Fuyuki executes Sayuri, her lover, by orders of Zaruma

[14:28:03] As the trio walked in, Fuyuki was pacing up and down through the guards and aids, toiling with her fingers. Her face was wrought with exhaustion as she froze in her tracks, glaring at Effigy in particular.
(Fuyuki Date)
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[14:28:03] Effigy casually shoves his hands into his pockets, eyes wandering over her. He beckons her forwards with a motion of his head.
(Effigy)
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[14:28:03] Effigy says, "C'mon."
[14:28:54] Zaruma says, "The time has come. Follow us."
[14:28:54] LOOC - Effigy: (sludge!!!
[14:29:45] Fuyuki Date says, "Allow me to talk to her."
[14:29:45] Juniper appeared to be heavily limping, worn out and using her staff as a walking cane, as a sidenote, yes.
(Juniper Faye)
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[14:29:45] Fuyuki Date says, "Let me try and talk reason into her."
[14:30:36] LOOC - Juniper Faye: (zaruma should i be donating to guild)
[14:30:36] LOOC - Juniper Faye: (in terms of res and stuff)
[14:30:36] Zaruma says, "Sayuri will be allowed one last chance."
[14:30:36] Zaruma says, "If she does not come to reason, you know what you came here for, Fuyuki."
[14:30:36] Fuyuki Date says, "...Understood."
[14:30:36] LOOC - Zaruma: (nah
[14:30:36] LOOC - Zaruma: (guild bank sucks
[14:30:36] LOOC - Zaruma: (its for fort and towers only
[14:31:28] LOOC - Zaruma: (cant use on anything else
[14:31:28] Effigy says, "Wrong one."
[14:31:28] LOOC - Juniper Faye: (ahh)
[14:31:28] LOOC - Juniper Faye: (eat my fat ore then)
[14:31:28] LOOC - Juniper Faye: (or later)
[14:31:28] LOOC - Zaruma: (later
[14:34:01] With the sound of the opening cell door, Sayuri was interrupted from eating the bowl of gruel she had been provided, moving it away from her mouth and placing it to the side. With difficulty, the Kitsune slowly rose to her feet, her battered body shaking and shuddering as she pressed against the wall for support, and turning her head she turned those socketless eyes upon those who had entered, gazes met with holes of viscera and occultic taint, the rest of her face covered in bruises and scuff.

"My, what a large assembly we have here... To what do I owe this honour?" Her voice was naught more than a wheezing rasp, blood still caked around her lips and teeth, long since dried.
(Sayuri Youko)
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[14:37:26] Fuyuki's head throbbed and her heart threatened to jump from her mouth as the door swung open. Exhausted crimson eyes went wide at Sayuri, taking in each miserable detail of her torture and pain. Her arms trembled as her gaze met two abyssal holes, and any hope of projecting a tough attitude fell apart at once.

She fell to her knees, and shuffled close, wrapping an arm around Sayuri's back slowly, planting that big, calloused hand gently over her back, then sliding it up her filthy hair.

She scratched between her ears, and leaned in to whisper.

"Sister Sayuri... It's me. I-It's me."
(Fuyuki Date)
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[14:41:42] What had returned of her demeanour seemed to just melt away as soon she she felt those thick powerful arms enclose around her, eye-sockets widening as her lips trembled.

Raising her arms, Sayuri hugged Fuyuki in return, shutting her eyes and weakly resting her head upon the woman's shoulder, filled with a warmth she had been utterly devoid of ever since she had been brought here.

"By Her light... Fuyuki... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..." Pathetic whimpers as her body began to shake, tears forming around the rim of her eyelids as she tried to hold her tighter.
(Sayuri Youko)
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[14:42:33] LOOC - Fuyuki Date: (You guys wanna bubble or can I go ahead?
[14:42:33] LOOC - Zaruma: (we're still here
[14:42:33] LOOC - Zaruma: (will react accordingly
[14:43:24] LOOC - Juniper Faye: (Ya.
[14:45:07] Tears began to stream down Fuyuki's face. She couldn't keep up a front, not with Sayuri like this, she held her tight, only fearing for the pain she'd cause with her arms. Her hand desperately rubbed between her ears, thumb and index fingers trying their best to sooth the silk and fuzz of her pointy vulpine ears.

