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Hazel eyes watch on, watching every voter between those in Weak Ward. She's listening to voices between them. She's pretty sure she can pinpoint Officer
paxton concordas. This wasn't exactly what she had in mind for training or interning with him. But their talk months and months ago comes back to her mind, if she wasn't in over her head, if she should have turned back. What sounds like
Josh Devlin votes trust too, which puts her more at ease, with
Elise Calcifet's voice sounding out too. Less so at ease was was Genny from
Naomi Sato, who openly stated that
Forsake is the better option. The overly beaten guy (
Shred) seems to agree.[break][break]
No words for them.[break][break]
Trust wins in the end. Both sides get punished, sharing the torture to come. Contemptuous are her eyes to the
Megalopolan, quiet fury breaking at the seams, threatening to tear the stitches that hold her together emotionally, a quiet rage she felt in the Silent Icelands. When the platform comes, she quietly steps on, taking everything; rather, everyone she can in from the Dummy Ward. As much info as she can gain, retain. Hair color, eye color, voice. Anything.[break][break]
With a toss into the world below, Genny wasn't able to make too much headway in such a small space. But this singular room would allow for a soft impact, as Genny braced. Upon opening her eyes though.[break][break]
A dead prisoner.[break][break]
Someone dead because of her.[break][break]
Because she was soft.[break][break]
She can see every detail of the slain prisoner up close she landed on, the image burning into her retinas, her mind plagued by the visage of what she could have prevented. This was a lesson. A lesson that that woman (
Naomi Sato) was correct. This place was ruthless. Even if logic did not apply here, this place cared little for them. But once their task was given, to clean this place up, she could feel the coming of a 'but', and one did come.[break][break]
All of Ugly Ward was leashed to the floor by their own chain. By Ugly Ward. It didn't matter if Dummy Ward or Weakling Ward were Trusting. The Ugly Ward chose to forsake them.[break][break]
It's
Andrea Vaneau that is vocal enough to snatch her attention first.
"Andrea?" She calls out, face riddled in sweat. More of her friends were here? The simulation with the little guy, the masked being ahead of them, coming in to kick Andrea, Genny's body stiff. A pleading gaze to make this stop and end this madness; and no one to hear it.[break][break]
DESIREE BLOOMS did though.
"Desi...?" A hand on Genny's shoulder, Desiree explains what happened, a victim to the circumstance too. Six voted to forsake their ward. Six... Genny didn't count the votes. She didn't want to. She keeps wanting to deny it. Balled fists to the side, she doesn't want to acknowledge. Finally looking at Desi though, her expression looked so wrong. Vengeful. Cold. Distant. Desi was in Dummy Ward... who else?[break][break]
"Desi!" Desiree gets kicked too, and all she can do is break further under the weight of it all, buckling her legs, as Desiree is kicked away.[break][break]
Was
ollie morales here?
Yuina Higashi?
Navy?
annalise henderson? The horizon, the edge. Just one more person, one more victim, and she'll-[break][break]
She finds her own body sent flying by a kick, forced to ragdoll away from the girls, fumbling and thrown to the side, colliding on her back to the wall, the air knocked from her lungs as she hits the floor. Her body was in so much pain, blood trickling from her head, dizzied from a strike that by all accounts, should have left her head off. She was bleeding. She could feel it slowly trickle past the left side of her face, trailing down. Her nose felt crooked.[break][break]
In no time, she's fixed the alignment by force, the nostril leaking a trail of blood that trickles down her face. She needed to get her bearings, but as she looks just feet nearby.[break][break]
Her heart breaks.[break][break]
"Izzy?"[break][break]
The last straw.[break][break]
She crawls over to him... it was awful. If that one guy, the guy beaten half to death was any indication,
Isaac Merlo sat before her in rough, rough shape. She caused this. Another victim she could have prevented. Another person she couldn't protect. She couldn't save. He was in Dummy Ward.
"T-This c-can't be. Not you too, not you," she cries weakly, hands now shaking atop of his. Her tears mix with blood, now traumatized by the umpteenth sight today.[break][break]
She cries, cradling his head near her own.
"Hold on... I'll... I'll take care of your work. Just rest. Okay?" With one tiny, singular kiss placed on his forehead, she holds it for longer than she should. She turns towards
Eris Halla, and gives her a worried look. She was stuck in this small spot too. She's punished too by Ugly Ward, a ward she can no longer abide by.[break][break]
"Stay strong, Izzy."[break][break]
She gets up.[break][break]
Wiping the blood away. She begins to clean. As hard as she can, twice as hard if she's able to. The head injury makes her fall over a lot. Way too much to be okay. Something was sprained, bruised, or broken. But she works harder than anyone else. She pushes herself into exhaustion. She has to. She tries to help
Hideo Kino too where she can.[break][break]
She cleans till its spotless. Using her own crying to help clean the room.[break][break]
But
nothing will sanitize her mind anymore.[break][break]
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paxton concordas,
Josh Devlin,
Elise Calcifet,
Naomi Sato,
Andrea Vaneau,
DESIREE BLOOMS,
ollie morales,
Yuina Higashi,
Navy,
annalise henderson,
Eris Halla,
Isaac Merlo,
Hideo Kino[break][break]
NOTES
-
Weak Ward[break]
- Cannot believe her ears. Some choose to betray? Excuse her? Even if they succeed, they're dead to her. Namely, Nomi makes a huge impression with logic.[break]
- When they are reunited, thrown into the room to clean, Genny falls on a slain prisoner, and is pushed to the edge.[break]
- Ugly Ward chose violence. Genny will remember this transgression.[break]
- Genny immediately hears
Andrea Vaneau mention her time with a being running around the room.
DESIREE BLOOMS too. How many more are suffering this hell?[break]
- Desiree imparts the wisdom. Six voted to forsake in Dummy. Just as she's kicked away by Ogrepon, so is Genny. Concussion? Headwound? Hurt back? Crooked nose? Whose to say. She fixes what she can.[break]
- When Genny is able to see, she lays eyes on
Isaac Merlo and
Eris Halla. And falls apart. Not him. Please, not him.[break]
- Nodding to
Eris Halla, Genny kisses Izzy's forehead, and promises to do his work. To bear the load on her shoulders. To fix what she can.[break]
- Tipping point reached.