[Glass bubbles come up and cover every podium except for Lucina's and Tsurugi's, safely encapsulating the people within it. The glass floor beneath their feet, the one that shows the beautiful vacuum of space beneath them, begins to open up. Lucina and Tsurugi grip their podiums, but space will have its due. Lucina lets go first, and her scream is swallowed by the void as she's pulled out. Tsurugi lets go seconds later, pulled out into the void after her. They hang suspended in nothingness, as the glass begins to close over them again.
[EXPLICIT CONTENT BEGINS]
And then, for anyone who doesn't know the effect that decompression has on a physical body, it's time for a lesson. Their skin begins to turn burn-red and then bruise-black as they swell up underneath their skin from the bursting capillaries and blood vessels. Lucina chokes on a muted scream, blood spraying from her mouth, the life leaving her eyes as the air in her lungs expands exponentially and kills her, mercifully, quickly. Tsurugi suffers over a much longer period of time, until the radiation of space takes its toll on him and he shuts down, writhing and choking in the unforgiving void of space.
[EXPLICIT CONTENT END]
Once the glass floor closes again, the bubbles around each podium open and release the other champions. After an awkward moment where Blaze looks at Rox on her phone until it becomes clear that she's not going to speak, he finds his voice.]
Head on back up the teleporter. First group up, remember to get off quick so the next group can follow.
[He turns and leaves. Rox, as soon as she finishes the text message she's writing, turns to follow without hardly taking her eyes off her phone.]
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As the votes come in, however, he can't bring himself to look at the Champions, either.]
Attention, Champions. Now that the votes've been tallied, stick close to your podiums.
[Rox fiddles with her phone, and a wall of glass slowly comes down to block off the Overseers' podium from the rest of the room.
C.E.C.E.'s voice rings out.]
Input Received. Culprit Identified. Commencing execution.
[Glass bubbles come up and cover every podium except for Lucina's and Tsurugi's, safely encapsulating the people within it. The glass floor beneath their feet, the one that shows the beautiful vacuum of space beneath them, begins to open up. Lucina and Tsurugi grip their podiums, but space will have its due. Lucina lets go first, and her scream is swallowed by the void as she's pulled out. Tsurugi lets go seconds later, pulled out into the void after her. They hang suspended in nothingness, as the glass begins to close over them again.
[EXPLICIT CONTENT BEGINS]
And then, for anyone who doesn't know the effect that decompression has on a physical body, it's time for a lesson. Their skin begins to turn burn-red and then bruise-black as they swell up underneath their skin from the bursting capillaries and blood vessels. Lucina chokes on a muted scream, blood spraying from her mouth, the life leaving her eyes as the air in her lungs expands exponentially and kills her, mercifully, quickly. Tsurugi suffers over a much longer period of time, until the radiation of space takes its toll on him and he shuts down, writhing and choking in the unforgiving void of space.
[EXPLICIT CONTENT END]
Once the glass floor closes again, the bubbles around each podium open and release the other champions. After an awkward moment where Blaze looks at Rox on her phone until it becomes clear that she's not going to speak, he finds his voice.]
Head on back up the teleporter. First group up, remember to get off quick so the next group can follow.
[He turns and leaves. Rox, as soon as she finishes the text message she's writing, turns to follow without hardly taking her eyes off her phone.]