Murder and Trial (Chapter 2 - Mirai)

Execution


IZUMI SUZUKI’S FINAL SPOTLIGHT MOMENT ♪ ♪ ♪

The stage is pitch black. You can see nothing, but you can feel the tense atmosphere around the whole area. Where was Izumi? Was she even here? Was she gone? Who knows.

Suddenly, the lights go on. She stands there, so elegantly beautiful in a black sparkly dress. She slowly walks up to the microphone, her heels click against the stage and she grips the microphone stand.

Music begins to play. And she begins to sing. Soft colours like baby blue, teal, and others like that fly across the stage. Her voice is so calming and soothing, the song echo’s throughout the area, stopping everyone in their tracks. It sounded so… Beautiful, yet sad. Back ground dancers with masks on stand behind her, dancing along, with agile and swift movements.

She seems to be pouring her heart and soul into this… Her final moment as a musician. The final moments in the spotlight, before she leaves this place, forever.

But, suddenly, the stage begins to slowly fall apart and burst into flames. Lights, speakers, poles that keep the stage up slowly begin to fall and flames begin to engulf the stage. Yet, Izumi stands right there, pouring her heart and soul into the song.

The stage is beginning fall apart quicker now, as the flames rise and the stands keeping it up fall down. The back up dancers get closer to her, beginning to pour gasoline around her. Izumi is slowly approaching the end of the song, you can see tears slowly fall down her face.

She was terrified, you could tell. She was shaking. But the performance was still perfect…

As the song ends, she stands there. Frozen in place.

A match can be heard being lit, and then….



A scream.

Izumi was now covered in flames, being burnt alive, while the music blares and the background dancers go back to dancing.

And after a few moments of seeing the poor girl scream in pain, the stage completely collapses dust flies around the place and a smell of burning is in the air.

As the dust disperses, you can only see the rubble of the stage. Izumi is nowhere to be seen. A small sign comes down and it reads one simple word.

“END”

And even as it says it has ended… You can still hear the muffled screams of Izumi Suzuki.

IZUMI SUZUKI, THE SHSL MUSICIAN, HAS BEEN EXECUTED.