[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/HwFKRtr.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/6k5kRyx.jpg[/img] [color=8A3A3A]Location[/color]:The Athletic Arena [color=8A3A3A]Time[/color]: 11am [color=8A3A3A]Interactions[/color]: [@Tae] Mina [@Helo] Leo [@PapaOso] Cassius [hr] [img]https://i.imgur.com/0Ez6U6K.jpg[/img] [hr][/center] [color=lightgray] The guards took Cameron up the steps of the platform in the middle of the arena. There was something tall covered by a raggedy, thick blanket. One of the guards uncovered it, letting the blanket audibly whip through the air. There was a tall wooden stake with a pile of wood and debris at its foundation. The doomed man could not help but inhale sharply at the sight. If he hadn't feared his death prior, he did now. His gaze drifted wildly back and forth over his view as the crowd grew audible in their apprehension. One of the guards picked up his megaphone and cleared his throat. His gaze wandered into the crowd briefly then with a curt nod, he put the device to his lips. Subsequently, he began to holler into it, [color=brown]"My name is Darius Gregory. I am a member of Edin's Enforcement, often referred to EE for short as others in Caesonia have heard... Today, Cameron Nesworth will be burned at the stake for the following crimes against his Majesty King Edin: high treason, thievery, and physical assault against a EE guard."[/color] He awkwardly glanced in the way of the other guard. It was a woman with a tight ponytail. Her expression was unreadable. She had pressed Cameron up against the stake as he had been speaking. She handcuffed him to it. Darius felt a drop of sweat slithering down his cheek as he faced forward and spoke again, [color=brown] "We now will allow Nesworth some final words before the executioner arrives."[/color] [color=#F1948A]"High treason..."[/color] [color=#EC7063]"What the hell did he do? "[/color] [color=#F5B7B1]"Something's off about that guy. Burn him already!"[/color] For some reason, that last comment coaxed a laugh from Cameron as he let his head hang limply, his mess of hair just barely covering his expression. The laugh was hearty and shook his form, shushing the crowd once again. [color=#C17F9D] "Something's off about me, huh? ... Don't you think something's off about the lot of you? Hmm? And how about this whole fucking kingdom!"[/color] Nobody had anything to say to that so Cameron laughed once more, [color=#C17F9D] "You all know! The power they covet and don't share with you! It's all real but they'll try to convince you it's a lie!"[/color] There was a wild look in his eye, [color=#C17F9D]" The monsters under your bed, the things that go bump in the night...The power is a curse but it is power even so! And he hides it! He hides all of it."[/color] He had sounded extremely bitter and his voice shook with his emotion. In a rapid movement, the man picked up his head and began to scream with all his might. [color=#C17F9D]"THE KING HIDES ALL! THE KING HIDES ALL! THE KING HIDES ALL! THE KING HIDES ALL!"[/color]" People were starting to get uncomfortable. He sounded unhinged and frankly, none of it had made any sense. It was clear this guy had lost it along the way. Darius looked again toward the crowd. After receiving the signal he needed, he turned to face the tunnel they had emerged from. With both hands, he made a gesture for someone to come forward. A hooded figure revealed themselves and made their way over slowly, lit torch in hand. It was difficult to tell the gender nor spot any of the facial features of the executioner, but all knew why they were there. [color=#C17F9D]"THE KING HIDES ALL! THE KING HIDES ALL!"[/color] The wind began to pick up, but it was not to a level many would have noticed with the spectacle before them. The executioner’s hood dropped to reveal a rather beautiful woman with a big smile on her face as she dropped her torch into the pile with a dramatic thud. As she had done this, she had softly called out with glee, [color=D07DBD] “Burn!”[/color] Once the executioner had set fire to the wood beneath Cameron, he had started to struggle wildly against his handcuffs. The smoldering fire began to crackle underneath him. Smoke billowed through the area and traveled high in the air in tendrils. He coughed and then turned his eyes on Darius threateningly. The hostile expression melted and he started to smile. Something about the twisted smile made the guard want to vomit as fear rooted him to his spot. Cameron's face was in and out of view with the swaying smoke as he spoke once more, [color=#C17F9D]"I'm one of the monsters after all."[/color] His voice was low, almost inaudible, but Darius had heard. Darius had frowned, his gaze lowering. That was when he noticed the red inferno growing in the corner of his view. He suddenly gasped and began batting at the flames licking the bottom of his pants. When there was no luck with that, he hastily climbed down the platform to start rolling in the dirt. When he finally rolled on his palms and looked above from his spot on the ground, he saw the flames engulfing Cameron's body. At this point, he had heard several things gradually as he became attentive to his surroundings. The first was mixed reactions of the crowd. Whether they were afraid or excited, they were all [i]loud[/i]. The next thing he became aware of was the executioner’s voice as she was whispering taunts at the dying man. His gaze had slowly slid to see her with hands on each side of her mouth, trying to insult him with everything she could come up with. Finally, he heard the faint sound of maniacal laughter that sent shudders down his spine.. The young guard felt as if he had stopped breathing when Cameron caught his gaze for the last time. Through the flames, Cameron's eyes had been glowing [color=red]red[/color]. [/color]