"Shh, shh. It's okay. It'll all be okay. Just..." Her lips pursed, and she shuffled in against the wall beside her, arms still around her as she brought her lips to an ear.
(Fuyuki Date)
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[14:45:58] Fuyuki Date whispers something.
[14:45:58] Effigy says, "Whispering will get your tongue removed."
[14:47:40] * You have been awarded 0.5 Roleplay Points! *
[14:48:32] Zaruma watched the two exchange their words.

Although, typically detesting of such human concepts, he allowed them two have their share of words for the time being. But they didn't have the eternity to stay here and let them exchange the words that are only relevant to them.

"You had your own moment."

"Now switch the subject to what you came here for, Fuyuki. Do not whisper once more, speak only loud and clear, or otherwise we will assume you're plotting something."
(Zaruma)
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[14:50:14] Her warmth, her touch, her voice, all brought the fox's mind back to those peaceful days within the shrine, teaching Liu to read together, sharing a stir fry dinner, embracing after a difficult day-Kin'Zhen. The one menace that haunted her mind, imposing itself over every memory, pushing thoughts of comradery and love aside as the memory of the beast who had cost her so much caused feelings of anger to surge up, and then-

"Work with us...? Who is here? Effigy?" Her sole moment of elation turned to concern, instinctively holding her Luminate closer as worry began to form within.
(Sayuri Youko)
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[14:53:39] Fuyuki cast Zaruma a sideways glance, staring blankly before nodding shakely, turning to pull Sayuri close into her embrace, still running caring, slow hands over her ears and air, doling out little scratches and pats as she did.

"Effigy. Zaruma, and Juniper are all here. That is the truth. There's no need to fight the tide, Sayuri. We can co-operate, and we can live, we can even have tea when we get out of this cell. Just... Just..."

She shot down, and snatched up Sayuri's wrist, bringing her hand to Fuyuki's mouth, planting kiss on the fingers, letting tears fall onto her nails.

"For us, and for everyone, for the future. Please, work with us."

Her hand wrapped around the Old Foxes', squeezing tight, almost like a silent plea.
(Fuyuki Date)
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[14:58:46] Darkness.

Gaiar Aetherius truly was the land where the light went to die.

What little colour remained in Sayuri's skin was flushed away as she went limp in Fuyuki's grip, her head turning down as those gentle scratches and pets seemed to feel more like a demon tearing at her scalp, trying to pry open her head...

"Co-operation... Please... Please tell me this is but the work of a demon once more... That the one holding me so closely is Kin'Zhen once again..."

A pathetic plea from a fox who's entire world was crumbling around her, replaced only with that horrid chanting; KIN'ZHEN! KIN'ZHEN! KIN'ZHEN!

Nausea overcame her, though she knew naught if from the curse or from her own body's failing, not that it mattered, for it was her soul that hurt more than anything else.
(Sayuri Youko)

[15:08:09] Fuyuki's lips trembled, and she squeezed Sayuri, eyes going wide in panic. The chanting in her own head began to grow.

Kin-Zhen... Kin-Zhen... Kin-Zhen...


"S-Sayuri... Please. Please think straight." She squeezed, and squeezed, and squeezed her hand.

"Please. For me. For Liu. For Suha, and For Ming. Please."
(Fuyuki Date)
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[15:11:34] Zaruma spectated the scenery. The doubt that Kitsune displayed was understandable, although it made him chuckle - had it damaged her sanity so much as to grow anxious so much at mere thought of such doing?

This was amusing.

"This is no imitation, Kitsune."

"This is your lover, in blood and flesh, begging for you to listen to reason. You know very well that we did not start this war, but people of Jianghu did."

"For that, your people pay in blood. Your unfortunate fate is but one of many, unless your nation listens to reason and sees the errors of their ways."

"But whether you will see yours-- will decide your and your fate only."

"Choose wisely, Kitsune."

The Archon's voice carried a powerful ambience behind it, making it clear that he wouldn't intend to play around with decision making for much longer.
(Zaruma)
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[15:13:16] ..Seeing the way this was closing, something large, hefty, and sharp would be pulled from a strap upon his back. Recognizable as Fuyuki's blade, it's casually tossed aside, beside of her, loudly clanking into the floor.

