and every broken heart will mend

[scourgingstars]

[Not too long after the trial, a note found its way under everyone's doors, all of them written in the same neat handwriting that had been asking after a ring not that long ago.]

If any of you would prefer not to be left alone after all of that, I propose we meet in the dining hall. Nari has taken up cooking at the moment, and should anyone wish to talk I will be present regardless of whether or not the group at large should choose to join us.

-Ardyn

[True to his word, Ardyn was at a smaller table in the dining hall with an untouched cup of coffee in front of him; lost in thought leaning his head on one hand as the other turned a silver coin over between his fingers.]

[King in an empty hall, and savior of nothing. All that effort to prevent bloodshed, and it had come down to a situation designed to force their hand from the beginning.]

Comments

[everylittlesecret]

[That is terrifying....]

Can you... tell me more about the history of Airlocked? Why they would pick a name like that?

[theoverseen]

In the first two seasons, the "executions" were just...

[He gestures with the fork and makes a sound effect that's kind of like 'fwwpth']

...Tossed out the airlock.

My guess is that's where they got the name from.

[everylittlesecret]

..... gross. That. Is an awful way to die. It might sound fucked up, but I would rather get Mai's death than an airlock death... at least I could put up a fight.

[Probably the only person in the room who would admit to this.]

So why make this game have the same name if they don't toss people out an airlock?

[theoverseen]

I dunno. Brand recognition? But the others were kind of like- well, they were dramas, not reality shows.

[everylittlesecret]

Dramas? How were they dramas?