it." But he was trying to find a way to explain what he was starting to feel. A sort of acceptance. He had done something bad...he had done alot of bad things. This was just another punishment.

But Howard? Howard was weak. Howard was small and well liked. Howard didn't really deserve this.

"I should be the only one up here." He growled louder now, no longer sure of what he was saying just letting the words come. "Howard was just trying to help me. It's my fault."
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[personal profile] grimbiker 2012-03-17 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
Sirius swore.

This was a terrible idea but he couldn't let Cedric do this alone. He got up and went after him, wand out. He was focused more on keeping Cedric in one piece than bringing down the barrier. He knew from the way the Daligig had shrugged off Cedric's earlier spells there was no way he could bring it down. They'd need more than the two of them working together.

Re: REACTIONS

[personal profile] meat_mooks 2012-03-17 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
"No." Yavek starts to walk away as the Kessek line up to take on Jaime. From the armor alone they can tell he's a threat. One starts barreling his way, trying to preemptively take him out of the fight.
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[personal profile] battorch 2012-03-17 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Tim looks up at him but he keeps his expression clear from the rage he's feeling, mouth pressed into a thin line.

"I didn't assign blame, you're taking that upon yourself. We are contributing, we're making sacrifices. And while we are well aware that all sides are doing the same, we will stand by this: your actions here are drastic and unprecedented. All it will serve to do is cause needless psychological harm to valuable members of the effort, where we would have been more than capable of taking punishment into our own hands."
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[personal profile] zouichi 2012-03-17 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Zouichi managed to bring up his arms quickly enough to provide some protection to his torso, but the blow to the back of his head was hard enough to make his vision flicker, knocking him off balance.

The blow to his shoulder knocked him halfway to the ground; the follow-up hit outright dislocated one of his knees. Angry red messages about the freshly torn ligaments were added to the injury list crawling through his vision, but Zouichi tried to get back up all the same.

Not Howard. He wasn't going to let this happen to --

When the tentacles injected him, he felt his limbs go slack. His vision seemed to be swimming in some kind of fog, but he was still conscious, still there. It would take his system time to figure out how to deal with the alien compound.

Re: PUNISHMENT

[personal profile] meat_mooks 2012-03-17 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
The Daligig hardly acknowledge their pleas. Sentimental attempts at appealing to the Daligig's better natures, probably, pretending to be selfless when they've both proven themselves to be rash and self-absorbed.

Yavek returns with tentacles descending from Stacy to bandage him up. He wouldn't miss this, especially with the mood he's in. He wants to see suffering, some type of retribution for the hole in his shoulder.

"Sta'c, enact Punishment."

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