Wordless, really- There were no need for his words to be exchanged. The implication should have been obvious.
(Effigy)
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[15:17:32] LOOC - Sayuri Youko: (Effigy I just got charged by like 4 shopkeepers all at once holy fuck)
[15:17:32] LOOC - Sayuri Youko: (who the fuck are these moochers)
[15:19:15] LOOC - Effigy: (sales man sayuri
[15:25:13] Turning her head up towards the ceiling, a cry of sheer anguish escaped the broken woman, hands tightly gripping Fuyuki's clothing as her head came down upon her shoulder, shaking left and right repeatedly, as if her cries of despair would dispel the horror unfolding before her, around her, within her.

It was a while before she could bring herself to speak again, and when she did it came only as a patheticly quiet ussurance of words, spoken without spirit.

"For years, for years now I have felt like I was the only person within that damnable country thinking straight... The demons continue to murder our people, maim our friends, and yet they all just sit back, saying a solution will be found, attempting to negotiate with these creatures as they twist words, meanings, lie and cheat, seeking only to claim everything we hold dear and acting as if it is our own fault..."

"And you would join those who have turned their backs upon us all, Suha, who's blind mercy and naivety spared the demon who has claimed so many already and plunged us into this nightmare; Lang, Qi Lan, all who thrust me forth alone in that cave as I sought to put an end to the atrocities the spared demon committed upon this land; and Juniper, who I was mistaken in thinking I was a friend rather than one who merely saw me as a tool..."

There was nothing left, nothing at all. Hope had abandoned her, love had abandoned her, all she had left was what little of Jiuweihu's light she could clutch to within her heart.

"Kindness, respect, understanding... Three pillars to which I devoted my life, a wonderful life, filled with love, with warmth, with light. I met so many wonderful people here, and despite how much suffering I have faced upon this isle... I do not regret a moment."

"I apologize for how I have failed you, Fuyuki Date, for this I can never truly atone, but..."

"If you would abandon your own kindness... Than I shall replace it with my own kindness, my final gift unto you, my beloved Luminate... I shall die for you, to set you free of this nightmare, so that you may become the shining prodigy I always knew you would become..."
(Sayuri Youko)
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[15:26:04] LOOC - Juniper Faye: (Don't mind me!)
[15:28:38] Having struggled to see the scene before her, and even to properly stand with her practicaly shredded foot, Juniper did not frown at was said.

Downright scowled, instead. Many emotions have danced across her expression, but the scowl was predominant, one not of cruelty, knowing what'd come, one not of sadness over the hurtful words, but sheer anger overtaking her.

A sharp inhale, as she shifted weight on her wounded leg, causing her to hiss out in pain and remember, rembmer that she has no place in the conversation, or in decision making on what was to follow.

Her ruby red hues averted from the pair of ..well endowed blondies, to longingly stare at Effigy, seeking...something.
(Juniper Faye)
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[15:30:20] Fuyuki trembled through Sayuri's entire speech, remaining parts of her face boiled with the pain of tears, and her teeth dug into her lower lip, forcing blood from her skin. She nuzzled against her, between her ears, clutching her tight as tears fell onto her hair.

Not a word was said, only tears were wept.

So she shuffled, and planted a kiss on Sayuri's forehead, running a hand down her bruised, battered cheek.

Then she rose slowly, prying herself free from Sayuri, struggling to rise a stand.

She took Shokan in one hand, letting it sit at her waist as she stepped back to witness the woman she loved.
(Fuyuki Date)
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[15:33:45] The Archon intently watched as Sayuri cried out her likely final speech upon this world. A thought sat upon his mind at the words of Kitsune spoken, and he couldn't help but draw a wry smirk upon his face.

"Touching. Truly touching, Kitsune."

"But the fate smiles to those who act, who pursue and achieve what they wish for. Ambition, determination and passion is the true driving force."

"A shame you would not understand it. A shame you would not adapt."

"A shame that you value your life and love less than empty ideals of seeing my kind as unreasonable monsters."

He shook his head. To see someone so irredeemably taken by the ideals of Jiuweihu, to preach the god that would rather see you die for nothing but the rules on ancient paper? That was something the Archon did not understand.

Human concepts truly do make people suffer.

"You brought this on yourself, Kitsune."

The crimson gaze was turned upon Fuyuki instead. There was no particular emotion on his expression, only the unsettling indifference to the life that was about to be taken.

"Execute her, Fuyuki."
(Zaruma)
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[15:34:36] LOOC - Fuyuki Date: (Anyone else?
[15:34:36] LOOC - Juniper Faye: (Nothing here.)
[15:35:28] LOOC - Sayuri Youko: (Go for it)
[15:41:26] Her sword hand rose to her chest, and the other rose to meet it, fingers clasping around the leathered handle with a squeeze.

There was no one else in the room at that moment, as Fuyuki Date gazed at Sayuri Youko.

One leg stepped back, the other came forward. The blade came back in her arms, lowering in preparation for a stab.

"I love you, Sayuri Youko. May She comfort you beyond."

A deep, stifled breath. Tears fell against the brick.

"May She forgive me."

A wet, stabbing sound. Blood splattered across Fuyuki's dirtied hakama. Her blade, Shokán, nestled firmly through Sayuri Youko's heart.


(Fuyuki Date)
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[15:42:17] LOOC - Fuyuki Date: (So can i initiate an execution or will that be Effigy?
[15:42:17] LOOC - Zaruma: (you killed her, so youre doing it
[15:43:08] LOOC - Zaruma: (unless you mean TPing to deathbox
[15:43:08] LOOC - Zaruma: (then yea, admins do it
[15:43:08] LOOC - Fuyuki Date: (Eyup
[15:55:05] Steel pierced through flesh, blood spilling forth from from Sayuri's chest as she met her end at the hands of the one she had loved. She had always been willing to die for the sake of those she had loved, and as such she was... Oddly at peace with it all.

The blade felt as a searing heat which tored apart everything within her, not just blesh and bone but what remained of her hopes and dreams, her very soul sliced asunder by the crude steal blade.

Dreams of a quiet monastery atop the Tongyishian mountains, away from all the horrors that walked the surface of Agartha, human and inhumane in their natures, it was all snuffed out.

The curse within her eyes faltered for a moment, and before her she could see them, the vile aura of dread of the man who had ordered her execution, the spiteful aura of the mimic who had been so desperate to see her fall into despair, the muddied holy aura of the red-haired woman whom she had never truly figured out, and most importantly of all, the shining golden light of the woman before her.

A weak smile formed on Sayuri's face, her hand weakly reaching forth.

"Never abandon that light which shine so brightly within you... I love you, Fuyuki Date... I await the day I can see you once more..."

A distant childhood memory reared itself as all others began to fade away, the void overtaking her body and with it, an overwhelming coldness.

Two priestesses and a young girl sat beneath the moonlit sky in a small forest clearing, gazing up at the sky as a young Kitsune girl lay between them.

'Don't you worship the sun?' The young girl asked, not entirely sure why they lay here so serenely.

The older of the two had chuckled, reaching towards the heavens and pointing to the stars.

'Each of the stars in the sky above, all of them are those we once loved, who have passed on to be at one with Her light. From the heavens above, they can watch us grow, to observe the lives of the ones they loved, ever present even after their passing.'

'One day we shall all become stars in the sky, and we should let all those who have passed before us know that they are not forgotten.'

Darkness.

Sayuri's arm fell to her side as her head lulled down, the mana which flowed through her ley blinking out of existence as blood ceased to move through her body, a life ended.

Sayuri lay dead upon Fuyuki's blade.
(Sayuri Youko)
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[15:56:48] LOOC - Fuyuki Date: (I just need five minutes, if that's okay.
[15:56:48] LOOC - Zaruma: (its ok
[15:56:48] LOOC - Effigy: (Take as much time as you need.
[15:56:48] LOOC - Sayuri Youko: (bless your sweet heart)
[16:03:37] No matter how many times the Archon watched such human concepts before himself, the true mystery of why such things happen always eluded him. Even now, as Kitsune drew her last breath, the crimson gaze stared upon her, pondering, watching the scarlet liquid trail upon the blade.

'Why would she not accept to live with her loved one? Why would she choose death, to leave everything behind?'

Zaruma could only explain it with two words - human concepts. But beyond that, beyond acknowledging the facts with cold logic, beyond watching such concepts unfold before his eyes? No. He could not understand the emotion, for he had not felt anything like that. Never.

Perhaps that's what separated him-- and elevated him-- above others, above humankind and their flaws. He would not hold such emotions close to the heart that beats with Occultic energies only.

But perhaps he was still too young of an Archon, having left his shell not too long ago. Perhaps one day he would understand. That day is not today.

"Well done."

A quiet, indifferent voice of an Archon rang through the room. He showed no expression, but his mind was pre-occupied with what he just saw - if he were to wish to rule over humans one day, he had to understand them better.

Or so he believed, at least.

"You passed your trial, Fuyuki."

"Welcome to Aetherius."
(Zaruma)